HOW MANY TIMES? Wednesday Read: Matthew 18:28-35 28 “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded. 29 “His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with…
Read MoreHOW MANY TIMES? Tuesday Read: Matthew 18:21-27 21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. 23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with…
Read MoreHOW MANY TIMES? Monday Read: Matthew 18:15-21 15 “If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony…
Read MoreFORGIVING OTHERS AND SELF Friday Read: 1 John 1:5-2:2 5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk…
Read MoreFORGIVING OTHERS AND SELF Thursday Read: Matthew 7:24-27 24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had…
Read MoreFORGIVING OTHERS AND SELF Wednesday Read: Matthew 7:9-14 9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in…
Read MoreFORGIVING OTHERS AND SELF Tuesday Read: Matthew 7:1-6 “1 Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and…
Read MoreFORGIVING OTHERS AND SELF Monday Read: Ephesians 4:29-5:4 “29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of all…
Read MoreJUDGING OTHERS Friday Read: Isaiah 55:6-9 6 Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.7 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts.Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”declares the Lord.9 “As the heavens are…
Read MoreJUDGING OTHERS Thursday Read: Matthew 6:12 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Study: For Jesus, forgiveness was a fundamental Kingdom reality. If God did not forgive, no fallible human could have hope. But Jesus also knew that it’s simply not credible to claim God’s forgiveness for ourselves if we…
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