LUKE 6:35 But love ye your enemies
, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.LORD, I desire to walk in
forgiveness. This day I choose to love my enemies. I truly desire to know how to walk in the forgiveness that you would have me to give…..
DAY 2 - ROM 12:19-21 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but
[rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of
fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
FATHER GOD, I desire to all that you would have me to be. Teach me your ways O Lord, that I might overcome evil with good. Help me to
remember that it is You only that can judge…….
DAY 3 - MARK 11:25-26 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may
forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
HEAVENLY FATHER, Thank You for helping me to understand and grow in forgiveness. So
many times I have asked You to forgive me and yet I have been unwilling to forgive others. Each day I am beginning to understand that everyone deserves forgiveness just as much as I do. Forgive me Lord for being so hard
toward others and walking in judgment.
DAY 4 - LUK 17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent: thou shalt forgive him.
LORD JESUS, so many times I have been unwilling to forgive one time offences, so I confess that this is even more difficult for me to do. I repent of unwillingness, ask You to forgive me. It is my desire to walk in
forgiveness……
DAY 5 - MATT 6:14-15 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses.
LORD, I am beginning to realize more and more each day how important forgiveness really is. Thank You Lord for revealing to me the importance of forgiveness and changing my heart. Each day it becomes
easier and easier to forgive through Your love….
DAY 6 - LUK 23:34 I Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
FATHER GOD,
when I look at the life of Jesus I am awed by His love and compassion. Each day I am beginning to understand that those who sin against me really do not know what they are doing. For if they did, they would not do the
things that they do. I forgive them Lord and I ask that You forgive them also…..
DAY 7 - ROM 12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
DEAR LORD, today I praise You
for You are teaching me to not only forgive, but to bless. And today I bless those who have sought to destroy me……
DAY 8 - PSA 86:5-6 For thou, Lord,
art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
HEAVENLY FATHER, truly You are good for
You have forgiven me and showed to me great mercy. I pray that I would be ready to forgive and that I would be plenteous in mercy……
DAY 9 - MATT 18:21-22 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how
oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
LORD JESUS, today I have learned that I am
to forgive each person 490 times! Lord, indeed I need grace to do this. I confess to You that I have not done so and I repent, but I desire to do that which You have spoken……….
DAY 10 - ROM 12:17
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
FATHER, it is the easy way to just do to others as they have done to me. But even now, I confess that when confronted, I have a
tendency not to think before I react and I find myself doing what You have said not to do. Lord, help me to remember Your word and walk in Your love……………
DAY 11 -
1CO 4:12-13 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: Being defamed, we entreat
: we are made as the filth of the world, [and are] the offscouring of all things unto this day.
LORD, help me today to know what You would have me to do in all situations. I desire for Your life to be made manifest
in me and to respond the way that you would have me to do…….
DAY 12 - MATT 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
FATHER, today I turn from my unmerciful ways. I desire only to
be that which You would have me to be. Thank You for showing me that I must be merciful to others. How can I ask for that which I am unable to give……………
DAY 13 -
EPH 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
LORD GOD, You have forgiven me of so much. I certainly cannot point to others and
condemn nor judge them. If You have forgiven me, certainly in Your grace I can forgive them…………
DAY 14 - LUKE 6:28-29 Bless them
that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
FATHER, day
by day I am growing in forgiveness. What You say in this verse is not the easieast thing for me to do. Lord, I need Your help and I know that because this is Your desire in my life You will enable me in every way……….
DAY 15 - MATT 18:32-35 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: Shouldest not thou also have had
compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
PRECIOUS LORD, certainly I have been guilty. Please forgive me this sin. Yes, You have had pity upo me and forgave me when I asked. How can I be so selfish? Help me to remember the mercy that You have show me.
Fill me up with compassion for others………….
DAY 16 - 2COR. 2:7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch
sorrow.
FATHER, if I had not received the forgiveness that I needed, truly I would have been overcome. Are not others as I was? I chose today to forgive and restore, to bring hope back into the lives of others.
Thank You Lord for being long suffering with me and showing me what I need to do………………
DAY 17 - COL 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving
one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.
LORD JESUS, as each day has passed I have learned so much. You bore so much, surely I can be patient and kind and
forgive. I forgive those that have hurt me and those with whom there has been strife and contention between us. Today I will go and repent of my foolishness to them…………..
DAY 18 -
MATT 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
HEAVENLY FATHER, I come to You today to erase the debts which are owed me. I ask You to forgive mine. Thank You Lord for Your great kindness which You
have shown before me. Today I wipe the slate clean and declare that no man owes me anything……….
DAY 19 - 1PE 3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing;
knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
LORD, how wonderful You are. Not only am I called to be blessed, but You have called me to be a blessing. Help me today to be a blessing whether
someone is blessing me today or not. I want to bless even when others aren't doing anything to receive it……………
DAY 20 -
LUKE 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
FATHER, I have found it easy to rebuke, in fact I confess that it has even given me a sense of
satisfaction. This is wrong and it is sin! I repent of rejoicing in the wrongs of others and lifting myself up.
Through Your forgiveness and grace, I am growing. I'll yield myself to pride, rather will I be
tenderhearted and forgiving………….
DAY 21 - 2COR. 2:10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ
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LORD JESUS, such power You have placed within our hands. The power to love, the power to forgive. Forgiveness is the most powerful weapon that we have. Thank You for helping to walk in forgiveness and from
this day forward help me to continue in that walk.
