PSALM 6:1 (CEV)
Don't punish me, LORD,
or even correct me
when you are angry!
1 THESSALONIANS 5:9-10 (MSG)
God didn’t set us up for an angry rejection but for salvation by our Master, Jesus Christ. He died for us, a death that triggered life.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God isn't interested in punishing people and giving them what they deserve. To the contrary!
DAILY FODDER
Why do you think that God is busy looking for ways to punish people?
PRAYER
Gracious God, you treat us way better than we deserve. Yet, I still harbor some childhood thoughts about you being on the prowl looking for bad things in my life to punish me. Free me from this nonsense and show me how to allow you to intervene in my life where there is badness dragging me down. I'm going to trust that Jesus is my Savior and that he is about restoring life in me. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.