Friday, September 22, 2017

Search and Destroy



Joshua 10: 24-26
And when they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near; put your feet on the necks of these kings. Then they came near and put their feet on their necks. And Joshua said to them, Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and courageous. For thus the Lord will do to all your enemies against whom you fight. And afterward Joshua struck them to death, and hanged them on five trees. 

I can't help but to love Joshua. He had such a warrior spirit that I admire and love his tenacity when it comes to the enemy. Question is, why aren't we more like Joshua? Why do we mess around with our strong holds? It really makes me ask the question; Do we really want death to come to our enemy?

Please do not misunderstand me, I am not talking about people, because we are not to kill people, but what I am talking about is strongholds? which are those principalities and spirits... yes demons! Now again to be honest we can't kill demons, but what we can and have authority to do is to command them to leave! Did you know the authority that you had? Oh yes you have authority friend to remove demons from people.

I think our main problem is that we do not have any discernment, nor do we walk in the Spirit enough to know. Please ask the Lord for a much greater discernment, because when you do, He will give it to you!

 The Bible declares to you in Psalm 84:11 that no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly! Also the Bible says that we have not because we ask not. Do you realize that there is so much more in store for you than what you can grasp? Man, our God is a good good Father! He gives gifts to His children!

Friends, this is not a time to be playing with the enemy! This is no time to be messing around in and out of church... in and out of prayer... in and out of your word! This is the time to be ON! So many peoples' lives depend upon it! Can I just be real with you? I hate the devil! I hate everything about him. I hate his kingdom, I hate his demons. That being said my goal is to do as much damage to the kingdom of darkness as possible, by any means necessary!

I want to encourage you today to not give up, not only that but do not give in! Do not back up! Do not stop your pursuit of the enemy! Do not retreat when the enemy comes in like a flood but open up your eyes like Elisha's servant to see all the heavenly hosts who are for you! Glory to God we can't do this on our own but we have the word, the Holy Spirit, the angels of heaven, other believers that is here on our side... we cannot lose.

We need to run him out of our family, out of our church, out of our city etc..... Come on, push like never before! I remember reading a book by Kenneth Hagin, and he talked about a dream he had. He was on a football field and it was him and his friend.... well in the distance he saw 2 lions that spotted him and his friend, because they were the only ones there... but anyways the lions took off after them and they started running away right? Well Kenneth Hagin said, there is no way I can outrun a lion so he stopped, turned around and started towards them rebuking them in the name of Jesus... so what happened in the dream? They got close to him like they were going to attack than finally stopped... and were like kittens.

The Bible says that the devil is like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour but do you know he has no authority? He can growl and roar but he has zero authority, unless you walk into fear and allow him to defeat you. Be tenacious! Fight for what is yours! Don't back down!

Today I want to really encourage you because this is a time of intense warfare in sometimes during warfare we can get tired. Once we are tired we are off our game! Look at the picture above. Look at the eyes of this wolf. Be honest, would you want to fight this wolf? I wouldn't, because there is something in it's eyes that say, not today! This is no different for us. Stand up and fight!

Joshua didn't put up with the mess from these kings because Joshua was a no nonsense kind of guy. He slayed these kings. Kings represent authority and ruler ship. You bring down the king... and you got the kingdom. Satan tried that tactic and failed miserably. He tried to take Jesus out but Jesus knew. Our leader cannot be defeated therefore neither can we.

Stand up today, and fight for what is yours. Expect nothing less than victory, with the spoils!

Blessings!


Sunday, August 27, 2017

Unity Within the Church: Black Church/White Church Who Cares we are the CHURCH


Unity Within the Church

The last few days have been a little rough for me. One night Bishop Brian Keith Williams, a man of God that highly respect hosted a facebook live, and he spoke about several things.

He called it transparency and tagged ministers and others such as Paula White, Lance Wallnau, Jamal Bryant, Roland Martin, Bishop TD Jakes, Franklin Graham and a few more. Again I want to point out that Brian Keith Williams is a man of God. He flows in the prophetic and he knows God. This man has been serving God for a long time and has been used of God greatly. The ministers he tagged he even to some extent defended them before going into his speech... which it really wasn't a speech but sounded like he was preaching.

