3.

CONTINUED
RELEASE
UNFORGIVENESS AND BITTERNESS

If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive
you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father
forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:14-15
Looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of
bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled.
Hebrews 12:15
Betrayal is what other people do to you; bitterness is what you do to
yourself. Betrayal is external; bitterness is internal. The only thing that
turns betrayal into a blessing is forgiveness and release.
The most commonly used Greek word for offense is “skandalon” which
is stated in the New Testament in Matthew 18:7. Skandalon is the trigger
of a trap on which bait is placed. When an animal touches the trigger to
eat the bait, the trap springs shut, and the animal is caught. An offense is
an enticement to behavior which could ruin or hurt the offended person.
Forgiveness does not change the past; it enlarges the future.
When you forgive, you set the prisoner free, and then you discover that
the prisoner was you.
Forgiveness is a decision of your will. You choose to release that
person from owing you anything. By speaking a blessing over them, you
surrender your desire to hurt them out of vengeance.

PRAYER TO RELEASE FORGIVENESS

“Dear Lord, I have benefited from the gift of Your forgiveness to me, and
I choose to forgive those who have hurt me. Help me set [name anyone
who has wronged you] free and release them to You. I bless those who
hurt me. Help them to walk in righteousness, peace, and joy. Lord Jesus,
today, I also ask forgiveness for all the negative and harmful feelings
I have held against myself. I do not want to abuse my mind and heart
in such a way. I forgive myself for things I have done, just as You have
forgiven me. I let go of any offense that I have towards You, Jesus, for not
doing whatever I expected of You. I refuse to charge You, God, with any
wrong. I choose to worship and trust in Your unfailing love. Help me Holy
Spirit.”

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PRAYERS AGAINST BITTERNESS
AND REJECTION
I renounce and break every curse of rejection, perceived rejection,
rejection from word curses, rejection in the womb, all inner vows I have
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spoken, and bitter-root judgments I have uttered over myself.
I renounce and break all curses of verbal and relational rejection of my
parents, siblings, and ancestors.
I renounce and break the curses of falsely perceived rejection by God,
as well as rejection resulting from mental, physical, verbal, and sexual
abuse.
I renounce and break all curses of resentment, bitterness, anger,
jealousy, envy, unforgiveness, grief, shame, and false guilt, resulting from
rejection.
I also renounce all abandonment that resulted from the spirit of
rejection.

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Larson, Bob. Curse Breaking: Freedom From the Bondage of Generational Sins (pp. 149-150). Destiny
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