Hi, my name is Whitney Meade, and I’m a Christian author and Bible Teacher.
I’d like to pray for you today about forgiveness; whether you’re seeking God’s forgiveness
for yourself or you need help forgiving someone else.
If you are encouraged by this prayer, I invite you to subscribe to my channel where I create
new Christian videos almost every day.
Now, let’s take a moment to get still before the Lord.
Bow your heads, close your eyes, and if you feel comfortable, open your hands to a position
of receiving and enjoying the Holy Spirit while we pray.
Now, let's pray together.
Almighty God,
We come before your Heavenly throne today with a heavy heart.
There is a weight around our shoulders, and that weight is the weight of sin.
Either we ourselves need forgiveness from You, or we need Your help to forgive someone else.
Oftentimes, we approach You with a need for both of those things.
Regarding forgiveness, Your Word is clear.
When Peter asked You, Jesus, how many times he should forgive someone, you replied, “77.”
We know that isn’t an exact number, but it's a declaration that we shouldn't keep a tally-track
of forgiveness.
We are to forgive, to forgive, and to forgive again.
Because that’s what You do for us.
Father, there are many today who are seeking forgiveness from You.
Jesus, if they believe that You are the Son of God, declare from their hearts that You
died on a cross to pay the penalty for their sin, and were raised again on the third day
to be seated at the right hand of the Father, they have Your salvation.
In John 5:24, You said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes
him who sent me has eternal life.
He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.”
This person is no longer under Your judgment.
They are free!
They have received Your forgiveness.
Encourage them to go and sin no more, God.
Help them understand that their debt has been paid and that they are forgiven.
Freedom, Jesus. Hallelujah!
There are others watching today who have the desire to forgive someone else.
God, this can be so hard.
People can be cruel, conniving, evil, malicious, slanderous, abusive, judgemental, and negligent.
God, I pray today that You will cover the sins that have been done against those viewers
today.
Only You know the true depth of their pain, and You are their Holy Comforter.
I pray that for today, You will help this person find the strength to forgive.
And then tomorrow, You will help them find the strength again.
And then the next day, again.
And on and on, until one day, they realize that You have covered their wound like a balm
and it no longer bleeds anymore.
This is what walking in true freedom can accomplish.
We thank you and bless Your Name for this grace to forgive!
We adore you so much, God.
We run to You today.
We bury our faces in Your chest and receive Your comfort like only a Good, Loving, Perfect Father
can give.
God, sometimes, when we have been sinned against, we wonder how a Good God could allow something
like this to pass in our lives.
There are parts of our walk with You that we will never understand until we are on Your
side of Heaven.
Lord, we pray that for those who are struggling with this, that You will help them see from
Your Heavenly perspective.
We know that we are not fighting against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, principalities,
and evil demonic realm of this world.
We will continue to fight the good fight, God.
In your Word, You say:
“Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
Lord, we have been walking in that wilderness and have felt the dryness of the desert.
Do what You said You will, and make a road for us to walk on and flood the desert, our hearts, with
Your Holy Waters.
Let Your forgiveness flow like a mighty river of peace in our hearts and in our lives.
We are in You, Jesus!
We are new creations!
The old things have passed away, and all things have become new.
We are new in You, Jesus.
You made a way for us, and for that, we are forever thankful.
Today, we walk in Your forgiveness, God.
Thank you for this special gift of grace.
It’s in the Holy and Precious Name of Jesus Christ that we pray, Amen.
Friend, I bless you today, and I encourage you with this: If you have not yet accepted Jesus Christ
as Your Savior, He is the Only Way to true forgiveness.
No other name but the name of Jesus can save you, and it’s not a complicated process to receive salvation!
I’ve filmed a video to help you through the process of accepting Christ, so if you’d
like to take that step, or just to explore it, click the link above.
For the rest of you, if you would like to grow in your relationship with God, I invite
you to join my free 21-day video devotional series, “Fitness and the Father.”
In Fitness and the Father, I’m going to teach you how to strengthen fitness of the
mind, fitness of the body, and fitness of the spirit.
It’s an excellent devotional study for people who are looking for forgiveness.
You can join for FREE today at FitnessAndTheFather.com, or text the word ‘WHITNEY’ to 31996.
Thank you for watching, don’t forget to subscribe to my channel, and I’ll see you next time.