Long story short he was talking about our President, and these ministers who have been defending him and standing with him. I can tell he is was trying to somewhat stay in the middle but it was obvious that he doesn't care for Trump, which is fine, because its his right not to care for someone. In fairness he did say something about Obama, and how he sympathized with the Muslims and also said he didn't know if Obama was a Christian or not.

Anyways, he got swarmed with support from other ministers and people as he was speaking the other night and I just sat back and watched. Now some racial things came up while he was talking about the President and I cannot quote him; but he just made a few remarks about something the President said. I am not saying Bishop Williams is racist at all, please don't think I mean that because I do not believe that one bit. (Felt like I needed to add that disclaimer)

Quick opinion then the heart of why I am writing about this. I don't believe our President is a racist bigot, he has fought and stood with people of all colors for years. Bishop Williams also mentioned that some said Trump is a Christian. Would I say that our President has a revelation of who Jesus is and salvation? I can't say that for sure because I don't know him. People want to talk about the Trump from years ago and some comments he made about women and so forth. Look, I before I gave my heart to Christ was not a good person. I did a lot of things I wouldn't want anyone to know about.

Last thing on this: The mainstream media doesn't like Trump at all. They don't like him because he is bold enough to tell them things to their face that they don't want to hear. He has stood up to the mainstream media and they have attacked him in every way they can.

My main point here. I am not on the Republican side and I am not on the Democratic side. I am on the side with Christ. I have always voted Republican because of abortion, gay marriage, and policy. Do I find fault with this party? oh yes! I hate the corrupt politicians on both sides of the aisle. But let's be clear, I am for Christ, not a party.

Last night we were in prayer and I prayed over this situation because of the man of God that I respect. God gave me a scripture, or a story if you will. He gave me Joshua 6, which is very familiar to all, because this is the story of the Jericho walls falling down. In this story God had the children of Israel march around the walls of Jericho for 7 days.... and on the 7th day they ha to march 7 times. Is this ridiculous or was there a method to God's madness? First of all God was trying to get the children of Israel to gain faith... they had to see that wall come down.

Let's be real how many walls have you yelled at and they came down? Never has happened to me but Go had a plan. They marched together... unified... as one... for 7 days and when the time came they yelled and the walls fell! This wasn't 2x4 framed walls with 1/2 drywall, this was concrete walls in which they ran chariot races on top of the walls so these walls were thick.

My point is this! We will never get anywhere in America if the church doesn't come together as one. The devil has tried to keep us apart for as long as I know but there was a time when the church came together and that was when Azusa happened. Yes African Americans, white ,Hispanic all races and ethnicities came together because the Pentecostal movement came into America. William Seymore and Charles Parham got this thing to come together. You see, it wasn't a black thing or a white thing it was a God thing! This is where we are at again folks..... we, the church must make it a God thing! Yes racism goes on but this is a stronghold of the enemy!We got to see past it! We got to look at it for what it is, a tool of the enemy for hate! Will the KKK always exist? Yes probably... Will the black lives matter group always exist? Yea but the church can stomp the power behind those voices because those voices breed hatred.

We, the church must take a stand against this hatred stronghold. The black church, the white church, the hispanic church, whatever color doesn't matter we must come together as THE CHURCH!!!! Look this has to grieve the Lord! All this hatred, all this bitterness.. this ain't God!

So church, we must pray like never before and not only that, go out of your way to break barriers. Come with the love of God to our brothers and sisters, no matter what color their skin is.

Blessings!        

( something I want noted here because this is open to the public. I dont know if Bishop Williams will ever read this or not, or if it will ever get to him but I want to make this clear. I am not against him, but I just dont agree with all that he said. Now, some things he said I do very much agree with. I respect not only him, but the office for which God called him)                                                                

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Habitation over Visitation


Psalm 26: 8 
O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells

I don't know about you, but there is nothing quite like the presence of the Lord. There is nothing like the anointing and glory of God. This morning my subject is, habitation over visitation.

There are some churches out there today that say we seek God. We pray good prayers like Lord we need you, Lord we want you but is it true? Some will say well yes that's what I mean because He is God! Why wouldn't I want Him? I will tell you why you really don't want Him. You don't want Him because if you do, He will wreck you in ways you never dreamed of.

