Matthew 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
In order for forgiving trespasses to become a habit there are certain things that must be put into place for persons to facilitate it. To begin with, forgiving trespasses and sins is something that persons must decide upon in advance, for if we were to wait for the spur of the moment for it to happen, in most instances we will bungle the golden opportunity.
With the Christian, everything has to do with our decision, and forgiveness is no different. Therefore, in our personal time with God, when we surrender our souls to Him daily, the decision to forgive others should be a part of our petitions for help, so that if and when, the old devil would throw a curve ball at us unexpectedly, we would have already decided, and been strengthened to do the right thing.
Character building is not something that would ever happen by chance, since it takes deliberate decision and well thought out purposes, together with the presence and power of the indwelling Christ in us, for forgiveness to become the staple that it should be. In other words, God wants it to be so engrained in us that persons can expect to be forgiven.
2nd Peter 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!