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If we confess our sins, he is FAITHFUL and JUST and WILL FORGIVE US
OUR SINS. 1 JOHN 1:9
PROMISE OF FORGIVENESS THE
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INTRODUCTION | Karen Huang, Our Daily Bread author
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’m naturally anxious about getting things wrong and making mistakes. “What is it about mistakes that makes you afraid?” a friend once asked. “Is it disappointing others? Losing control?”. “It’s not being loved,” I said. The words came out of my mouth quickly, but I was surprised to hear them. In my relationships, a voice within me always said, The love of another is like plaster on a wall. If you fail them, a chip will fall. And although I’d been a believer in Jesus for many years, this was also how I understood God’s love. I believed that His love for me was dependent on how well I behaved. Consequently, I was in denial of my many sinful habits, since I thought that owning up to them would mean facing the ‘fact’ that God’s love for me had dwindled. Then one morning when I was experiencing quiet despair over these fears, I came across a familiar verse: “God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (ROMANS 5:8). The words comforted me as they never had before. My hungry heart made my eyes devour them. Is it really true? Yes. Even while we were still sinners, God loved us. He could have responded to us in any way He chose. We were defenceless, after all; our unrighteousness was an offence to His holy nature. But because God loved us, He sent His Son, Jesus, to die on our behalf. The blood He shed on the cross was
the payment for our release from the debt we owed Him and from eternal separation from Him (ROMANS 6:23; EPHESIANS 1:7). I’d believed that if I made mistakes, I wouldn’t be loved. But Scripture says God already loved me even when my sinful nature defined me as one who’d forever fail Him. Jesus released me from the penalty of being a sinner and took on my sin (2 CORINTHIANS 5:21). Ephesians 1:7 says, “In [Jesus] we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace” (SEE ALSO COLOSSIANS 1:14; HEBREWS 9:15). The Greek word translated “redemption” means a release brought about by payment of a ransom. This is the hope-filled message of Easter! When we believe what Jesus did for us through His death and resurrection, and choose to follow Him as our Saviour, His perfection becomes ours. No, it doesn’t mean we turn into sinless human beings, but our identity and standing before God are now forever defined by Jesus’ work at the cross. Through the sacrifice of His blood, God provides forgiveness, final and absolute. It transforms everything—how God sees us, how we’re to see ourselves, how we’re to live in this world, and how our physical death will be nothing more than the beginning of eternity with Him. “I will forgive their wickedness,” God said of us in Hebrews 8:12, “and will remember their sins no more.” And when we do sin, as we inevitably will, God not only promises us forgiveness if we turn to Him in repentance, but also helps us overcome sin (1 JOHN 1:9). Accepting God’s forgiveness means putting a stop to a life defined by the lie that sin is more powerful than the cross. When we allow the reality of forgiveness to become ours, we give God unhindered access to work in us. The following encouragements, prayers and reflections from Our Daily Bread will help you think about the new life Jesus has purchased for you with His death and resurrection. My prayer for you this Easter is that you’ll ask God to help you receive His forgiveness and then offer it to others. Doing so will lead you to new heights of joy.
TODAY’S BIBLE READING | 2 CORINTHIANS 5:11–21 Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. 12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart. 13 If we are ‘out of our mind,’ as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 11
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A NEW LIFE If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new is here! [ 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 ]
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s the at-risk teenagers took their seats in the youth room, William bowed his head, breathed a silent prayer, then spoke. “Some people don’t let me forget I’ve been in jail,” he said. “Sometimes, I’m the one who doesn’t let me forget all the bad things I’ve done.” He held up his Bible, smiling. “But God says He’s given me a new life. And He’s offering the same gift to you.” Like William, some of us struggle to feel forgiven and accept that we’re rescued, redeemed and restored—new creations defined by our Saviour’s love for us, not by the sins that once bound us. The apostle Paul, who considered himself the worst of sinners (1 TIMOTHY 1:12–17), affirmed that believers in Jesus needed to stop seeing people and Christ from “a worldly point of view” (2 CORINTHIANS 5:16). As “new creations” (OR “NEW PEOPLE”) who’ve been reconciled to God through Jesus’ death and resurrection, our sins are no longer counted against us (VV. 17–19). After having received this new identity, God’s children become living ambassadors for Christ (V. 20). Our past sins can’t trap or tarnish us. When we focus on our insufficiencies instead of God’s ever-sufficient grace, it’s hard to live like we trust God. But even in that struggle, God can help us see ourselves as redeemed people who are called and empowered to live for Jesus—pointing others to the hope we have in Him. XOCHITL DIXON REFLECT: When has someone, including yourself, made you believe you’re trapped or tarnished by your past sins? How does Jesus’ sacrifice for your sin and the forgiveness He offers give you hope for the future? PRAY: Mighty Jesus, please help me live as if I’ve truly received the new life You’ve given me and encourage others to accept the new life You offer those who place their trust in You.