If you really want God this means you want His ways, His will, His everything. This also means that you have to toss your will to the side. Galatians 2:20 says, I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live ,but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me. 

This is one of my favorite scriptures because when you embrace Christ, His presence, His glory, this means your will and your flesh have to take a back seat to His will. This isn't easy to do. I have read many books by Smith Wigglesworth, John G Lake, Kenneth Hagin Sr, as well as countless others, and do you know what is the key for the most powerful men and women of God? They had to lay down their will in order to get the habitation God.

Would you like to know what is a major factor between visitation and habitation is simply the will and laying it all down. All does not mean some, it means everything. I don't know about you but nothing good ever came out of me doing it, my way. There is a reason God wants things done His way but God cannot trump our will. Isn't that crazy that God, the Creator of all things can't trump our will? This is why the will is so powerful and instrumental in determining rather you want a habitation or a visitation of God. This isn't the only factor but it's a major factor.

I see God doing a lot of things in the church. I see God raising up voices who will not cower down to the enemy. I see voices being raised up that will not cater to the crowd but will speak what God says. Some preachers today live in a state of fear when it comes to saying things that will offend people. Here is my thoughts on this if you say things out of genuine love and not out of hate you will be fine, regardless if the person likes or receives it, but we cannot live in fear for what God gives us to speak.

I see God raising up people who truly seek Him and when we see it in the pulpit, we will see it in the congregation. Pastors have a vital role in the 5 fold ministry. I am not saying they are ore important because they aren't, but Pastors are the ones who shepherd, counsel, meet with more consistent. Habitation starts with the Pastor because he is the one implementing the vision and that vision must include God's presence and seeking after God.

God is doing so much in this hour, seek habitation, not visitation. If you seek Him, you will find Him. It is my prayer that you seek Him and also pray that He guides you, helps you, and reveals to yo your kingdom assignment.

Be blessed!!!!!!




Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Demonic Strongholds



2 Cor10:4&5

For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, 


My subject today is demonic strongholds. This is not an argument to prove the devil exists, because I am way past that argument, in fact if you do not believe that satan is real, you might as well stop reading because you will miss all that the Lord wants you to see through this. You have to know there is an enemy.

For many of us, we have heard this verse preached, or even read this several times. I feel like sometimes we can get so numb to scripture because we are not studying the Bible we are just reading it like you would read a fictional book. You can't do that with the Bible because it is a book that must be digested into your spirit. You can't eat a steak in 2 bites, you want to cut it into many little pieces and eat it slowly, taking every bite it, it's the same with the Word. My goal here today is to break these few verses down to you so you can really understand the weight of what this scripture and how you can apply this to your life.

The fact is God wants you to be free because free people, free people. If you are bound and are dealing with something you tend to feel embarrassed or the enemy wants to isolate you so that he can add more weight to you.. meaning the weight of sin.

Weapons 
So what are the weapons that Paul was talking about? You have to go to Ephesians 6: 10-18. This is where it talks about the armor of God, which covers both defensive weaons and offensive weapons.

Warfare
If you think you can escape warfare being a Christian you are living in a dream world. Many times your warfare is even more as a Christian but there is good news, God is on our side. The Greek word for warfare is stratos in which we get the word strategy. Sun Tzu wrote one of the greatest books called "The Art of War." Many in the military have read and studied this book cover to cover several times because Sun Tzu was a war strategist. Sun Tzu was great at strategy, but God is the Creator of all things and is a better resource. God will give you a strategy for the warfare you go through when it comes to battles and strongholds. So many times we want to figure it out on our own but we need a strategy, so pray and ask for it!

Destroying Strongholds
This is where I would like to spend the majority of my time because if we think that simple little prayer will get us the victory over a stronghold you are wrong. I am not knocking new Christians that simply don't know how to pray and intercede. The last thing I want to do is to discourage someone or mock people, but we have a problem with Pastors who do not teach and preach the whole counsel of the Word and preach things to just make you dance and shout because that will make your giving better.
We got to preach and teach the shouting message with the growing message.

So what is a stronghold?

A stronghold is an incorrect thinking pattern that has molded itself into our way of thinking ( Ref: ministeringdeliverance.com)

Another definition is a place where a particular cause or belief is strongly defended and upheld.

