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GOD'S MERCY OF FORGIVENESS
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GOD'S MERCY OF FORGIVENESS All translations are KJV unless otherwise noted.

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GOD, I AM FULLY PERSUADED THAT WHAT YOU HAVE PROMISED, YOU ARE ABLE TO DO; AND WILL DO.

I TRUST IN YOUR POWER. RO10:17;LU6:45;RO4:21;JE31:3; NU23:19;JE32:17;1:12




FATHER, AS A HOLY GOD; AND AS A JEALOUS GOD; YOU COULD NOT AND WOULD NOT FORGIVE ME; OR SHOW ME MERCY; IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE AGONY; SCOURGING; CRUCIFIXION; SHED BLOOD; AND DEATH OF YOUR SON! JOS24:19;HE9:22;1JN2:2;4:10.

TO FORGIVE SIN, WHILE REMAINING A HOLY GOD, THIS PRICE HAD TO BE PAID.



GOD, WITHOUT THE ATONEMENT YOU CANNOT FORGIVE. YOU WOULD CONTRADICT YOUR NATURE IF YOU DID. THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN BE FORGIVEN IS BY BEING BROUGHT BACK TO YOU, GOD, THROUGH THE ATONEMENT OF THE CROSS.



GOD, FROM NOT UNDERSTANDING HOLY, I HAVE IGNORANTLY THOUGHT THAT YOU FORGIVE ME BECAUSE YOU ARE KIND AND LOVING.

THE ONLY BASIS ON WHICH YOU COULD FORGIVE MY SIN; AND REINSTATE ME TO YOUR FAVOR, IS THROUGH THE TREMENDOUS TRAGEDY OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST.

FORGIVENESS, WHICH IS SO EASY FOR ME TO ACCEPT, COST YOU THE AGONY AT CALVARY.

I SHOULD NEVER TAKE THE FORGIVENESS OF SIN IN SIMPLE FAITH; AND THEN FORGET THE ENORMOUS COST TO YOU, GOD, THAT MADE ALL OF THIS MINE.

THE THING THAT CAN AWAKEN THE DEEPEST FOUNTAIN OF GRATITUDE IN ME IS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU, A HOLY, AND JEALOUS GOD, HAVE FORGIVEN MY SIN. PAUL NEVER GOT AWAY FROM THIS.

ONCE I REALIZE ALL THAT IT COST YOU, GOD, TO FORGIVE ME, I WILL BE HELD AS IN A VISE - CONSTRAINED BY THE LOVE OF GOD. 2CO5:14

(From "THE FORGIVENESS OF GOD" by Oswald Chambers; with my editing; and emphasis)



"COME NOW, AND LET US REASON TOGETHER, SAYS YOU, LORD, THOUGH YOUR SINS ARE LIKE SCARLET, THEY SHALL BE AS WHITE AS SNOW; THOUGH THEY ARE RED LIKE CRIMSON, THEY SHALL BE AS WOOL." ISAIAH 1:18


I GIVE UNTO YOU, LORD, THE GLORY AND HONOR THAT IS DUE UNTO YOUR NAME. I HUMBLE MYSELF; AND COME BEFORE YOU. I WORSHIP YOU, LORD, IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS. 1CHR16:29


JESUS, IT IS THROUGH YOUR SHED BLOOD THAT THE FATHER CAN FORGIVE ME. COL1:14

THANK YOU, LORD!

GOD, I FRETTED; AND WORRIED; AND I SLIPPED INTO SELF-PITY. THERE I LOOKED TO MYSELF; AND NOT YOU, GOD; AND I BECAME OBSESSED WITH TRYING TO SOLVE MY OWN PROBLEM.

GOD, I HAD YIELDED TO THE SENSE REALM; AND BLOCKED ANYTHING THAT INVOLVED FAITH.

GOD, I DID NOT CONSIDER THAT: YOU LIBERALLY SUPPLY (G4137)- FILL TO THE FULL - MY EVERY NEED; ACCORDING TO YOUR RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS. 1JN5:14-15;JN16:23;PH4:19



GOD, I DID NOT CONSIDER THAT YOU KNEW ABOUT MY PRESENT SITUATION BEFORE I WAS BORN; AND ALL THAT I NEED DO - AT ANY MOMENT - IS TO REMIND MYSELF OF THAT.