If anyone is in Christ, the
NEW CREATION HAS COME : the old has gone, the
NEW IS HERE! 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17
8 Truths about Our New Identity in Christ from Ephesians 1:3-9 are blessed with every spiritual 1 We blessing (V. 3). were chosen before God even 2 We made the world (V. 4). are adopted as His children 3 We (V. 5). are subjects of His pleasure 4 We and will (V. 5). are for the praise of His 5 We glorious grace (V. 6). are fully redeemed and 6 We forgiven by Jesus’ sacrifice (V. 7). know the mystery of His will 7 We for us (V. 8). are part of Christ’s united 8 We kingdom (V. 9).
TODAY’S BIBLE READING | HEBREWS 9:11–22 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, so obtaining eternal redemption. 13 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! 15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. 16 In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, 17 because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. 18 This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. 19 When Moses had proclaimed every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. 20 He said, ‘This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.’ 21 In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. 22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. 11
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NO HEALING WITHOUT BLOOD Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
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here’s no healing without blood.” I didn’t hear this short, compelling sermon from my pastor, but from my physiotherapist. When I asked why he wanted to use ultrasound on my injured shoulder, he explained that a combination of massage, exercise and ultrasound would force blood into the area. Without a flow of blood, he explained, healing would be impossible. The Bible agrees: there’s no healing without blood. In the Old Testament, the blood of animals was used to pay for sin, so that God’s people would be clean before Him. “How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death!” (HEBREWS 9:14). A clean conscience is something which we all long to experience. But because we still sin, we still wrestle with feelings of guilt, forgetting that there is an answer beyond just trying harder. My efforts cannot cover even one sin—but Jesus’ blood cleanses even the worst one. What was true on the first day of our salvation is still true today: healing only comes through the flow of Christ’s blood, shed upon the cross for us. “Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness” (V. 22). Praise Jesus! In Him, we are forgiven; cleansed—healed. Jesus has done this “once for all” (10:10). The flow of blood still covers and restores; healing and hope can be found in Him alone. DEBBI FRALICK REFLECT: Is your instinct to try harder and do better when you feel guilty? How does Jesus’ “once-for-all” sacrifice bring you comfort and reassurance today? PRAY: Dear Jesus, forgive me for trying to cover my own sin. Thank You for doing everything to clean and heal me. I don’t need to cover myself, for I am always covered by Your blood.
He was PIERCED for our transgressions, he was CRUSHED for our iniquities; the PUNISHMENT that brought us peace was ON HIM. ISAIAH 53:5
5-Minute Bible Study: Isaiah 53:3-6 He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. 4 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! 5 But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. 6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all. 3
each of the pains—emotional and physical—that 1 List Jesus experienced. Where do you see those pains in your life?
everything this passage says about “we,” “us,” or 2 List “our.” How do you relate to each of them? 3 What benefit can we gain from the suffering of Jesus? through each verse again prayerfully and hand each 4 Go of your pains to Jesus. Thank Him for carrying them for you and ask for His wholeness and inner healing.
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, thank You for all of the sorrows, pains and wounds You carried for me. Please help me to experience more of the healing and wholeness You bought for me! Amen. WHERE NEXT? If you have time, read the whole chapter and see what other things Jesus carried for you! A BIBLE STUDY TAKE-AWAY! See if asking the five “Who?”, “What?”, When?”, “Why?” and “How?” questions can help you understand what God is doing more clearly in other Bible passages.