Many of us are dealing with demonic strongholds in our lives in some area of our life. Some it's fear, worry, anxiety, addiction, insecurity, gambling, pride, witchcraft, the list goes on and on! My question is, don't you want to be free from the chains? free from the stronghold? 

The enemy cannot, I repeat cannot defeat you unless you lay down and allow him. A stronghold on someone's life is no joke... it's difficult to break but it can be broken. Demons do not like to give up territory, but you have to be just as determined not to allow the devil to have any room in your life.

Look at the picture above, I mean really look... is that you? Are you chained today? Do you feel like your a puppet and the enemy is pulling the strings? Don't you want to be free?


If this is you and you want to be free you must be determined. I remember several years ago I was gripped and bound with pornography. I felt so ashamed as a Christian to be have this big secret. I was going to Bible school and was learning all about the Word and about God, but I had this thing that had me bound. Did I throw my computer away? Did I smash it? No because the addiction wouldn't have gone away, just the means for me to look at it was gone... but it was still there.

So what did I do? Honestly one night I was like I am sick of asking for forgiveness with this. I am bound and I need to be free. One night I got on my knees and I said Lord, I am not going to stop praying, worshipping, praising, and crying out to you until this thing is gone. I want to be free. That night I got free from that addiction. The stronghold in my life was broken!

Take Every Thought Captive

The rest of this scripture talks about taking every thought captive. Have there been times that I have been tempted? Oh yea! Without a shadow of a doubt if you think that once you are free of something that the enemy just stops you are wrong. The enemy keeps up and keeps up and doesn't stop. So what do you do? In my life I have to say in the name of Jesus I command you to go... I take my thoughts captive. I pray that I have the mind of Christ! Go in Jesus name!

Listen the devil needs to know that you mean business. It has to come out of your mouth. You have to take authority over the enemy. Jesus said in Luke 10:19 that He has given us authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all of the power of the enemy. Stop running to a Pastor or minister to do your work. If you are a child of God you have the same authority as any Pastor, preacher etc... you just have to use it.

So as I close I want you to know that it's not easy to dethrone a stronghold but if your sick and tired of it, you can defeat it! God has given you the tools but if you feel like you need more help and deliverance, maybe you need to go to a deliverance minister who can help you get rid of that thing. There may be situations in which you need true deliverance and freedom because you can't do it on your own. Again, don't feel embarrassed or shamed because you are seeking help. Deliverance and healing is the childrens bread.

God doesn't want you all bound up, He wants you free! I hope this blesses many of you today and that you seek that freedom that you desperately need! God is on your side and is here to help you in every situation.

Be blessed!





Saturday, July 29, 2017

Holy Ghost Explosion



It's a Set Up for an Explosion &Eruption of my Glory!!!!!

Isaiah 60: 1-4 
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you. And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Lift up your eyes all around, and see; they all gather together,  they come to you; your sons and daughters shall be carried on the hip. 

The Holy Spirit is just so wonderful. He is a helper, a guide, teacher and will show you things to come... He is wonderful.

OK, so the Lord told me this morning, what this country, this world is going through right now is a set up for an explosion and an eruption of God's glory! The scripture God gave me just a few minutes ago was in Isaiah 60.

For behold there is darkness on the earth, deep darkness even on the people.... but it's a set up. Wars.... rumors of wars, the political mess in our country where half the people hate our President and the other half likes him. Things are being done and change is happening and many are enraged, but the Holy Spirit said it's a set up!!!!

All this going on right now is a set up for God to take center stage! Some say the rapture, but here is my opinion and my opinion only. I believe that before the Lord Jesus comes back to get the church, that there will be a world revival that will take place. Signs and wonders will come to this earth that will blow you away. The healing and the miracles will take place will far surpass what we have seen before. Revivals will be like explosions everywhere. What will be so different about this end time revival? I will tell you that what will make this one different is the names! You say the names? Yes because it won't be the big names like Hinn, Wigglesworth, Lake, Roberts, Graham, Bonke, it will be the whole church rising up to lift up one name, and that name is Jesus. This is the age of the no name that will start revivals, move in power, move in miracles, healing.

