Jesus stiffly warned those listening to His teaching on practical Christianity that if they withheld forgiveness from anyone, they themselves would be denied forgiveness from their Heavenly Father. That would be too great a price to pay for allowing the misdeeds of others to stimulate a lingering irritation in our spirit.

Make the decision … I am resolved to forgive … then walk on in freedom.

PRAYER: Father in Heaven, give us the grace to be forgivers like You. We can’t imagine how much forgiveness You have to issue out for all Your children.

PARENTING TIP: Forgiveness needs to be learned early. Consciously teach your children to follow through with verbally seeking and granting forgiveness.

READING: Matt. 5,6