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   His motivation was clear: "I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of   
   heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of   
   my love for you" (v. 4). He knew them all. And he loved them.   
      
   Sin affects us all. Behind each sin is a human being. When we've been wronged,   
   it may be difficult to work toward restoration, yet that's what God calls us   
   to do. Know the person. Then, in Christ's strength, love them.   
      
   Reflect & Pray   
      
   How did Paul handle the sin in the Corinthian church?   
   How does loving someone despite their sin differ from enablement?   
      
   Dear Father, please help me see others as You see them.   
   Thank You for complete forgiveness of my sins.   
      
      
   To learn more about fellowship with others, read Why Christians   
   Need Good Friendships.   
      
   3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation   
      
   Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools   
      
   Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 2 - The key to the Prison Cell   
      
   Matt 6:14-15   
      
   14 For if you forgive men for their sins, your heavenly Father will   
   also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men for their sins,   
   neither will your Father forgive your sins.   
      
   14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will   
   also forgive you: 15 but if ye forgive not men their trespasses,   
   neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.   
      
   Ann had been badly wounded in a relationship that had ended in anger   
   and accusation. For more than a year, Ann nursed her bitterness, rallying   
   support for her attitudes from friends and colleagues. Any time she saw   
   her former friend, Ann put up an icy wall of hostility. She thought she was   
   "getting over" the hurt, but the very mention of her friend's name brought   
   back a flood of negative feelings. Ann was trapped, locked in a prison of   
   unforgiveness , a jail built block by block by her own unwillingness to   
   forgive. Ann didn't "get over it"; instead, her wounds festered   
   and her bitterness grew worse.   
   Then one day - she never knew how - Ann let go of her bitterness. The barriers   
   of hostility and anger melted away, and when she saw her friend again, she was   
   able to forgive. And Ann was finally able to turn to the Lord for her own   
   healing and forgiveness.   
   "If you do not forgive," Jesus says - and the statement falls hard on   
   unforgiving hearts, "Neither will you be forgiven." In one sense, God's   
   forgiveness is unconditional - we do not have to earn or deserve it, and it is   
   always available to us. But we cannot experience the forgiveness God has   
   extended to us when we harbour unforgiveness towards others and build walls   
   of bitterness in our hearts.   
   When we refuse forgiveness toward those who have hurt or betrayed us, we do   
   not keep them in bondage, but ourselves. We lock ourselves away for an   
   awareness of God's loving presence; we imprison ourselves in a cell of   
   revenge. But when we reach out to forgive, we turn in the lock;   
   the door is open for our own sins to be forgiven and our own hearts   
   cleansed and purified.   
      
   Application   
      
   a) Why is forgiving others a condition for experiencing forgiveness   
   in my own life?   
      
   b) How can these verses have a practical effect upon my willingness   
   to forgive others?   
      
   4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland   
      
   Deut 29:9   
      
   9 (Dt 4:6; Jos 1:7)Therefore, keep the words of this covenant   
   and do them, so that you may prosper in all you do.   
      
   9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them,   
   that ye may prosper in all that ye do.   
      
   5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:   
      
   When you are ill or injured   
      
   Psalm 103:1-5   
      
   1 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name.   
   2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits,   
   3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) who forgives all your iniquities,   
   who heals all your diseases,   
   4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) who redeems your life from the pit,   
   who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,   
   5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) who satisfies your mouth with good things,   
   so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.   
      
   1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: And all that is within me, bless his holy name.   
   2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits:   
   3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;   
   Who healeth all thy diseases;   
   4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;   
   Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;   
   5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;   
   So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.   
      
   Remember God's promises when You pray   
      
   The Lord's prayer   
      
   Matthew 6:9-13   
      
   9 "Therefore pray in this manner:   
   Our Father who is in heaven,   
   hallowed be Your name.   
   10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;   
   Your will be done   
   on earth, as it is in heaven.   
   11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.   
   12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,   
   as we forgive our debtors.   
   13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,   
   but deliver us from evil.   
   For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."   
      
   9 After this manner therefore pray ye:   
   Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.   
   10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.   
   11 Give us this day our daily bread.   
   12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.   
   13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:   
   For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.   
      
   6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2023 edition?)   
      
   The Northern Territories of Canada   
      
   Yukon   
      
   Yukon Total population (2015) 36500 Muslim (est) 69   
      
   In Whitehorse the Muslim population grew from 2 families   
   in 2001 to more than 60 people in 2014. Originally meeting in a church,   
   they now meet for prayer service in a former office space.   
      
   Pray for Muslims and believers in Whitehorse to come together,   
   and for Muslims to find faith in Jesus Christ.   
      
   Northwest Territories (NWT)   
      
   NWT population (2015) 43600 Muslim (est) 473   
      
   The Muslim community of Yellowknife has grown from 275 to 330 un the past year.   
   To replace their inadequate facility, they are planning a C$2 to C$2.5 million   
   Islamic Centre.   
      
   Pray that the Muslims in Yellowknife and all of the NWT will awaken to   
   spiritual hunger and be open to saving faith in Jesus Christ.   
      
   Nunavut (NU)   
      
   NU total population (2015) 36600 Muslim (est) 86   
      
   The Islamic Centre of Iqaluit now claim about 100 Muslims and have surpassed   
   80 % of their funding goal to building the first mosque in this territory.   
   Their stated goal is "To spread the message of Islam   
   in the far northern reaches of Canada."   
      
   Pray that believers in Iqaluit take up Jesus' command to love and reach   
   their Muslim neighbours with the Gospel.   
      
   Adding further   
      
   30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020   
      
   Under the Keep Praying page   
      
   When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month   
   and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days   
   of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that   
   usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,   
   of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be   
   decorated and festivals will be held.   
   For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the   
   distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of   
   Islam.   
      
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