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Experiencing God's Forgiveness

This week the focus of our collective prayer is on God's forgiveness. Have you received God's forgiveness? Do you live as a forgiven person? Are you filled with love and gratitude for this miracle? Do you view other people by their actions and appearance or through God's eyes--a son or daughter who he longs would experience his forgiveness?

Below are some verses that you can meditate on.

Sunday Text: Luke 7:36-50

"Come now, let us settle the matter," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." Isaiah 1:18

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 19

"In [Jesus] we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us." Ephesians 1:1-8A

"That it, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them." 2 Corinthians 5:19