GOD, I DID NOT CAREFULLY ATTEND TO MYSELF: AND THE WICKED ONE TOUCHED ME. 1JN5:18

FOR I DID NOT CONSIDER THE TEMPTATION AS A TEST: WHETHER I WOULD INCUR DESTRUCTION UPON MYSELF; AND MY SEED; OR I WOULD RESIST; AND BE ONE STEP CLOSER TO OBTAINING THE CROWN OF LIFE. RE12:10



I YIELDED TO SATAN'S LIE: 'NOTHING HAS CHANGED; AND IT NEVER WILL.' - AND THEN ACTED LIKE I WAS HOPELESS.



FATHER, OUT OF THE HABIT OF FEELING SORRY FOR MYSELF I ALLOWED SATAN'S THOUGHTS TO LINGER; AND TO PULL ON ME.



GOD, THROUGH YIELDING TO FEAR, I LEANED UPON MY OWN UNDERSTANDING. PR3:5

I DID NOT PRESS TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU: TO DIRECT MY PATH; AND TO HELP BRING ME OUT OF FEAR. PR3:6

GOD, I SHOWED MORE FAITH IN THE POWER OF SATAN'S FEAR, THAN IN THE POWER OF YOUR GRACE.


FATHER, I GAVE NO THOUGHT TO CALVARY; THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS; AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS.

I MADE LIGHT OF MY WEAKNESS; OVERRODE YOUR PROMPTINGS TO RESIST SATAN; AND EXPOSED MYSELF TO AN AREA OF TEMPTATION WHERE I KNEW THAT MY FLESH WAS WEAK. MT6:13;26:41

FATHER, I SHAMEFULLY CONSIDERED YOUR MERCY OF FORGIVENESS TO BE A LIGHT THING; (A 'GIVEN').

I YIELDED TO SATAN'S THOUGHTS ON YOUR MERCY, AND FORGIVENESS AS BEING SIGNS OF WEAKNESS IN YOU.




FATHER, YOU COULD NOT AND WOULD NOT FORGIVE ME; OR SHOW ME MERCY; IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE SCOURGING; CRUCIFIXION; SHED BLOOD; HE9:22 AND DEATH OF YOUR SON! 1JN2:2;4:10



GOD, I TRIED YOU; AND PROVED YOU. HE3:9



I DARED TO WEIGH YOUR LOVING ME AGAINST YOUR BEING MY RIGHTEOUS JUDGE.



BEING HEADSTRONG; AND RULED BY MY FLESH; I WAS NOT OPEN TO ANY ALTERNATIVE ACTION. 1CO10:13



LORD, I WAS WISE IN MY OWN EYES. I DID NOT STAND IN AWE OF YOU. (H3372) I DID NOT DEPART FROM EVIL. PR3:7-8

I DID NOT LOVE YOU, GOD, WITH ALL MY HEART; WITH ALL MY SOUL; WITH ALL MY STRENGTH; WITH ALL MY MIND.

I DID NOT LOVE MY NEIGHBOUR AS MYSELF. LU10:27



GOD, I BLOCKED FROM MY MIND THAT SATAN IS A LIAR. RO6:23;EP4:27;JN8:44

I DID NOT TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD, THAT THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. RO6:23



IN NOT SEEING WHAT SATAN WAS STEALING, KILLING, OR DESTROYING, I CONSIDERED YOUR WARNING TO BE A LIGHT THING. JN10:10

I DID NOT CALL SIN SIN.



THROUGH THE DECEITFULNESS OF SIN, I WAS SATANICALLY ENABLED TO CONSIDER SIN TO BE A LIGHT THING; HE3:13

AND TO BE BLINDED TO THE FACT THAT YOU, JESUS, WERE MADE SIN; AND AS SIN WERE CONDEMNED TO DEATH BY THE FATHER. 2CO5:21;RO8:3



GOD, I DID NOT CONSIDER SIN, AS YOU DO: ABOMINATION TO YOU; AND DESTRUCTION TO ME; AND TO MY SEED.



GOD, I DID NOT CONSIDER THAT, APART FROM BELIEVING IN THE SACRIFICIAL, AND VICARIOUS DEATH OF YOUR SON; AND HIS SHED BLOOD; HE9:22 THAT I CANNOT SERVE YOU; FOR YOU ARE A HOLY GOD; AND A JEALOUS GOD; AND YOU WILL NOT FORGIVE MY TRANSGRESSIONS; NOR MY SINS. JOS24:19


GOD, I IGNORED THE FACT THAT YOU SET BEFORE ME LIFE AND DEATH; BLESSING AND CURSING.

