The Depth of God’s Forgiveness
Good morning and welcome to Week 3 of our You Are Forgiven study! These last two weeks have been intense and this week won’t be any different.
We’ve already spent a good amount of time talking about true repentance and confession. These are really important topics because they are gifts from God and signs of a renewed heart. And with a renewed heart comes the promise that our God will forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness.
Not some, not a few, not sometimes, but ALL!
That little word brings with it an eternity of comfort. And if we take time to meditate on this truth, it will be a great encouragement to us – especially if we live with guilt.
Here is something to remember: God is not like us. He is transcendent, meaning that He is “other than.” There is nothing that has been created that we can compare Him to. This can make understanding His ways a bit difficult at times, especially when it comes to grasping the depth of his forgiveness of our sins.
How can God forgive me of every single one of my sins? There are so many, and some are so big, and some I repeat over and over again, week after week and year after year, decade after decade. And God says that through Jesus, He cleanses us of all of them.
When I think about this kind of forgiveness, it shows me the kindness and generosity of God. He could have said that He would only forgive us of “minor” sins or of our first 1000 sins. NO! When God says that He forgives ALL there is no fine print; there are no exceptions.
Child of God, God washed you white as snow! He did not leave behind even the smallest blemish. His forgiveness is total and complete.
Do you understand this? Do you believe this? If you do, then you need to let go of any guilt that you may feel from past sins. Look to Jesus and see the amazing grace of his forgiveness…
Looking to Jesus,
CHALLENGE:
The forgiveness of God reaches into the deepest and darkest places of our hearts. God forgives it all. This understanding will give birth to immense gratitude and freedom. Write down all that the forgiveness of God frees you from.
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God has forgiven me of spending more money than I have. He has helped me get out of deep debt, more than once, and taught me how to stick to a budget. God’s forgiveness gives me strength to never give up or give in. My faith in him gives me such peace in this area of my life. This peace is worth more than anything money can buy. My gratitude is beyond words. Thankfully, Linda
Oh sweet Linda! Ain’t our God faithful and good? What a loving Father He is! Congrats honey on that milestone. Dear Father, thank You for helping Linda through this. She is in Your hands. We come against anything that will make her fall back to old ways. May she grow more and more in You. May her light sunshine that men and women will be drawn to you by the reason of her light. We love You. Amen. Much love dear.
Oh, Linda, I know what you meant about spending money, I used to be a spender and our mighty God has been teaching me about money since I became a stayed home mom. I used to spend money on beautiful journals but now, I buy spiral notebook which only cost me less than a dollar, now this spiral notebook have beautiful design that I also loved. I do my recycling, and was amazed how much money I can get with all those recycling, the last recycling amounted to $30. I used grocery plastic bags for trash and so much more….God decipline us how to live a godly life that is pleasing to him, we only need to cooperate with Him. I used to waste food before, when I read the 5,000 people he fed with just 3 loaves of bread and two fishes, Jesus prayed and he was able to feed them and even collected 12 more basketful left overs, Jesus told his deciples to collect them, it’s a way of saying we should not waste food for it is a blessing from God. Anything thanks for sharing your comment.
Linda, I love how clear you have made it that this was a process of forgiveness followed by learning to live differently. It is incredibly freeing to live free from guilt and worry. God is so loving and generous with us!
This is an amazing study, very deep, but the sin and forgiveness of our sins God brings to us is truly amazing! Thanks to all you wonderful ladies at LGG!
Yes, it is indeed amazing! It is Jesus is our ‘Indescribable gift’, Shirley.
Shirley darling, we thank God. And to you too for studying with us. We are indeed changed by His word. Dear King of life look at Your dear daughter and fix all that need to be fixed in her life. In Your name. Amen
Shirley, I completely agree! I look forward to each day here and seeing what God has shared here. He has truly used the women of LGG to spread this wonderful message!
Thank you for another beautiful post, Jen Thorn. Just wanted to share the beauty of a fresh and fallen snow which reminds me of the verse in Isaiah 1:18, “though my sins are like scarlet they shall be white as a snow”, thses is what it looks like whe our sins are forgiven, white, pure and holy.
Awwwww so sweet dear. We don’t have snow in Nigeria but hoping to experience some day. Our lives are continuing changed by His word. And for that we are so grateful. Love you dear sister.
Marilyn, I love the image you have created here. The beauty and quiet of new fallen snow is certainly fresh and pure. We are blessed by new beginnings each day!
Thank you, dear Lord, for forgiving ALL of my sins, past, present and future.
It has been difficult for me to forgive myself for the sins I’ve committed, especially those that have impacted others that I love.
I realize that by not being able to forgive myself for these sins, I am sinning again by being proud. Help me to come to a place where I can leave all the guilt and unforgiven essential in Your hands, Lord.
Oh darling Amen!!! You just prayed my heart. God bless you. God is interested in making us live in the freedom of His forgiveness. It is so deep we can never exhaust it. Much love from LGG.
Oh sweetness, so so true. I used to do that to myself until a dear sister in Christ helped me with God’s help. You just prayed my heart. God is in control of outlives and hearts and He is moulding us into the women He wants us to be. God bless you for dropping this wonderful comment.
Janis, Amazing Grace began streaming in my mind as I read your post! This study has really made me think about known and unknown sins and now you have me thinking about the incredible forgiveness of past, present, and future sins. What an awesome God we serve!
Yes! He is so very awesome! I simply cannot wrap my mind around the fact of His great love and grace! And, I have failed Him so many times and He has still been faithful when I couldn’t be!
I regret that I didn’t surrender to Him earlier in my life. I guess I thought I could go my own way and all would be well. How wrong I was! His way is the only way to peace, joy, love and fulfillment!
Oh Janis I have that same regret, why didn’t I come sooner and make Him Lord of my life? But let’s not waste any time now and give Him our all!! So amazing!!
Your words could be mine dear sister!
In the first 2 weeks of this study, I have realized how very much I take God for granted and the sacrifice Jesus made on my behalf.
I have such a hard time letting go of the guilt I feel about my sins sometimes but I know God is faithful to forgive even when I have a hard time letting go.
Sweet Beth, He is ever there for you. Let go of the guilt and let Him take care of you. He yearns like the prodigal son’s father to bring us home to Him. You are safe with Him. Much love from LGG.
Hubby and I are raising grand kids and I am finding it very hard to forgive their bio mom. She gave birth to them than abandoned them and it hurts so much.I think it actually causes mental issues with them sometimes. I haven’t totally let go of the pain and suffering she caused us all. This is a tough situation to be in and seek God daily.
I can understand what you both must be going through.
I have a similar situation only it is my daughter who took over the raising of my great-granddaughter. My daughter is very controlling and felt that her 17 year old daughter was not capable of caring for her baby so she kicked her out of the house and told the state she had abandoned her baby. It has been difficult to remain neutral through this situation. There is much more to this than this brief post can relate. It is heartbreaking when estrangements happen in your family. Without a personal relationship with Jesus, I don’t know how I would’ve been able to handle this.
Blessings to you both and healing for your daughter and her children. The children are the ones that hurt the most, I think.