And Forgive Us Our Debts, As We Forgive Our Debtors

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Stephen Nielsen

Here is the petition that is the most needed to maintain our relationship with God. It is the petition that helps to keep our mind and soul pure so that we can commune with Him in prayer. Hence this petition for daily forgiveness makes it possible to be satisfied with our daily bread, and also makes it probable that He will guide us and deliver us from evil when we ask Him.

The forgiveness that we ask for is according to our debts to God. For God has given us His laws and we have not obeyed them, we have not been righteous as He requires. Thus, because of our sin against God, we owe Him a huge debt of consequence. How can we pay this debt? It is so immense, so gigantic that we will never be able to pay it back. Therefore, all we can do is…

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How to Receive and Be Cleansed By God’s Forgiveness

Posted on May 20, 2022 by Stephen Nielsen

Prayer A to Z

God’s forgiveness is a gift that we receive by faith. Just as we were saved by His grace through faith (Eph. 2:8-9), His constant, day by day forgiveness also comes by grace through faith. We can’t earn it by works, nor do we deserve it; we receive it by faith. And the way we begin to have faith in Him is by coming to Him in prayer with a broken and humble heart—to confess our sins and repent. Then when God sees that we are genuine in our repentance, He will freely offer us His gift of forgiveness and cleansing.

But how do we begin to confess and to genuinely turn from our sins? How does this happen? Well, to begin with, God moves in us to change our heart. But then when you feel Him moving you, it is up to you to respond. You must trust Him…

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Understanding God’s Forgiveness: 5 points

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Stephen Nielsen

Prayer A to Z

Here’s another post from my book Prayer A to Z.

1. His forgiveness is rooted in His unconditional love. Though God does not always forgive everyone—He forgives only those who will repent of their sins—He does love everyone unconditionally. And that unconditional love is what draws sinners to repent so that He can forgive them. Thus, forgiveness is always contingent on repentance; but that doesn’t mean that He doesn’t always love us. He has always loved us and He always will, because that is His nature; God is love; it comes out of His own righteous and merciful character (Titus 3:4). God loves the whole world and He desires all to repent so that He can forgive them (2 Pet. 3:9).

2. His forgiveness was costly for Him. God purchased our forgiveness by the blood of His own son Jesus. Ephesians 1:7 says, “In Him [Jesus] we have…

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