TODAY’S BIBLE READING | MARK 2:1-12 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralysed man, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralysed man, ‘Son, your sins are forgiven.’ 6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7 ‘Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?’ 8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, ‘Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say to this paralysed man, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Get up, take your mat and walk”? 10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.’ So he said to the man, 11 ‘I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.’ 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, ‘We have never seen anything like this!’ 1
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GET UP AND WALK I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. [ MARK 2:10 ]
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any know him as the father of modern fantasy writing. He inspired great authors like J. R. R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll and C. S. Lewis. Yet Scottish poet George MacDonald’s most powerful words may well have been those concerning his Saviour’s forgiving heart. Reflecting on Jesus’ healing of a paralysed man, MacDonald wrote, “To save a man from his sins, is to say to him, in sense perfect and eternal, ‘Rise up and walk. Be at liberty in thy essential being. Be free as the Son of God is free.’” In the story, the paralysed man is dramatically laid before Jesus by his friends (MARK 2:4). To onlookers, this man obviously needs freedom from his trapped body. But for Jesus, the real problem lies far deeper within. “He said to the paralysed man, ‘Son, your sins are forgiven’” (V. 5). When the teachers of the law took offence (V. 6-7), Jesus made His intentions clear: “ ‘I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.’ So he said to the man, ‘I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home’” (VV. 10-11). Jesus brought freedom to the man’s body to prove His authority to bring eternal freedom to the man’s soul. It is a freedom that He still offers today; He has authority on earth to forgive so that we may “get up” from our prisons of sin and follow Him into liberty. CHRIS WALE REFLECT: What sin is weighing you down and trapping you? What might it look like to take hold of Jesus’ forgiveness and “get up” and walk with Him in your soul? PRAY: Dear Jesus, thank You that You have all authority to forgive sin. Gratefully and joyfully, I receive the freedom of Your forgiveness today.
It is for freedom that
CHRIST HAS SET US FREE. GALATIANS 5:1
A Prayer for Those Who Feel Trapped by Sin Heavenly Father, I desperately want to make changes. I want to stop destructive, sinful behaviours. I want to honour You in every area of my life. Help me to see my bad choices the way You see them. May I want what You want in every part of my life. I surrender to You the sins that are enslaving me. Help me remember that those bad habits are crucified, and I have the life of Jesus living in me. He is never tempted by sin. May I walk in His victory. Thank You for not keeping a record of my wrongs. I choose to trust that You have forgiven all my sins because of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice. I trust that You see me through His righteousness. Help me to remember that I don’t need to try to add anything to what He has done; I can rest completely in His finished work for me. Amen
TODAY’S BIBLE READING | ROMANS 3:21–31 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished 26—he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus. 27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the ‘law’ that requires faith. 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, 30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law. 21
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WHAT WE DESERVE All are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. [ ROMANS 3:24 ]
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Welsh evangelist, David Shepherd, could be very direct. One day when at the village’s grocery shop he heard the woman behind the till say to the customer in front of him, “What terrible weather we’re having – we deserve better than this.” To which he responded, “Mrs Harries, if the good Lord gives you what you deserve, I’ll be burying you on Tuesday.” Perhaps he wasn’t the most sensitive in his response, but the evangelist’s statement must have made the people in the shop stop and think. After all, as the apostle Paul wrote to the Romans: “All have sinned and fall[en] short of the glory of God” (ROMANS 3:23). But because Christ shed His blood for us as a sacrifice of atonement (V. 25), “all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus” (V. 24). Those who believe receive the gift of what Paul calls righteousness—being brought into a right relationship with God—through “faith in Jesus Christ” (V. 21). Acknowledging our sin before God can feel humbling. But when we weigh up what we actually deserve, we can confess where we let God down with hope. We can set our focus on the glorious promises of life in the kingdom of God where we will shine with gratitude and joy. And we might even be able to extend grace to those who share with us their unexpectedly direct sentiments. AMY BOUCHER PYE REFLECT: How does knowing that Christ died because of your sins and wrongdoing make you feel? How can you show your love to God today? PRAY: Loving Lord, thank You for your grace and mercy, and for not giving me what I deserve. I receive Your gift of love and life.
