Though Scripture contains many written prayers, like those found in the book of Psalms, and many teachings on how to pray, like the parables and sermons in Jesus’s ministry, this reading plan focuses on the prayers offered to God in the narratives of Scripture. Each day we’ll read a narrative that includes a prayer from an individual or group. Their prayers vary in length, type, posture, purpose, and God’s response. The secondary passages explore how the rest of Scripture speaks to the themes demonstrated in the main reading.
While each account is different, every prayer recorded in Scripture teaches us about the unchanging God who invites us to speak to and hear from Him. These prayers model for us what it can look like to be in conversation with God. As you read, notice the posture and emotions present each day.
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This Monday, we’ll start the week thanking God for His forgiveness. Share with others in the global community why you’re thankful for a God who forgives.
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112 thoughts on "The God Who Forgives"
Can’t tell me The Father is not real. Stopped reading for a while, was presented with a new season in absolutely terrified of because of the past. Thank you for this on Forgiveness, it was a true pull from the Sweet Father to remind me who He really is. And all I want is for other people to experience Him, through me if I can help.
Because of Jesus I am able to be right with God! I’m free in Christ!
i fall short everyday. but The Father’s mercies are new each morning!!!! He forgives us so graciously. In our Forgiving Father, there is no shame. He lights our paths. Thank you Jesus!!!!
Praise God for His grace, mercy and forgiveness! Becoming a mom has made me extremely thankful for His forgiveness! I’ve come to the end of myself so often and I’ve seen so many parts of myself thst I do not like! Praise God that he is refining me and praise Him that one day i will be fully redeemed!
I’m thankful for God’s forgiveness because now I do not have to live bound by the expectation of perfection. I know nothing I can do will ever make God love me any less, and that his forgiveness is offered continually – what a display of his grace! Romans 6:1-14
Ok thanks God forgives and brought me out from the depths. He could have left me there, but his plans are always higher and greater. Thank you Lord.
I’m thankful for his power of forgiveness- it’s given to me and I couldn’t earn it. His desires for me are good.
Having a God who forgives, means having a reset button for me. Meaning God never faults me or holds my mistakes against me.
I’m thankful He chooses me and forgives when I constantly mess up. He doesn’t leave me. He forgives us always. We don’t deserve it. He is always there with open areas
Without forgiveness we had very little hope. Thank you Lord that we are never too far gone. Your arms are always open for us to run back to.
I am so thankful that God forgives. That no matter what happens and how far gone I feel he will always be right there
I’m thankful for a God who forgives because I know that I cannot enter the Kingdom on my own merit, and that I continually disobey God, however, in His grace He forgives us and makes us new. Thank you Jesus.
there is never time when you are too far gone to receive Gods grace and forgiveness. His character shows us how to forgive others and forgive ourselves too.
Thank you God for forgiving our sins time and time again. May I be filled with the Holy Spirit and be as forgiving and loving as You toward everyone around me and let Your light shine through me. Amen
I am so thankful for God who is always forgiving. I am so thankful that I am renewed every sunrise. I am thankful my God loves me so much he can forgive me.
Thank you God for answered prayers and unanswered prayers. Thank you the safety you have given and for the suffering that I may know and trust fully on You, Your promises, Your blessings and Your salvation.
I feel like the criminal next to Jesus who acknowledges he is being punished justly and asks Jesus to remember him. Instead of being justly punished, by grace Jesus will remember me and make a place for me in his kingdom.
No matter the trials of life, no matter the hatred of men, no matter the shame of earthly failures, in Christ, we are never rejected, but fully forgiven. Jesus you are beautiful! Let us enjoy you and invite others into this. Amen
I’m most definitely am thankful & grateful for God’s forgiveness! I’m so glad that his grace and mercy endure forever ❤️
I’m grateful for God’s forgiveness because he loves me daily and wants to be in relationship with me, even when I get a little sassy with others. I’m so grateful for his forgiveness and love. He never shames me for my actions, but he desire that I pursue the person he wants me to be.
I am so thankful for God’s forgiveness. His grace and mercy abound. He is faithful and steadfast in His love. I am grateful that He rescues me where I am at and sees me for who He created me to be.
I am thankful for God because of my past, and my past includes this morning on my way to school with the kids…running late shoving them out the door but then realizing no, don’t start their day this way and rolling down the window and embarrassing them with I love yous and blowing kisses. I found joy in that moment, after a moment of ugly and yelling to get out the door. My heart today is to turn my thanks to God for everything…even just praising God for being the great I Am….so I am thankful he sees me and sees my heart and intervenes to soften my words and my mouth and my spirit. And that I can make any moment new in Him.
