7-day plan: Forgiveness
God forgives, we confess, and we learn to forgive without holding a grudge.
One passage a day, with a question to think it over. Your progress stays on this device, no account needed.
Day 1 · God forgives
As far as east from west, he removes our wrongs from us
Not according to our sins has he dealt with us, nor according to our iniquities has he repaid us. For as the height of the heavens above the earth, so strong is his loyal love over those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far he has removed from us our transgressions.
Psalms 103:10–12 · Read the whole chapterTo think about
What does this passage say about what God is like?
Day 2 · Confessing
If we confess, God is faithful and just to forgive
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, so as to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 · Read the whole chapterTo think about
John speaks of acknowledging our sins (v. 8-9). What is hard or easy about being honest about them, without hiding?
Day 3 · Forgiving others
Jesus teaches the link between being forgiven and forgiving
For if you forgive people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive people, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 6:14–15 · Read the whole chapterTo think about
Jesus says not to worry about tomorrow (v. 34). What worry could you hand to the Father today?
Day 4 · No grudges
The law asks us not to hate, take revenge or hold a grudge
You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and you shall not bear sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance, and you shall not bear a grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am YHWH.
Leviticus 19:17–18 · Read the whole chapterTo think about
What does it invite you to do today, even something small?
Day 5 · God forgives
God invites us to talk it out: the red will become white
Come now, and let us argue it out, says YHWH. If your sins are like scarlet, they will be white as snow; if they are red like crimson, they will be like wool.
Isaiah 1:18 · Read the whole chapterTo think about
Who could you share this with this week?
Day 6 · Confessing
David confesses and God removes the guilt
When I kept silent, my bones wore away through my roaring all the day. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my vigor was turned into the droughts of summer. Selah. My sin I made known to you, and my iniquity I did not cover; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to YHWH,” and you took away the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Psalms 32:3–5 · Read the whole chapterTo think about
What would you like to say to God after reading it?
Day 7 · Forgiving others
Peter asks how many times; Jesus answers “seventy-seven”
Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus says to him, “I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy-seven times.
Matthew 18:21–22 · Read the whole chapterTo think about
Peter asked how many times to forgive (v. 21). Whom do you find hard to forgive, and what small first step can you take?