Unforgiveness is a Cancer -- Put it Away from Your Life By Dr Stella Immanuel

Key wellness, self-care, and life-improvement strategies emphasized

• Ask for “Fresh Fire” (spiritual renewal as a wellbeing practice)

  • Encourage the group to receive fresh anointing/fire before starting.
  • Pray “until you can feel the fire,” and declare a new daily touch rather than relying on yesterday’s experience.

• Remove unforgiveness as a “cancer” (core wellness + mental health message)

  • Frame unforgiveness → bitterness/resentment as a heavy burden that “brews” pain and can spiral into emotional and even physical harm.
  • Connect holding grudges with outcomes like depression, emotional lock-up, psychosomatic issues, and other severe consequences.

• Release people emotionally (practical forgiveness method)

  • Forgive for your sake, not based on whether the other person apologizes.
  • Visualize the person and let them go “in your mind” to prevent trauma-pain from resurfacing.
  • When remembering hurts causes pain or trauma to spike, treat it as a sign you need grace to fully release.

• Use prayer scripts / declarations to break emotional and spiritual barriers

  • Repeatedly speak prayers like:
    • “Holy Spirit, give me the grace to forgive.”
    • “I throw off every burden of worry.”
    • “I cast down every roadblock hiding my progress.”
    • “Every mountain from my past … be melted by the fire of God.”
    • “Convert every rejection … to acceptance.”
  • Acknowledge that forgiveness may feel impossible—then ask God for grace to do it.

• Reject revenge; choose peace-building behaviors

  • Don’t seek revenge; instead follow scripture emphasizing:
    • Overcome evil with good
    • Bless/pray for enemies
    • If applicable, feed or give water to those who oppose you (“heap coals of fire” language used to describe melting resistance).

• Practical relational behavior change

  • Make a point to greet/say “hi” consistently rather than silently punishing with distance or sarcasm.
  • Teach that even if you were hurt, you shouldn’t let one person’s actions control how you treat others.

• Rational spiritual reframing

  • Forgiveness is presented as aligning with God’s mercy:
    • God forgives you as you forgive others.
  • It’s positioned as restoring access to grace, blessings, and destiny, which unforgiveness can block.

Key deliverance-themed self-care outcomes claimed

• Physical/mental relief after releasing unforgiveness

  • The speaker describes a personal testimony of feeling a “black ball” removed from her heart and experiencing peace afterward.

• Restoration after forgiveness

  • Declarations include recovering lost blessings and turning sorrow into joy.

Presenters / sources

• Dr. Stella Immanuel (Fire Power Ministries; Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Alexandria)
• Dr. Lya (author referenced for the “book instructions for Champions”)

Bible references used in message

• Matthew 6:12
• Luke 10:11:4 (referenced as forgiving debts/sins)
• Matthew 5:43
• Mark 11:25
• Romans 12:18–21

Additional references

• Donnie McClurkin (referenced in a personal testimony; song used while praying)