I am so thankful for Gods mercy and forgiveness. Todays reading is just full of it and reminds me that every problem and failure of mine pales I’m comparison with what he’s done for me.
I am thankful for His forgiveness because He has taught me how to forgive myself and others. If it wasn’t for His forgiveness in the shed blood of Jesus, I don’t know where I’d be.
Thankful because God took me as his precious child, not taking into account my past, my mistakes. He made everything new.
Thank you God for forgiving me
I am thankful for his forgiveness because without Him life is full of despair and destruction that we bring on ourselves. He forgave me when I had ran away from him and He welcomed me back with open arms. Praise God this prodigal daughter was still worthwhile to him!
Thank you Lord for your forgiveness n
Thankful for a God who forgives so I can model forgive for my children and repair with them and God when I’ve messed up (over and over and over…)!
i’m thankful because there is no sun that will make God not forgive us he will help lead us in the right direction and forgive us when we stumble
I’m thankful for a God who forgives because I need his mercy daily. I cannot do this in my own strength and it is a great comfort to know that I can rest in Jesus who accomplished my salvation while I try my best to reflect his glory.
Thank you Jesus for Your forgiveness ❤️
God offers something better. Vindication and public validation feel good. But when I experience forgiveness and true healing, either giving or receiving, I find that it is better. God offers something better.
I’m so thankful God forgives! Because, without it, we would all be doomed…
Because I am so undeserving!!
I am thankful God in His mercy has forgiven me and has allowed me to live these 73 years.
God’s timing is amazing! I was doing devos tonight, then received a text from a family member (resulting in my needing to forgive that person). I read their texts after I finished devotions, and my first thoughts were, “I see what you did here, God.”
Amazing verses today. Praying for the requests here
Amen Audren!
I’m thankful for a God who forgives, because otherwise I wouldn’t be able to be a part of His love and community. His forgiveness washes away all sins for his believers. His love and generosity of forgiveness allow for us to know what it means to be the best that we can in this life. It pushes us closer to Him and it keeps us in His light. So I’m thankful and grateful for such love that allow our Lord to forgive us.
I am so thankful for a God who forgives. Yet sometimes I have a hard time forgiving others for things they’ve done to me even though God forgives me without any doubt. I struggle because I ask for forgiveness for things that I know I will probably do again . @Dorothy praying for your living situation to get better and also for your sister. It’s hard to watch loved ones make that decision.
Whenever I get resentful at a person who has hurt me I have to pray for them. Who am I to not forgive someone after everything Jesus did so I could be forgiven. When we forgive it is so freeing and I regain my peace.
Forgiveness is such a hard thing to grant to the offender. Yet the Lord did it again and again for me. And when He asked me to forgive the individuals who hurt me, I tried to do it and it was so difficult that I broke down and cried, realizing what He went through for me. I asked Him to help me to forgive the pain that was brought to me unexpectedly. Slowly it happened and I was healed. The forgiveness of God through us to others can be a gift to them and to us (door to untold peace & mental well-being), and could only be achieved through our full surrendering to God and killing our flesh/silencing the retaliation and angry thoughts. Why? Our hearts must be kept pure, with all diligence. “Offenses will certainly come, but woe to the one they come through! (Luke 17:1). After so many heartaches, I need to remember NOT to pick up these offences as they come so I don’t have to do the hard long work of forgiving later. To take offence is to take up the woe onto ourselves (Beware!). To ignore offence and stay far from it is wisdom. Don’t pick up offences as they come, don’t even peek at it, they are designed to come. Let us understand the trap of the devil through offence. And on the flip side I am thankful for the beauty and hardship of the forgiveness of God. Be imitators of Him to extend forgiveness to our enemies, and render not evil for evil. True love will not keep track of the list of wrongdoings. Praising God for teaching us this gift through the example of Jesus & Stephen today. Be blessed dear sisters.
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“I have taken all my good deeds, and all my bad deeds, and have cast them together in a heap before the Lord, and have fled from both to Jesus Christ, and in Him I have sweet peace”.
Sometimes it is unfathomable that the Holy Creator of the Universe could be bothered to even notice one plain, little person such as myself, and yet even more
I love those lines…. All to Him I owe!
I’m thankful for God’s forgiveness, it helps me forgive others to know I am forgiven. This keeps my heart and mind open to the will of God and not so focused on my own will because I’m hanging onto things that I shouldn’t.
