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Day 9, But When you Pray… FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS

Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭12‬ ‭

“And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.”

1 John‬ ‭1‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭

“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

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“How do you “feel” forgiveness? Is it a warm feeling in your body, or something cold on your right hand, or a ckling behind your neck? Do you smell it? The Bible is clear. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9, NKJV). It doesn’t say He forgives only small sins or a limited number of sins. It plainly says that if we confess our sins, He forgives them ALL. The condition: you must confess. The promise: God forgives. Do your part, and God will do His. Forgiveness is not something that you can feel or prove scien fically. It is by faith. You take God’s Word for it and believe that God doesn’t lie. You cannot explain it, you don’t deserve it, but you know that God promised and His promises are 100 percent secure because they are based on His character and Word. Nothing is more secure than God’s Word. When you confess, in that instant you are forgiven. Jesus already paid the price for your sin at the cross. He is “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29, NKJV). His blood is sufficient, and in His blood you have redemption for all your sins (Eph. 1:7).” - (Ten Days of Prayer Day 9, 2025)

THE ONLY CONDITION LAID DOWN IN SCRIPTURE FOR OUR FORGIVENESS IS THAT WE SHOULD ALSO FORGIVE‼️

Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭14‬-‭15‬ ‭

““For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”

When we come to ask mercy and blessing from God we should have a spirit of love and forgiveness in our own hearts. How can we pray, “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors,” and yet indulge an unforgiving spirit? Matthew 6:12. If we expect our own prayers to be heard we must forgive others in the same manner and to the same extent as we hope to be forgiven. – {Steps to Christ p. 97.1}

Matthew‬ ‭18‬:‭24‬-‭27‬ ‭

“And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made. The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, ‘Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’ Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭18‬:‭28‬-‭30‬

““But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’ So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’ And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭18‬:‭32‬-‭33‬ ‭

“Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’”

Leviticus‬ ‭19‬:‭17‬-‭18‬ ‭

“‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children

ALL OUR PRAYERS WILL BE A WASTE OF TIME, IF WE INDULGE IN AN UNFORGIVING SPIRIT

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭23‬-‭