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VERSES ABOUT FORGIVENESS
Forgiving others brings such freedom. It's like taking off a heavy backpack you've been carrying for way too long. There's a real beauty to forgiveness, and anyone who's experienced both giving and receiving it knows what I mean. God is our ultimate example, right? He shows us how it's done and calls us to practice it every single day.
So, I encourage you to forgive, just as Christ forgives you – every single day. It's time to let go and be free. Let's be real, in this life, someone is bound to hurt or offend you. But even then, we're called to learn to forgive and love again. Get that bitterness out of your system. Trust me, it'll help you grow and move forward. It'll even strengthen your relationship with God.
As children of God, we rejoice because we've received forgiveness for our sins through Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. But it's important to remember that just as we've been forgiven, our hearts need to be ready to forgive others. Mark 11:251 says, "And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses." As long as we repent and are faithful in forgiving others, God will completely forgive us. And that's when we can truly have a fresh start!
Our sins before thee we confess; O may they be forgiv’n! As we to others mercy show, we mercy beg from Heav’n.
Behold what witnesses unseen encompass us around; Men, once like us, with suff’ring try’d, but now with glory crown’d. 2 Let us, with zeal like theirs inspir’d, begin the Christian race, And, freed from each encumb’ring weight, their holy footsteps trace. 3 Behold a witness nobler still, who trod affliction’s path, Jesus, at once the finisher and author of our faith. 4 He for the joy before him set, so gen’rous was his love, Endur’d the cross, despis’d the shame, and now he reigns above. 5 If he the scorn of wicked men with patience did sustain, Becomes it those for whom he dy’d to murmur or complain? 6 Have ye like him to blood, to death, the cause of truth maintain’d? And is your heav’nly Father’s voice forgotten or disdain’d? 7 My son, saith he, with patient mind endure the chast’ning rod; Believe, when by afflictions try’d, that thou art lov’d by God. 8 His children thus most dear to him, their heav’nly Father trains, Through all the hard experience led of sorrows and of pains. 9 We know he owns us for his sons, when we correction share; Nor wander as a bastard race, without our Father’s care. 10 A father’s voice with rev’rence we on earth have often heard; The Father of our spirits now demands the same regard. 11 Parents may err; but he is wise, nor lifts the rod in vain; His chast’nings serve to cure the soul by salutary pain. 12 Affliction, when it spreads around, may seem a field of woe; Yet there, at last, the happy fruits of righteousness shall grow. 13 Then let our hearts no more despond, our hands be weak no more; Still let us trust our Father’s love, his wisdom still adore.
And shall we then go on to sin, that grace may more abound? Great God, forbid that such a thought should in our breast be found! 2 When to the sacred font we came, did not the rite proclaim, That, wash’d from sin, and all its stains, new creatures we became? 3 With Christ the Lord we dy’d to sin; with him to life we rise, To life, which now begun on earth, is perfect in the skies. 4 Too long enthrall’d to Satan’s sway, we now are slaves no more; For Christ hath vanquish’d death and sin, our freedom to restore.
With heav’nly weapons I have fought the battles of the Lord; Finish’d my course, and kept the faith, depending on his word.Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown which cannot fade; The righteous Judge at that great day shall place it on my head. 4 Nor hath the Sov’reign Lord decreed this prize for me alone; But for all such as love like me th’ appearance of his Son.