I’m reminded of the song Great is Thy Faithfulness. I sob through the Carrie Underwood-CeCe Winans version because it’s so incredibly beautiful. So many here said they were grateful for His mercy being new every morning. So often, that is the verse that tops my gratitude journal entry for the day. How could I ever get by without His faithfulness, forgiveness, patience when I’m so prone to run off? Be impatient? Headstrong & want my own way? Thank you Jesus!
Oooh amen sister
I am thankful for the forgiveness Jesus extends to me in such abundance that I can not withhold it from those who hurt me. God provided such forgiveness for me to forgive my earthly father for abandoning our family when I was a young child. Three days before he passed the Lord gave me the opportunity to see him in person and extend forgiveness when I wanted to let him have it in my flesh. God is so good that the Holy Spirit held my tongue and made me speak love and forgiveness to a dying man who did not deserve it. I do not deserve such love and forgiveness either! Thank you, Gracious Heavenly Father, for your amazing love!♥️
I’m thankful for a God who forgives because that means I don’t have to stay being wrong honestly. I don’t have to have my wrongs be pinned against me for the rest of my life, or even the rest of the next hour. They are GONE. FORGOTTEN. Sin who? Don’t know her!
I am so thankful that God is willing to have a relationship with me here on earth. Even though I fall far from being like him He still loves me, forgives me and makes this life here on earth less hellish with all the hate and unkindness in our world. A relationship with Him here on earth is a little piece of heaven. Thank you JESUS that I can always count on you and your love!
I’m thankful for a Lord who forgives because I know I’m not perfect and at times I feel guilt for things that are out of my control.
Sisters please pray for me I moved back to my apartment and my sister is living by herself. My sister is an alcoholic and when I first moved in with her she hadn’t been drinking. Then a little over a week ago when my son and I were finishing up the moving — moving the rest of the small things, mainly boxes — my son went back to the new house to unload and put together a shed she had bought. He found her drunk, she had drunk a 750 ml bottle of vodka and her oxygen tubing out on the front porch. It had only been three hours since I had left her. I got home and took her to the hospital in hopes she would go to rehab. I told if she didn’t go to the hospital I wasn’t going to stay. We got to the hospital and we stayed maybe 30 or 45 minutes and she insisted on going home. I reminded her I wasn’t going to stay if I took her home she said she didn’t care she wanted go home. I took her home and got her settled in and took a few of my things and left. I love her dearly but I can’t deal with her drinking. Yes I know alcoholism is a disease, but I also know she has to want to be helped.
Be blessed and know you CAN ALWAYS, ALWAYS reach out to go sisters.
I’m so thankful God forgives when I have made so many mistakes…messed up, sinned, missed the mark. Over & over. By mistake or on purpose. Realizing or not even realizing it. I am thankful He gives 2nd, 3rd, 10,304 chances! He loves us & knows we are human but does not leave us in this state! He gave us Jesus so we can confess our sins and be cleansed! We do not need to live in shame or condemnation! Hallelujah!
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I’m so thankful the Lord forgives me when I don’t know what I’m doing.
I am so thankful for the Lords forgiveness and mercy as I could do nothing on my own and deserve nothing. He is there always and brought me through it all. I am so thankful for his forgiveness as it grants me relationship with him.
I’m so very thankful for the forgiveness of Jesus, first in my own life. That the God of the universe sees me, wants me, went to extreme lengths to offer me forgiveness is both overwhelmingly humbling and brings deep joy and gratitude. It also brings me great hope for my adult prodigal children. They can never fall farther than His forgiveness can reach. Lord, please hasten the day that they turn to You as their Savior and Lord.
This reading has caused me to think about my response when I have been wronged. It should automatically be forgiveness but so many times I respond as the servant did in Matthew 18. He was forgiven much but did not forgive the little owed him. God, help us to always keep in our mind and hearts your unending mercy. Help us to extend that mercy to others.
@Jeanie amen!!! I was in my son’s PreK church class, & they taught about that and showing love. Even in there, it was convicting!
@sharon jersey girl- you’re welcome! And thanks for yours as well!
Oh gosh. I need so much forgiveness. I’m so selfish and think the way I see things are the correct and only way. Jesus, thank you for your salvation and for helping me be more like you if I let you
I was listening to a song this morning, singing along. The part of the song that gets me every time is “like a blessing buried in the broken pieces”. It’s the story of my life. I thought I was beyond ever being whole again…. But Jesus. Not only did He forgive me, but he pieced me back together with His love. He truly is the God of miracles.
Lord, Your complete and constant forgiveness humbles me to my core! I have no words that are big enough or grand enough or powerful enough to convey how thankful I am for Your presence and Your forgiveness. Without Your forgiveness I would have no hope of any forgiveness, no hope of living a fruitful life, no hope of salvation, no hope of gaining heaven. NO hope. And so, with a humbled and contrite heart, I simply say thank You, thank You, thank You.
