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(06/14/2000) to forgive because...


Hello prayer warriors, 1. Prayer note: to forgive because... [Luke 7:37-43] 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. 40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he says, Master, say on. 41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? 43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. Why do we forgive? Simple ... because we have been forgiven. When Jesus cried out to the Father when he was crucified "Forgive them for they know not what they do" [Luke 23:34], I think He referred not only to those who crucified Him or those who cried out "Cruficy Him!". He also forgave those of us who stood by the side, who promised our unfailing love to Him and who failed. Those like Peter who said that He will never deny Jesus and yet, when put to the test denied Jesus three times. [Luke 22:61] Jesus asked for the Father to forgive all of us ... everyone of us so that we can be set free, so that we can understand grace and how much it is to be forgiven and to learn to apply this grace and forgive others. All of us have sinned and fallen short. So, we need to follow in Jesus' footsteps and forgive those whom we loved and who hurt us, those who betrayed us, those who stood by the side and did nothing, thosed who laughed behind the scenes and derided us, those who rejected us. Jesus had all of these and much more and He chose to still step up on the Cross for us so that we can be free from sin, from bitterness and from unforgiveness. So that nothing and no one can rob us of the freedom that He has wrought for us, and from the joy of His salvation. So, let us come before Jesus and say "Lord, help me to forgive and set me free." 2. New prayer requests: i. Hopes and Dreams Part II -- susankayphillips Hi Prayer Partners: Please continue to keep me and my husband Chuck in your prayers. We are still experiencing alot of problems in conceiving a child. We never thought it would be like this and things, at this moment, are not hopeful to me. Everyone is hopeful but I. Maybe my faith is shaken at this time but I ask for continued prayer for healing and the blessing of children. Thanks to you all and may God bless each of you. Susie. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=193&table=prayer&reptable=replies ii. Racial discrimination and prejudice -- judy Please pray against the spirit of racial discrimination and racial prejudice among Filipino nurses working in Tawam Hospital, United Arab Emirates. Salary, housing accomodation and other benefits are based according to you nationality in your passport and not according to your qualifications. We do the same workload as all Europeans and Middle-east nurses but we are not compensated. They look down so much on us and even with other Asians like Indians, Sri-Lankans, Chinese and Singaporeans. This is a very strong Muslim country but we Christains here claim by faith that if we Christians unite together in the whole world then this place will experience revival and the stronghold of the enemy will be demolished. God bless. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=194&table=prayer&reptable=replies iii. my son -- robin Please pray for my son, Nicholas. He is going to be 17 and has been living a homosexual lifestyle now for almost two years. His friends name is Matt. Please pray for God to change their hearts and lives. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=195&table=prayer&reptable=replies iv. To live my life for God and his will and not my own. -- iamajfreak Basically, just to have the strength to do what I know is right and to spread his love to whome ever he places in front of me to witness to. Pray that I get through all the sins that I am struggling with and give my life 100% to him. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=196&table=prayer&reptable=replies 3. Continue to pray for: i. Pray for Roger's father -- waihun Continue to pray for him. He is still missing. 4. Number of prayer warriors: 249 We welcome dmw0608, puckersgirl, tiffy, faithful, nancydon, dave, dor, cherise, scampomanes, mishlmybelle, robin, pmisner and iamajfreak into our prayer group. in Christ, waihun
Wednesday, June 14, 2000 8:32:44 AM waihun

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