Learning to Forgive

A gentle 7-day journey toward releasing what you've been carrying — grounded in the forgiveness you've received.

Part of Verse Collections

1. Day 1 / 7

   And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

   The pattern is set at the end of the verse: forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. This week begins not with your wound but with your pardon.

2. Day 2 / 7

   As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

   As far as the east is from the west — a distance that never closes. Before asking you to forgive, God shows you how he does it: completely, and without a return journey.

3. Day 3 / 7

   For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

   Forgiving and being forgiven are joined by Jesus himself. Unforgiveness blocks the very channel grace flows through. Ask today: what am I still holding, and what is holding me?

4. Day 4 / 7

   Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

   Peter hoped seven times was generous; Jesus answered seventy times seven — forgiveness beyond counting. Some wounds must be forgiven daily until the forgiving is finished.

5. Day 5 / 7

   Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

   Avenge not yourselves — hand the debt to the only Judge who sees everything. Forgiveness is not saying it didn't matter; it is transferring the case to a higher court.

6. Day 6 / 7

   Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

   Forbearing and forgiving — the daily version, for the small frictions as well as the deep cuts. Even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye: the standard, and the power source.

7. Day 7 / 7

   Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

   Father, forgive them — prayed from the cross, about the people driving the nails. This is where the week has been leading. Pray a blessing, by name, over the person you are releasing.