Apr 23 2025 … Forever Forgiveness …

Apr 23 2025 …  Forever Forgiveness …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with music and lyrics with Matthew West singing  … Forgiveness,  about how all born-again Christians are to forgive and show God’s love and mercy to one another.  

Buzz Lightyear's motto ... 

Highlight Passage: … Matthew 18:33 … [NLT] … 

33 Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’             

…  Jesus calls out His followers and disciples to forgive others the way He, our Lord and Master, has forgiven them (us),  … completely and forever.           

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … Matthew 18: 21-35 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus relates a parable showing the forgiveness of a Master for his indebted servant.              

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Reference Passage: … Isaiah 43:25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… God, thru Isaiah, promises to blot out our sinfulness with His forgiveness.  

Reference Passage: … Lamentations 3:22-23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… God promises His mercy and grace to be endless, everyday, for those who love the Lord.

Reference Passage: … John 13:34-35 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus commands His disciples to love each other as He loves them (and us) which will identify them (us) as His disciples.

Reference Passage: …  Romans 5:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul shows how God showed His loving grace by dying to forgive and save His chosen ones forever. 

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

…Paul calls on fellow Christians to forgive each other just as God, thru Christ, has forgiven all who believe and follow Him.  

Reference Passage: …  Hebrews 4:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru the Author of Hebrews, calls on Christians to come boldly to God, seeking His forgiveness and grace when we need His mercy and love the most.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Elisa Morgan … AT THIS LINK      …  used one of the main animated characters in the movie Toy Story, i.e, Buzz Lightyear, (see photo), who often cried out, as he flew around in the bedroom with the others toys who had come to life, “To infinity and beyond!”, which is an interesting declaration, since infinity is most often thought of as the end of everything where there could be no “BEYOND.”   

But there is a “BEYOND,” isn’t there?  And that’s the point of today’s ODB entry, which calls on all born-again Christians to show to others the same infinite and eternal love and mercy that God has shown for all who’ve surrendered to Christ and received His forgiveness, … i.e., God’s mercy and grace which goes beyond the infinite to show the Lord’s eternal forgiveness.  So, I’m stopping, … right here, …  as you may be reading this, to pray that you, my fellow Christian readers, have received God’s forgiveness and His saving grace; and you all have discovered how we … yes, you and me, … can offer that mercy and eternal forgiveness to others.   Are you with me?

         

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for offering me Your eternal love and grace by forgiving me.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray, … again today, … that all reading here will join with me, …  to receive your forgiving mercy and grace, Lord, each day of our lives.      … AMEN

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