{"id":48345,"date":"2026-03-02T20:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=48345"},"modified":"2026-03-02T20:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:44:23","slug":"rev-oparanozie-counsel-christians-on-forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=48345","title":{"rendered":"Rev Oparanozie counsel Christians on forgiveness\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rev Oparanozie counsel Christians on forgiveness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?attachment_id=17409\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17409\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17409\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Nigeria-Anglican-Communion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"983\" height=\"911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Nigeria-Anglican-Communion.jpg 983w, https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Nigeria-Anglican-Communion-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Nigeria-Anglican-Communion-768x712.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Christians have been urged to let go of grievous offences in order to experience healing and spiritual restoration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Chaplain 11 and Personal Assistant to the Anglican Bishop of Egbu, Reverend Gospel Oparanozie, made the call in a church service at Glory of God Anglican Church, Umuofocha, Nekede in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the topic \u201cRecovery of the Wounded,\u201d Reverend Oparanozie advised Christians to release offences, even when such hurts leave deep emotional scars.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He explained that although forgiveness may be difficult, adherents are commanded to forgive others in order to receive forgiveness from God.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The clergy reminded the congregation that the joy of the Lord remains their strength, urging them to find space in their hearts for forgiveness despite past pain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reverend Oparanozie also encouraged victims of violence and emotional hurt to seek full recovery by holding firmly to the word of God.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that true healing and restoration come when believers obey God\u2019s word by forgiving others and trusting Him for strength.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rev Oparanozie counsel Christians on forgiveness &nbsp; Christians have been urged to let go of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","elegant-magazine-featured":"","elegant-magazine-medium":"","elegant-magazine-medium-small":"","elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":""},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?cat=27\" rel=\"category\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48346,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48345\/revisions\/48346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}