It is by grace
YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED. EPHESIANS 2:8
6 Verses about God’s Grace are justified freely by his grace through 1 All the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. ROMANS 3:24
do not set aside the grace of God, for if 2 Irighteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing! GALATIANS 2:21
is by grace you have been saved, through 3 Itfaith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. EPHESIANS 2:8–9
has saved us and called us to a holy 4 He life—not because of anything we have
done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time. 2 TIMOTHY 1:9
grace of God has appeared that offers 5 The salvation to all people. It teaches us to say
“No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age. TITUS 2:11–12
us then approach God’s throne of grace 6 Let with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. HEBREWS 4:16
TODAY’S BIBLE READING | PSALM 130 Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; 2 Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. 3 If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you. 5 I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. 6 I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. 7 Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. 8 He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins. 1
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With you there is forgiveness. [ PSALM 130:4 ]
ark’s hand shook as he navigated his touchpad, scrolling through his online history. The page seemed endless. It contained several years’ worth of every date and time he’d logged in to an online gambling site. “God already helped me overcome my addiction,” Mark said, “and I know He’s forgiven me. But when I stumbled upon my computer history that day, the enormity of my past sin distressed me. There it was, all my deceit and recklessness, recorded.” “That day helped me appreciate anew God’s forgiveness,” Mark said. “Where would I be if He’d held that online record against me?” Mark echoed what David said in Psalm 130:3: “If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?” God knows the depths of our sinfulness. This is why He sent His Son, Jesus, to die and be raised to life on our behalf. With Christ, we have “redemption” (V. 7). The word redemption here comes from the Hebrew word padah, which means “to ransom”—to pay the necessary price so that someone can be freed from punishment. This is what Jesus’ death accomplished for us. And as we walk with Him today in newness of life, He promises us forgiveness for the sins we still commit whenever we turn to Him in repentance (PSALM 130:4; 1 JOHN 1:9). Mark deleted his online history that day. In a similar way, God’s forgiveness has forever erased the record of our sins. KAREN HUANG REFLECT: How might doubts regarding God’s forgiveness be
holding you back in your relationship with Him? How can Psalm 130 reassure you?
PRAY: Dear God, where would I be without Your love and mercy?
Thank You for the indescribable gift of Your forgiveness through Your Son’s death and resurrection.
FEATURE ARTICLE | James Banks, Our Daily Bread contributor
God’s Promise of Love and Forgiveness
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hen I first met Mark, he was a pastor. I never would have guessed how far God had brought him out of a dark and dangerous past. Mark started using drugs at thirteen and continued into his thirties, becoming addicted to opiates and later to heroin. Even though he was devastated by his stepbrother’s death from drug use, Mark continued on the same road. Mark did whatever he needed to do to feed his addiction. Today Mark is a changed man, set free by God’s love at work in his heart and life. God has used Mark to encourage hundreds of others to leave drugs behind them, including my own son Geoff, whom Mark helped discover a new life in Christ. When God forgives our sin through Jesus, He breathes new life into us. His forgiveness is perfect. God is able to let go of the past entirely so that we can make a new beginning with Him. For everyone who comes to Him—no matter where they’ve been or what they’ve done—He promises, “I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins” (HEBREWS 8:12). The Bible tells us that each person who receives Jesus becomes a “new creation” where “the old life is gone” and “a new life has begun!” (2 CORINTHIANS 5:17). The apostle John
enthusiastically describes the fresh start God gives us: “See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are!” (1 JOHN 3:1). We receive a new identity as sons and daughters of the King of kings and can look forward to an eternity of discovering “how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is” for us (EPHESIANS 3:18). “Wide . . . long . . . high . . . and deep”—those words are packed with meaning. The shape of God’s story of love and forgiveness expressed by those four words looks something like this: God’s love is so wide that He would stretch out His arms on a cross, even to the point of identifying with us in our sinfulness in order to take the weight upon Himself of every wrong we’ve ever committed: “He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross” (1 PETER 2:24). The love of God is so long that we can never come to the end of it—there is nowhere we can run where He cannot find us, and nothing we have done that could ever place us out of His reach. The love of Christ is so high that it is beyond price, the best thing that could ever happen to us: “He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins” (EPHESIANS 1:7). God’s love to us through Jesus goes so deep that no matter how low our choices and mistakes may have brought us, He is still able to bend beneath us to pick us up and draw us close. He can even make us stronger in the broken places, bringing good out of the bad in ways we never thought possible. This is just what He did for my friend Mark. I asked him once, “What does God’s forgiveness mean to you?” He answered, “When I was real and honest with God about the pain I was in, He showed me a love that nothing in this world could ever compare to. He showed me a love that I can never forget, ever. That’s what the cross is all about.” The Bible puts it this way: “If we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness” (1 JOHN 1:9). God loves us so much that He longs for us to turn to Him. In our sadness, our sin and our brokenness, He meets us with open arms, and gives us life.
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And I will FORGIVE their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins. HEBREWS 8:12
The Bible reassures us that even though our feelings and emotions go through many highs and lows, God’s forgiveness is constant. If we confess our sins, He will forgive us. It’s a promise we can bank on. It’s a promise Jesus Christ secured for us when He died and rose again. It’s a promise that will never change. Explore the promise of forgiveness with these specially selected Our Daily Bread reflections, prayers and insights. Be reminded that God loves us so much that He longs for us to turn to Him. In our sadness, our sin and our brokenness, He meets us with open arms and gives us life.
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