Forgotten, forlorn, forsaken……Forgiven forever!
For God So Loved The World ❤️❤️❤️
I am thankful for the mercy of God. That Jesus took my punishment and was so deeply separated from the Father in that moment that He cried out “My God” instead of “Father”.
The depth of His forgiveness is unbelievable. If we could mirror the same. Not enabling wrong or leaving it with no consequences but truly loving through it. We are all so undeserving. He is so very good.
I am so thankful for God’s forgiveness and never ending love. He loves me despite my shortcomings and mistakes. He sees me for who I am and loves every part of me. Praise Jesus that he made the ultimate sacrifice. Thank you Jesus that you are enough to wipe away every tear, sin, pain and regret. Thank you for making me new.
@Rebecca W – thank you so much for your prayers for my sons! I will also be praying for your 5 adult children, I will add them to my list of prodigals that I pray for.
I am thankful that I have a God who forgives even when my spiritual amnesia kicks in and I do what I know I ought not to do. His grace and patience with me is always humbling.
I am so thankful for the forgiveness of God. And so thankful that Jesus went to the cross for my sin. Without forgiveness I would be eternally lost. I can not even begin to fathom what Christ has saved me from – eternal punishment, hell, eternal suffering – I shudder to think of it. But God – His grace is sufficient, His mercy is more! So thankful for 1 John 1:9!! My constant prayer for my unsaved family, friends, neighbors and the world is Acts 26:18. May those who do not know the forgiveness of God, turn from darkness to light and come to Him today.
@thebestisyettocome – I’m right there praising the Lord with you!!
Happy Monday sisters!
With a grateful heart, thank you Jesus for what you have done for me(us). Those two words, “thank you”, are just not BIG ENOUGH! Giving thanks for each one of you this week.
Good morning sweet sisters! Happy Monday! I admit Mondays have never been my favorite, but here I am. I am thankful for a God who forgives because I don’t deserve it, yet HE does. Just before starting todays reading, I came before HIM asking HIM to forgive my shortcomings. Many times, I don’t like myself very much because I mess up all the time YET, my God, my Jesus is quick to forgive me when I don’t deserve it and compare myself to others who are SO sweet, and I want to be like them when in reality I should be MORE like Jesus.
I thank him for forgiving me when I lean on my own understanding when I fail on my motherly and wifey duties
I thank God for forgiving me when I leaning on my own understanding
Like the robbers who were crucified with Jesus, I deserve nothing else but death. My blackened heart is full of sin. But, because of God’s gracious act of mercy to send his son to die on the cross (and rise again) I have eternal life in him! That is much to be thankful for!
God’s forgiveness…I am struggling to find words. The picture painted in today’s reading showing the thief on the cross who had done zero good in his life, receiving forgiveness. I am speechless at God’s mercy. Where would I be without His forgiveness? I would be hopeless and without God. BUT GOD has forgiven me. His forgiveness is a gift freely given. So much of my time, too much of my time is spent feeling like I am not enough. But like the thief on the cross, I place myself in God’s hands because He is enough.
At the time of death Jesus prayed, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.” Stephen also prayed, “Jesus, receive my spirit.” God forgives us from our sins and forgives us to eternal life with Him. What a generous gift.
I am grateful for God’s grace and mercy. He catches me when I fall (fail), lifts me up and sets me on the right path. His love walks with me always ❤️
I am thankful for the fact that I can see Christ within me, occupying my heart. I never have to walk alone.
I’m so thankful for a God who forgives. I can’t do life on my own or by my own strength. I mess up and am so exceedingly grateful that the God of the universe cares to forgive me. He is my strength. Thank You, Jesus, for saving me.
Great is Your faithfulness! Great is Your faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see. All that I’ve needed Your hand hath provided. Great is Your faithfulness, Lord unto me.
Thank you Jesus, for saving a sinner like me. I was such a mess when you pulled me out of the pit I was existing in and showed me Grace. Thank you lord!
I’m thankful for a God who forgives my constant striving towards self-sufficiency and has given me a Savior who has already declared that “It is finished.” Thank you, Lord, for your forgiveness and your leading.
I’m thankful but intimidated by these accounts in Scripture. Where Jesus and Stephen freely forgave those who were physically and emotionally abusing them. It amazes me that they had such love in their hearts even in their worst moments on Earth. I can’t say that I would have the same reaction. Just another revelation that I need to grow so much in the love of God.
I am so thankful for the patient, faithful work of the Spirit in my life. Where would I be without the forgiveness purchased for me by the blood of Christ???
