THE LAMP DEVOTION
MONDAY OCTOBER 7
COMMANDED TO LIVE IN RECONCILIATION
Mark 11:25-26
Should it surprise us that God is strong on the command to live in reconciliation with each other? That is what this short passage strongly says to us. That should not surprise us. Jesus said elsewhere that we should even forgive our enemies, pray for them and do good to those who hate us and plan evil against us. It is one of the commands that man has struggled and continues to struggle with. It is one cardinal point that separates Christianity from any other narrative for living.
We cannot understand why we should not be allowed to show those who offend us that we are also human with feelings like them. For many, the best they have done is to avoid people all together. They adopt non-talking terms with people who offend them. Unfortunately, this happens a lot in the church.
Listen to what Jesus said: if you do not forgive others, how will your heavenly Father also forgive you? We forget too soon that our Christian lives began with God’s forgiveness. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us, not counting our sins against us.
God is implying here that if we do not forgive others and we come praying to Him, we most likely are wasting our time. Elsewhere He even says that we should leave our gifts at the altar, go and reconcile with our brothers before coming to present our gifts. That is how serious God takes this issue of forgiveness and living in constant reconciliation.
Prayer
Thank God for saving you despite your many sins, not counting them against you.
Pray that forgiveness is one virtue that you will never lack on any day.
Father, please make me like Jesus, forgiving and praying for those who hate me.
Declarations
I declare that I am forgiven by God through Christ my Lord. I am free because God forgave me. As a child of God, I walk in forgiveness too. I hold no one in my heart any longer. I henceforth live a life of constant reconciliation with anyone who offends me, even if they do that intentionally, God being my Helper in the name of Jesus.
Author: Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams
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MONDAY OCTOBER 7
COMMANDED TO LIVE IN RECONCILIATION
Mark 11:25-26
25 “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
Should it surprise us that God is strong on the command to live in reconciliation with each other? That is what this short passage strongly says to us. That should not surprise us. Jesus said elsewhere that we should even forgive our enemies, pray for them and do good to those who hate us and plan evil against us. It is one of the commands that man has struggled and continues to struggle with. It is one cardinal point that separates Christianity from any other narrative for living.
We cannot understand why we should not be allowed to show those who offend us that we are also human with feelings like them. For many, the best they have done is to avoid people all together. They adopt non-talking terms with people who offend them. Unfortunately, this happens a lot in the church.
Listen to what Jesus said: if you do not forgive others, how will your heavenly Father also forgive you? We forget too soon that our Christian lives began with God’s forgiveness. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us, not counting our sins against us.
God is implying here that if we do not forgive others and we come praying to Him, we most likely are wasting our time. Elsewhere He even says that we should leave our gifts at the altar, go and reconcile with our brothers before coming to present our gifts. That is how serious God takes this issue of forgiveness and living in constant reconciliation.
Prayer
Thank God for saving you despite your many sins, not counting them against you.
Pray that forgiveness is one virtue that you will never lack on any day.
Father, please make me like Jesus, forgiving and praying for those who hate me.
Declarations
I declare that I am forgiven by God through Christ my Lord. I am free because God forgave me. As a child of God, I walk in forgiveness too. I hold no one in my heart any longer. I henceforth live a life of constant reconciliation with anyone who offends me, even if they do that intentionally, God being my Helper in the name of Jesus.
Author: Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams
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