Aug 14, 2024 … Forgiveness => Love In Action  …    

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... to hear the group Sanctus Real, with music and lyrics, singing Forgiven, on experiencing God’s love and genuine forgiveness.    

Seeking Forgiveness ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Colossians 3:13 [NLT] … 

13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.  

… Paul charges fellow Christians to exercise God’s love and forgive others He has forgiven them (us).                                 

    

Highlight Passage (in context): … Colossians 3:12-17  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to forgive others as Christ has forgiven them (us).   

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

… Jesus teaches to His followers in the Sermon on the M out to forgive others.    

Reference Passage: … Mark 11:24-26 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… Jesus commands His disciples (and us) to forgive others so that they (we) can be forgiven or their (our) sins. 

Reference Passage: … Acts 2:38 [NLT] …  

38 Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.    

… The Apostle Peter preaches at Pentecost for believers to be baptized as they (we) repent and receive forgiveness for their (our) sins.            

<b><u>Reference Passage:</u> … Ephesians 1:7, 4:32 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … </b> 

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1%3A7%2C+4%3A32&version=NLT

… Paul shows that Christ died so that we can be - thru our faith in Him -  made new in Christlikeness and set free from our bondage to sin by God’s love and forgiveness.  . 

Reference Passage: … 1John 1:7-9 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… if we are willing to surrender in faith and confess our sins to God, … HIS love will cleanse us of ALL of our sins.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Patrician Raybon -  AT THIS LINK  -  writes about a retired Navy Seal and now Admiral, William McRaven, giving a commencement speech, told of going to the family of a man who was mistakenly killed in action to seek the family’s forgiveness, which they gave him willingly,, saying, …        

And that story illustrates all of what is exhorted, and actually COMMANDED by God of born-again Christians in the linked song and the Scriptures shared above.  But, it’s tough, isn't it?  Well, I’m praying that God’s Spirit will help any/all of us who have people or circumstances from our past where we need to seek forgiveness as we confess and repent of those past wrongs, … leading us to go and seek forgiveness from others … and especially from God’s love.        

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your forgiveness.     

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying that those who read with me here can - and WILL - seek Your leading Lord to seek forgiveness if we have anyone from our past where we need to seek Your and their forgiveness. …  Amen

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