I CHOSE DEATH: WHICH AFFECTS THE LIFE OF MY CHILDREN. DE30:19-20



IT IS OF YOUR MERCY LORD THAT I AM NOT DESTROYED; BECAUSE YOUR COMPASSIONS FAIL NOT. LA3:22

THEY ARE NEW EVERY MORNING: GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS. LA3:23



GOD, I DID NOT HAVE TO YIELD. ANY TEMPTATION THAT COMES TO ME I AM ABLE TO RESIST: WITH THE HELP OF YOUR GRACE. 1CO10:13


GOD, YOU WENT; AND RETURNED TO YOUR PLACE; TILL I ACKNOWLEDGED MY OFFENCE; AND SOUGHT YOUR FACE. IN MY AFFLICTION I SOUGHT YOU EARLY. HOS5:15

I CALL SIN SIN.

GOD, I HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU, YOU ONLY, AND DONE EVIL IN YOUR SIGHT; THAT YOU MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED WHEN YOU SPEAK; AND BE CLEAR WHEN YOU JUDGE. PS51:4



FATHER, YOU OBLITERATED MY PAST TRANSGRESSIONS FOR YOUR OWN SAKE; AND YOU WILL NOT REMEMBER THEM. IS43:25

THANK YOU!

NEITHER WILL I.




FATHER, EACH SIN IS NEW TO YOU; AND YOU DO NOT REMEMBER ANY OTHER. IS43:25

I, EVEN I, AM HE THAT BLOTS OUT/OBLITERATES [G4229] YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS FOR MY OWN SAKE; AND WILL NOT REMEMBER YOUR SINS. IS43:25

¡¡THANK YOU, FATHER!!



GOD, I CONFESSED MY SIN. 1JN1:9

FATHER, BECAUSE [OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS; YOUR MERCY; AND YOUR LOVING-KINDNESS; AND BECAUSE] YOU ARE FAITHFUL/WORTHY OF TRUST, AND JUST: YOU FORGAVE ME MY SIN; AND CLEANSED ME FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 1JN1:9

THANK YOU.


I FORGAVE MYSELF; AND I REPENTED.

GOD, WITH YOUR FORGIVENESS THERE IS REMISSION - A LETTING GO; AS IF I HAD NEVER SINNED; WITH THE PENALTY CANCELED; AND THAT THERE IS NO MORE OFFERING FOR SIN. HE10:18 [G859 STRONG'S CONCORDANCE]



REJOICE NOT AGAINST ME, SATAN: WHEN I FALL, I SHALL ARISE; WHEN I SIT IN DARKNESS, THE LORD SHALL BE A LIGHT UNTO ME. MI7:8



SATAN, ALL TORMENTING CHARGES FROM YOU ARE EMPTY CHARGES; FOR MY SIN HAS BEEN FORGIVEN: 1JN1:9 AND THE PENALTY WAS CANCELED. HE10:18



JESUS, BECAUSE YOU WERE MADE SIN: SIN DIED WHEN YOU DIED. 2CO5:21


LORD, YOU PUT AWAY/BLOTTED OUT/OBLITERATED MY SIN BY THE SACRIFICE OF YOURSELF; AND THAT BY YOUR SHED BLOOD THERE IS REMISSION [G859] - A LETTING GO; AS IF I HAD NEVER SINNED. HE10:18;HE9:22;MT26:28;IS43:25; [H4229] CO1:14;HE9:26 [G115]

¡THANK YOU, JESUS!

FATHER, IN FORGIVING ME, YOU OBLITERATED [H4229] MY TRANSGRESSION FOR YOUR OWN SAKE; AND YOU WILL NOT REMEMBER IT. IS43:25

THANK YOU.

NEITHER WILL I.



WHO IS A GOD LIKE UNTO YOU, THAT PARDONS INIQUITY, AND PASSES BY MY TRANSGRESSION? YOU DO NOT RETAIN YOUR ANGER FOR EVER, BECAUSE YOU DELIGHT IN MERCY. MIC7:18

GOD, AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST, SO FAR HAVE YOU REMOVED MY TRANSGRESSION FROM ME. PS103:12



FATHER, YOU HAVE TURNED AGAIN; AND HAD COMPASSION ON ME; AND TREAD UNDERFOOT MY INIQUITY; AND YOU CAST MY SIN INTO THE DEPTH OF THE SEA. MIC7:19

THANK YOU, FATHER.


