Communion Moment:
Scripture:
And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. —Philippians 4:19 CSB
Prompt:
Slowly open your hands with your palms up. Envision God handing you something. What does He give you? What does He ask you to do with it? Thank Him for supplying all of your needs!
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” —Matthew 18:21-22 NIV
“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all he had be sold to repay the debt.” —Matthew 18:23-25 NIV
“At this, the servant fell on his knees before his master and said, ‘Be patient with me. I’ll pay back everything. The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and he let him go.” —Matthew 18:26-27 NIV
“But when that servant found out about one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins, he grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay me back what you owe me,’ he demanded. His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’ “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.” —Matthew 18:28-30 NIV
“When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and they went and told their master everything that had happened. Then the master called the servant in, ‘You wicked servant! I cancelled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ And in anger, the master turned him over to the jailors to be tortured until he could pay back all he owed.” —Matthew 18:31-34 NIV
“This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you, unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.” —Matthew 18:35 NIV
“For if you forgive men when sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father will not forgive your sins.” —Matthew 6:14-15 NIV
Behaviors of Miserable Marriages
• Criticism
• Defensiveness
• Stonewalling
• Contempt
Overlook the
things.
…It’s to one’s glory to overlook an offense. —Proverbs 19:11b NIV
Forgive the
things.
“The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and he let him go.” —Matthew 18:27 NIV
I WILL allow God’s grace to enable me to forgive my spouse.