Wednesday, September 21st

Today’s Scripture
“The lessons of forgiveness in heaven’s kingdom realm can be illustrated like this: “There once was a king who had servants who had borrowed money from the royal treasury. He decided to settle accounts with each of them. As he began the process, it came to his attention that one of his servants owed him one billion dollars. So he summoned the servant before him and said to him, ‘Pay me what you owe me.’ When his servant was unable to repay his debt, the king ordered that he be sold as a slave along with his wife and children and every possession they owned as payment toward his debt. The servant threw himself facedown at his master’s feet and begged for mercy. ‘Please be patient with me. Just give me more time and I will repay you all that I owe.’ Upon hearing his pleas, the king had compassion on his servant, and released him, and forgave his entire debt. “No sooner had the servant left when he met one of his fellow servants, who owed him twenty thousand dollars. He seized him by the throat and began to choke him, saying, ‘You’d better pay me right now everything you owe me!’ His fellow servant threw himself facedown at his feet and begged, ‘Please be patient with me. If you’ll just give me time, I will repay you all that is owed.” Matthew 18:23-29

Today’s Thought
Forgiveness is found the moment you find it unnecessary to see judgment inflicted upon others. You might not lose the memory of the offense but you will lose the pain from it the moment you forgive.

Today’s Confession
Father God, help me to stay humble in my dealing with others. Let me find the grace to forgive those who have wronged me. Help me to walk in the love and forgiveness you have shown me when I’ve sinned, that I may do the same to others.