Forgiveness

02/09/2019

My prayer is that the Lord will soften our hearts so that we will not become susceptible to this sin of un-forgiveness, whilst becoming bitter as a result.  May the Spirit guard our hearts so that the Lord’s unfailing love will cover a multitude of sins.

Day 1
Mat 9 v 1-8
Mat 18 v 23-35
Col 3 v 12-17

Col 3 v 12-13

12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

It seems to me forgiveness is an instruction and in the absence of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience there cannot be any forgiveness.  Like Jesus said “… which is easier to say?”  Let’s choose to forgive as we have already been forgiven and granted God’s grace. 

Heavenly Father.  Thank you for changing our hearts and through that our fallen nature.  Please remove any notion of unforgiveness that may still be present in our lives, whether in ourselves, our loved ones, a colleague or even a neighbour.

Day 2
Mat 6 v 9-15
1 Jon 1 v 5-10
Jam 5 v 15-20