The Holy Spirit said if you are in it to be noticed by the masses you will be removed until further notice! If you are in it for the name, the anointing will be stripped from you until you humble yourself. This revival will not be about man, but about God. This revival will be spoken as the nameless revival. This will not be about one man/woman, one ministry, one church, but it will be about God and God alone. Revivals in the past have been powerful, but the problem is there was to big of a name that was usually attached but the Lord said the only name on this revival will be my name! The masses will come to my name. The masses will be delivered by my name!

This explosion and eruption will flood the streets and highways

I remember living in Colorado when Mt Saint Helens erupted. This eruption was 1600 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. I remember seeing news footage of this, the eruption was so powerful, a portion of the mountain blew off which caused a huge land slide, the worst in America.

The Holy Spirit said my eruption and explosion will far surpass what you have seen because it will be global. People will be driving down the highway and just feel compelled to cry out to the Lord. People in remote villages will feel my presence and bow in reverence. The power and the glory of God will be everywhere and there will be nowhere the enemy and the darkness can hide.

Now many will still be like Pharaoh and harden their heart towards God. Many will say I will not give my heart to God, I will not become a Christian but the Lord said at least they will know my name. Like the Egyptians, many will harden their heart but make no mistake, they will know He exists.

Seeker Sensitive Churches will decrease in number

Pastors of seeker churches will feel this shift because people will hunger and thirst more for God. The glory will bring about both repentance and hunger. Shepherds will be asked about miracles, healing, the prophetic, deliverance, and if no answer is given, the people will leave. For a season many seeker churches will dwindle and some, close their doors.

We are on the brink of explosion and eruption. This isn't a word for many years down the line... this is a word for this hour because we are on the brink! Praise God what an exciting time for the church. Keep pushing and keep pressing! We are at the brink!



Wednesday, July 26, 2017

The Heart of a Warrior


Psalm 144:1

Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle. 


What do you think of when you hear the word warrior? Maybe our minds can go back to movies we have watched. Maybe the movie Braveheart, 300, or Conan the Barbarian. Maybe it's not a movie at all, maybe it's historical figures like Genghis Khan or Joan of Ark. No matter who it is when you see or hear the word warrior, you get an image in your head of someone. 

So my question is this morning, what about you? When you see the word warrior do you see yourself? You may laugh at the thought that you are a warrior, but the fact is we have all gone through battles in life, perhaps some of us have been through more battles than others, but we have our scars to prove the battles in life; rather physical, mental, or emotional.

My post this morning is the heart of a warrior because I want you to see yourself as a warrior. David was the author of this psalm and no doubt he was a warrior. When he was a teenager he was a shepherd boy, but it was that shepherd boy who slayed a giant. Isn't it funny that the children of Israel could not defeat Goliath, but it took a shepherd boy who had a shepherd mentality to defeat the giant? A shepherd mentality Troy? Yes David rose up and got into protector mode and seen Goliath as someone who was trying to hurt the flock and defy God so he had to go. 

Christian.. believer, you are in a war rather you want to fight or not. Some of you don't want to fight but thing is you better fight. We cannot be cowards we must tighten up our boot straps, roll back our sleeves and jump into the fight. You may be saying, I am tired, I am scared, I don't want to do this, than the fact is, saved is what you don't want because sometimes it's a fight every day. 

Are you serious? everyday? Yes at times it seems that way. For some of you, it's a fight to pray, a fight to read your Bible, a fight to go to church, a fight to live right, I am telling you it's a fight. You have to get it in your head right now that I didn't give my life to Christ so I could avoid war, avoid fighting, no honey the war began when you said Jesus, I give you my life.  When you say, thy will be done in me, the war begins. Ding, ding, the bell rings and now it's time to fight. 

Why?Because the devil hates you, he hates everything your about. He hates Christ, he hates God, he hates Christians because we have been made in the image of God. You may say well Troy I don't want the devil to hate me, I say I am glad he hates me because I hate him. I hate him, his kingdom, all he stands for and I am called to bring his kingdom down. 

When I became a Christian I enlisted in the army of God, it's no different than someone signing up for the armed forces. When you sign your name on that dotted line you choose that day to fight for that country. When we said yes to Christ, we said yes to His will, yes to His way, yes to his kingdom. When you gave your heart to Christ you instantly made an enemy. 

