Knowing Him Daily

03.June.2026

This one does not care who you are.

It does not care if you are male or female, married or single, young or old, rich or poor, a parent, a child, a grandparent, a friend. It does not care what you have been through or how justified your anger is. Unforgiveness is an equal opportunity hindrance and it will block your prayers regardless of every other thing you have right.

Jesus was direct about this. “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.” Mark 11:25-26 That is not a suggestion. That is a condition with consequences attached on both ends.

But here is what most people do not realize. Unforgiveness does not just hinder your prayers. It damages your body. Research has confirmed what scripture has always known — holding onto offense elevates stress hormones, drives chronic inflammation, strains the cardiovascular system, and compromises your immune function. God was not just protecting your spiritual life when He commanded forgiveness. He was protecting your whole person. Soul, mind, and body.

And the enemy knows this. Unforgiveness is one of his most effective and most underestimated tools because it feels righteous. It feels like justice. It feels like you are holding someone accountable by refusing to let it go. But you are not holding them. You are holding yourself. They have moved on. You are the one paying the price in your health, your peace, and your answered prayers.

Forgiveness is not saying what happened was acceptable. It is not reconciliation. It is not trust automatically restored. It is a decision you make for your own freedom, not for theirs. It is releasing the debt so that you stop being the one it costs.

And it is a command, not a feeling. You do not wait until you feel like forgiving. You choose it, sometimes daily, sometimes for the same person and the same offense, until the feeling catches up with the decision.

Here is the updated closing section, everything before this stays exactly as written:

And for anyone who says “you don’t know what I’ve been through,” you are right. I don’t. But He does.

When Jesus went to the cross, the Greek word for stripe is not describing multiple wounds. It describes one. The lashing was so severe, the skin removed so completely, that what remained was one large open wound from His shoulders to His waist. He absorbed that without a word of retaliation.

And then something happened that had never happened in all of eternity. For the first time in His existence, God the Father turned His face away. Jesus experienced rejection, abandonment, and isolation at a depth no human being will ever fully comprehend. He cried out “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Matthew 27:46 Not as a performance. As a real cry from a real place of real pain.

He is not asking you to forgive from a place of comfortable distance. He is asking you from the deepest possible place of having been there Himself. He knows what betrayal feels like. He knows what injustice feels like. He knows what it costs to choose forgiveness anyway.

And He did it for you. Now He is asking you to do it for someone else.

Let it go. He will handle the rest.

If you’ve never surrendered to Jesus or have strayed, it’s not too late. He’s waiting to restore and renew you. Return to Him today and say this out loud:

Dear Heavenly Father ~

Thank You for sending Jesus to die on the Cross just for me. I admit that I have sinned, and I repent. I ask You to forgive me. I believe that He died and rose again. Right now, I make Him the Lord of my life. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit. My sins are washed away, my past is forgiven, and my future is bright. Thank you for saving me. 

In Jesus’ Name,

Amen.

Make today count and see you tomorrow.