Saying Goodbye By T. D. Jakes

                           Saying Goodbye

  By T. D. Jakes
There are people who can walk away from you.
And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away
from you: let them walk. I don't want you to try to talk another person into
staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see
you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone.
When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your
destiny is never tied to anybody that left.
The bible said that, they came out from us that it might be
made manifest that they were not for us

For had they been of us, no doubt
they would have continued with us. [1 John 2:19]
People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if
they are not joined to you, you can't make them stay.
Let them go.
And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just means
that their part in the story is over. And you've got to know when people's
part in your story is over so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead.
You've got to know when it's dead.

You've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you
something. I've got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I
believe in good-bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and
I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it
takes too much sweat I don't need it. Stop begging people to stay.
Let them go!!

If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to
you and was never intended for your life, then you need to......
LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to past hurts and pains ......
LET IT GO!!!

If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see
your worth.....
LET IT GO!!!
If someone has angered you.
LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and
revenge......
LET IT GO!!!
If you are involved in a wrong relationship or
addiction......
LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your
needs or talents
LET IT GO!!!
If you have a bad attitude.......
LET IT GO!!!

If you keep judging others to make yourself feel
better......
LET IT GO!!!

If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to
a new level in Him........
LET IT GO!!!
If you are struggling with the healing of a broken
relationship........
LET IT GO!!!
If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to
help themselves......
LET IT GO!!!

If you're feeling depressed and stressed ..........
LET IT GO!!!
If there is a particular situation that you are so used to
handling yourself and God is saying 'take your hands off of it,' then you
need to......
LET IT GO!!!
'The Battle is the Lord's!'
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             The Lords Prayer

Our Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy
Kingdom Come, Thy Will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this
day, our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who
trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from
evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory,
forever.
Amen.