Today I want to encourage you to be a fighter. So many Christians are sitting on the side lines of this war instead of joining in the fight. So many are whining because of the warfare. I get tired, I get frustrated just like you. There are times when I feel broke down, but I can't and won't quit. God has called us and equipped us to fight!! So do it!!!! Fight, and don't give up no matter what. Direct your frustration at your enemy! Refuse to be denied. 

God has trained us for war, and our fingers for battle. Join the fight and I say, get off the side lines because you are no help on the side lines. 

I pray this has stirred you up today, I know I am! I want the devil defeated. I want victory and this means we don't lay down, don't quit, and don't stop.

be blessed 



Sunday, July 23, 2017

Betrayed


Betrayed!

Psalm 41: 9 

Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. 


This moring I want to talk about betrayal. There are so many today that are suffering because they have been betrayed by people who have been close to us, rather it was a best friend, family member or someone else but how many of us can thank God that betralyal in in the Bible. The two that come to mind who were betrayed by someone close was David, and also Jesus. David was betrayed by King Saul, you know, the one that was jealous because of his popularity, and anointing. 

We know all about Jesus and His betrayal. Judas, the money man, the collector was the one who betrayed Jesus for some money and it was sealed with the kiss on the cheek, the kiss of death. 

So, how do we handle being betrayed? What do you do? 

There are several things you do, and even some things you don't do, which honestly the things not to do is just as important as the things to do. 

Things you don't do: 

1) You do not confront the person right away unless you can control your emotions

How many have blown this one? I have no doubt. Problem with confronting people when our emotions are not in control is that we say things we don't mean and not ony that but we are totally in the flesh, and last I checked that has never been a good thing with a good result. When you confront someone without your emotions being in check you end up making things much worse.

2) Don't seek revenge 

I have also been there, done that. If you seek revenge your simply going by emotions yet again. You are hurt, you are angry, you want that person to feel the same pain you felt. So many times we take matters into our own hands which again is a flesh thing and we will make things worse. You may think, since they cheated on me, I will cheat on them just to show them how it feels, or this person said something they should have kept quiet, so I will speak about their dirty laundry! This is not what you should do, the Bible says that revenge belongs to God. 

Things to do: 

1) Pray 

You are emotional: your angry, your hurt, your wounded so thing is, why not pray first? TheBible says to cast your care upon the Lord, because He cares for us. I love to fish, one of my favorite things to do... if I want to catch a fish I got to cast out some bait, I got to launch that bait out to catch a fish, same concept...you have got to cast your hurt, your pain to the Lord. I can hear some of you, oh you are so spiritual, and it's not that but we got to come to the Lord with this because of our flesh and our emotions. 

When we are wounded, especially if it's someone close to us that we love, it gives an open door to the enemy to get a foothold on you. The last thing you want is an open door for your enemy to come in and steal, kill and destroy. 

2) Read your word on hurt, pain, betrayal 

This is deep right? No this is practical but so many people do not think about being practical when it comes to being betrayed. Usually what happens is our carnal flesh wants a chance to act out. What did Jesus do? Nothing honesly because He knew Judas would betray him. He knew Judas was taking money, but He kept him as the treasurer... there is something called sowing and reaping and it's a spiritual law. Some people say karma, I don't do karma but I do get sowing and reaping. What you sow, you will also reap someday. You sow kindness, you will reap kindness. You sow carnality, you will reap carnality. 

3) Forgive them 

WHOA!!!!!! Wait a second are you serious? Do you know what they did to me? Do you have any idea ow badly they wounded me? You are clueless to know the amount of pain I have because this person did this, or did that... Yes... forgive. I have been betrayed before, and it stinks to no end. Took me quite a while to forgive this person and honestly, should have done it much sooner. We have to forgive if we are ever going to get ahead. 

Holding onto hurt, and pain, anger will do nothing for you. Let it go by forgiving them. I am not saying it's easy, but it is worth it! By choosing not to forgive them is only going to keep you bound. By staying in unforgiveness you will stunt your growth as a believer. You will never grow if you don't forgive. Not only will you not grow, but you will hurt others yes it's true. Hurt people hurt others. 

Today it is my hope that you can move forward from the past because God has a great future for you! Don't allow being betrayed to ruin your whole life. Does it hurt? do you feel angry? grieved? Yes prolly all the above but f you start operating in the spirit like Jesus did, you will see the benefits. 

Be blessed!