Forgiveness
“Listen to me, you stubborn people
who are so far from doing right.
For I am ready to set things right,
not in the distant future, but right now!
I am ready to save Jerusalem
and show my glory to Israel.
~ Isaiah 46:12-13 (NLT)
God’s readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation’s available for everyone! We’re being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. ~ Titus 2:11-12 (MSG)
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God's forgiveness is available to all.
PRAYER
Lord, your gracious forgiveness goes deeper into me than even my own thoughts. I regret I so easily give myself over to stubborn-hearted thinking. I renounce such ways. Teach me to trust your grace, and bring salvation to the needs of my neighbors. Show me how to follow Jesus' leading today. Amen. (Daily Texts, Mount Carmel Ministries edition)
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
