February 5, 2024 … Sharing God’s Forgiveness

February 5, 2024 … Sharing God’s Forgiveness   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Matthew West singing … Forgiveness …  poignantly and powerfully singing of how we Christians must be willing to share Christlike forgiveness with others.  

Sharing God's love mends broken hearts ... 

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Highlight Passage: … John 8:10 [NLT] … 

10 Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”            

… Jesus confronts the reality that all of this prostitute’s accusers were no longer present  since Jesus had confronted them with the challenge for any of the accusers who were sinless to cast the first stone.   

Highlight Passage (in context): … John 8:1-11 … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus shows mercy and forgiveness to a prostitute accused of adultery.                                   

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Reference Passage: … Matthew 6:14-15 [NLT] …   USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus strongly teaches to His followers in the Sermon on the Mount to forgive those who have sinned against them (us).   

Reference Passage: … Mark 11:25 [NLT] …   

25 But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too  

… Jesus teaches His disciples to have a forgiving heart as we pray for one another.  

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:31-32  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to extend Christlike forgiveness to others just as He has extended His love with all sinners who believe in Him as Lord.  

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 8:12 [NLT] …   

12 And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.   

… The Author of Hebrews quotes from Jeremiah 31:31-34 (linked), … God’s prophesy of forgiveness of sin from God’s New Covenant to His remnant of believers.  

Reference Passage: … 1John 1:9 [NLT] …   

9 But if we confess our sins to Hm, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. 

… The Apostle John relays God’s promise to forgive and cleanse any sin confessed before God’s throne of grace.             

My Devotional Journal: Today’s  Our Daily Bread  Author , Tim Gustafson -  AT THIS LINK -   Tells about a young lady, named Maggie, who invited a prostitute to church and when the young woman came, it was obvious that she was inappropriately dressed.  But Maggie graciously asked the young lady if she was cold, offering her Maggie’s shawl to help her feel more comfortably dressed.       

And the ODB entry today made me wonder if I would have an attitude like Maggie … or even more like Jesus … when the guilty prostitute was cast at His feet, sharing His love and grace with the woman.  What about it, fellow Christian readers, … do we have the heart of Christ <b>(see photo)</b>, … offering His love and grace to others with our hearts of forgiveness?  Oh, how I pray that is my heart!  How about you?     

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your Spirit of love and grace to share with others.   

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to offer Your love and grace-filled forgiveness to others today.      Amen  

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