GOD, YOU TOOK NO ACCOUNT OF MY SIN. 2CO5:19

THANK YOU.

NEITHER WILL I.

JESUS, YOU LOVED ME, AND YOU WASHED ME FROM MY SIN IN YOUR OWN BLOOD. REV1:5;HE9:26 (G115) IS43:25 (H4229) HE12:5-6

THANK YOU.



SATAN, YOU CANNOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE TO CONDEMN ME.

MY SIN HAS BEEN FORGIVEN; OBLITERATED; CAST INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA; AND I HAVE BEEN WASHED FROM MY SIN IN JESUS' OWN BLOOD. MI7:19;1JN1:9;IS43:25;RE1:5



AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST: SO FAR HAS IT BEEN REMOVED FROM ME. PS103:12



IN YOUR SIGHT, GOD, IT IS AS IF I HAD NEVER SINNED.

THANK YOU.



¿WHAT SIN, SATAN? RE12:10


FATHER, YOU HAVE FREED ME FROM THE GUILT OF SIN; [G2511] AND HAVE PURIFIED [G2511] ME FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 1JN1:9

THANK YOU, FATHER.



I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS. RO3:22;5:17



GOD, YOU RESTORED ME UNTO FAVOR WITH YOURSELF [G2644] - IN THE BODY OF YOUR SON'S FLESH THROUGH DEATH; TO PRESENT ME HOLY; UNBLAMEABLE; AND UNREPROVEABLE IN YOUR SIGHT. COL1:21-22



LORD, AS YOU DID FOR KING DAVID; YOU DID FOR ME: YOUR BLOOD HAS WASHED ME THOROUGHLY FROM MY INIQUITY; AND IT HAS CLEANSED ME FROM MY SIN. PS51:2;1JN1:9;AC10:34;RE1:5

THANK YOU.

I AM CLEAN! 1JN1:9



GOD, YOU HAVE RESTORED MY CONFIDENCE TOWARDS YOU. 1JN3:21

THANK YOU.



FATHER, IN JESUS, I HAVE REDEMPTION/FREEDOM THROUGH HIS BLOOD; AND THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS; ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF YOUR GRACE. EP1:7;COL2:14



FATHER, YOU SHOWED; AND PROVED [G4921] YOUR LOVE TOWARDS ME, IN THAT - WHILE I WAS YET A SINNER - YOU SENT YOUR SON; AND HE DIED FOR ME! RO5:8

THANK YOU FATHER.

THANK YOU, JESUS.



FATHER, THROUGH THE CRUCIFIXION, SHED BLOOD, AND DEATH OF YOUR SON: YOU WERE APPEASED OF YOUR RIGHTEOUS WRATH TOWARDS SIN.



I DO NOT COUNT MYSELF TO HAVE APPREHENDED: BUT THIS ONE THING I DO: I FORGET THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND; AND I REACH FORTH TO THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEFORE. PH3:13

I PRESS TOWARD THE MARK FOR THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS. PH3:14




MY SIN HAS BEEN UTTERLY OBLITERATED! HE9:26
(G115 - DISANNULLED)






JESUS, I AM COMPLETELY RIGHT WITH YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 1CO1:30

GOD, WITH BOLDNESS, I STAND BEFORE YOU: RIGHTEOUS; WITH A PURE HEART; A GOOD CONSCIENCE; AND SINCERE FAITH. 1JN1:9;1TI1:5






DECLARATIONS


I PONDER THE PATH OF MY FEET; AND I LET ALL OF MY WAYS BE ESTABLISHED. PR4:26

I DO NOT DEVIATE TO THE RIGHT, OR TO THE LEFT; AND I KEEP MY FOOT FAR FROM EVIL. PR4:27

I LET MY EYES LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD; AND I FIX MY GAZE ON WHAT LIES IN FRONT OF ME. PR4:25

GOD, I WILL CONSIDER TEMPTATION AS A TEST. I WILL NOT INCUR DESTRUCTION UPON MYSELF; AND MY SEED; DE30:19 BUT I WILL RESIST SATAN; AND BE ONE STEP CLOSER TO OBTAINING THE CROWN OF LIFE. RE12:10



I DO NOT COUNT MYSELF TO HAVE APPREHENDED: BUT THIS ONE THING I DO: I FORGET THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND; AND I REACH FORTH TO THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEFORE. PH3:13

I PRESS TOWARD THE MARK FOR THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS. PH3:14


I WILL NOT MAKE LIGHT OF SATAN'S ONSET.