I am thankful for the unconditional love and the grace that God gives me freely.
Jesus not only did what seems impossible by forgiving us of his death, he showed us that we can forgive too. Unforgiveness crushes our soul, yet he taught us a more excellent way. Jesus, your goodness astounds me. Thank you, thank you for blessing us in thousands of ways. You can’t stop blessing us.
I am so thankful God loves me and forgives me. Sending me Jesus so I can actually be with Them one day. He is miraculous and good beyond compare.
I’m so thankful for the blood of Jesus! Because of Him, I can face each day. His blood washes me clean, no matter what I’ve done. I can stand in the presence of God and boldly approach the throne because of Jesus.
I am thankful for redeeming me from a sin and death. I am thankful for his grace and blessings.
I am thankful for forgiveness because facing God’s wrath is unimaginable. Jesus experienced His Father’s wrath and abandonment as He died on the cross so I do not have to.
As He was dying, one of the thieves being crucified along with Him cried out for Jesus to remember him when Jesus came into His kingdom. Jesus replied that that day he would be with Him in Paradise. I am thankful that because of God’s forgiveness I can dwell with Him forever and He is always with me.
Jesus satisfied God’s justice and displayed God’s mercy. Now, when I go to God confessing my sin and unrighteousness, I am forgiven and given Christ’s righteousness.
Thank you Lord for forgiveness. If Jesus and Stephen could forgive while still being tormented, who am I to withhold forgiveness from anyone? Help me to be like you Jesus.
I can’t imagine the weight of this world and my sin without the Grace and Mercy Jesus gave us through His blood. Thank You Lord Jesus!
Amen! Praise God for saved marriages ❤️ with you sister!
Thankful that because I’ve been forgiven, I can forgive. Even in the most difficult of earthly circumstances, there’s no wrong He can’t make right (AND use for good!). There is freedom and peace on the other side of forgiving others. Praise Jesus!
I’m thankful for forgiveness because, like Karen said, carrying the weight of what I’ve done wrong or where I’ve simply missed the mark, can be crushing. I need forgiveness and the assurance of new mercies each morning.
I am so thankful that His faithfulness is new every morning, great are Your mercies, Lord! Thank you that You always say yes to my request for forgiveness. I love you so much!
Please join me in praying that my foster baby will not have to go to daycare this week at all!
It was cancelled for today – hallelujah, thank you Jesus!!
There are so many sinful things I would love to correct/change… so many words.. so many action..
BUT GOD
So, so, so very thankful for Jesus, my Saviour, my Redeemer, my Helper, my my Defender.. my Helper.
So very thankful!
Thank you Jesus, with all my heart, THANK YOU!
AMEN.
Happy Monday my people, my sisters in Christ, wrapped lovingly in hugs and love, wrapped in gratitude for you..❤
Jesus paid it all. All to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain. He washed me white as snow!
Thankful He washes me white as snow!!!
Thank you Lord for your forgiveness every single day. ❤️ You are so good!
I am thankful I no longer have to live in guilt and shame. It is finished!
Prayers for forgiveness never go unanswered. The answer is always yes. Jesus ALWAYS forgives. Complete forgiveness. If we would just ask.
I’m thankful for forgiveness because it is a bridge over the pit of hell to eternal life with the Father.
STEPHANIE BERLING – praying the Lord gives wisdom to the docrors about Jim. And that this crisis we draw his heart and Bonnie’s heart to Jesus
I am thankful for my Jesus!! He changed me inside and out and for the Holy Spirit who is with me always! Happy Thanksgiving week to everyone!!
I am thankful for my Jesus!! He changed me inside and out. He
This is everything I needed to read this morning
I’m so thankful for forgiveness. If Jesus would not have endured all that He did, we would never have hope to be saved for time and eternity. The betrayal, abandonment, the false accusations, the lies, the phony trial, the scourging, being beaten beyond recognition, the mocking, the spitting, the torture wasn’t the worst parts. He drank the full cup of God’s wrath! This is unfathomable! I don’t understand what He endured to make a way. Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins! May we all be overwhelmed by Jesus! May I been convicted to repent quickly and often and May and never take the ability to do this for granted. May God please help me to do more what is pleasing to Him! Amen @Karen Roper, I agree! Guilt is awful! Praise God that we don’t have to live with guilt, shame or condemnation! I can’t say that this is a priceless gift, because an unimaginable price was paid! Glory to our God and Savior!
@Karen BIG AMEN!! ❤️
I am thankful because guilt is hard to bear and Jesus took it all for me when I repented❤️❤️