I WILL GO TO THE WORD THAT CAN STRENGTHEN ME.

I AM SOBER AND VIGILANT; AND ON THE WATCH FOR YOU SATAN: WHO AS A ROARING LION, WALKS ABOUT SEEKING WHOM YOU MAY DEVOUR. 1PE5:8

AT YOUR ONSET, I RESIST YOU: STEADFAST IN THE FAITH; KNOWING THAT THE SAME AFFLICTIONS ARE IMPOSED UPON MY BRETHREN THAT ARE IN THE WORLD. 1PE5:9



GOD, I WILL NO LONGER BE DUPED INTO THINKING THAT NOTHING BAD HAPPENS IF I SIN.

I BELIEVE YOU, GOD: THAT THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH; AND THAT SATAN WILL SURELY STEAL, KILL, OR DESTROY SOMETHING IN MY LIFE. JN10:10;RO6:23



FATHER, I WILL NOT BELIEVE THE LIE THAT I AM ENTITLED TO YOUR MERCY OF FORGIVENESS.



I WILL SET NO WICKED THING BEFORE MY EYES: I HATE THE WORK OF THEM THAT TURN ASIDE; IT SHALL NOT CLEAVE TO ME. PS101:3



GOD, I WILL LAY ASIDE ALL FILTHINESS; AND ABUNDANCE OF WICKEDNESS; AND RECEIVE WITH MEEKNESS YOUR ENGRAFTED WORD; WHICH IS ABLE TO SAVE MY SOUL. JA1:21



I WILL CAREFULLY ATTEND TO MYSELF, AND THE WICKED ONE WILL TOUCH ME NOT. 1JN5:18



GOD, TO TOLERATE WHAT YOU HAVE CONDEMNED; IS TO MOVE TOWARDS DOING THAT SAME THING.

GOD, MY LOVE FOR YOU IS WITHOUT HYPOCRISY. I DETEST THAT WHICH IS EVIL; AND I CLEAVE TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD. RO12:9



I WILL NOT BE A FOOL AND RETURN TO MY FOLLY. PR26:11



I WATCH AND PRAY, LEST I ENTER INTO TEMPTATION. THE SPIRIT TRULY IS READY; BUT MY FLESH IS WEAK. MK14:38



GOD, I WILL KEEP FOREMOST IN MY MIND THAT SIN IS ABOMINABLE TO YOU; AND DEATH TO ME, AND MY SEED. DE30:19-20

I WILL EXHORT MYSELF DAILY, LEST I BE HARDENED THROUGH THE DECEITFULNESS OF SIN. HE3:13;RO8:6


MY SIN, O, THE BLISS OF THIS GLORIOUS THOUGHT;

MY SIN, NOT IN PART, BUT THE WHOLE, HE9:26

WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS; AND NOW I AM CLEAN, COL2:14;AC10:15

PRAISE THE LORD.
PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOUL.

GOD, I WILL NOT BE SO BLIND AS TO DESPISE; AND UNDERESTIMATE THE WEALTH OF YOUR KINDNESS, AND FORBEARANCE, AND LONG-SUFFERING PATIENCE.

YOU ARE NOT WILLING THAT I SHOULD PERISH.

I AM MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT YOUR KINDNESS IS INTENDED TO LEAD ME TO REPENTANCE. RO2:4 (AMP);2PE3:9


GOD, I HEARTILY CHANGE MY MIND FOR THE BETTER. I UTTERLY DETEST; AND LOATHE PAST SINS. I REPENT OF MY EVIL WAYS.

I WILL LOVE YOU, LORD, MY GOD, WITH ALL MY HEART; WITH ALL MY SOUL; WITH ALL MY STRENGTH; AND WITH ALL MY MIND.

I WILL LOVE MY NEIGHBOR AS MYSELF. LU10:27


NOW UNTO YOU, GOD, THAT IS ABLE TO KEEP ME FROM FALLING; AND TO PRESENT ME FAULTLESS BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF YOUR GLORY, WITH EXCEEDING JOY, JUDE1:24

TO THE ONLY WISE GOD, MY SAVIOR, BE GLORY AND MAJESTY, DOMINION AND POWER, BOTH NOW AND EVER. AMEN. JUDE 1:25

ALL OF MY PRAISE TO YOU, GOD.



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