THE THIEF'S RIDICULE TURNED INTO A PRAYER FOR MERCY AS HE HEARD JESUS PRAY "FATHER FORGIVE THEM." ROMANS 3:32 SAYS FOR EVERYONE HAS SINNED; AND WE ALL FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. OUR GOD IS HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS AND PERFECT. JESUS LIVED A PERFECT HUMAN LIFE. WE ARE NOT HOLY AND PERFECT. WE HAVE A SINFUL NATURE. WE ALL SIN AND COME UP SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. WE NEED FORGIVENESS. WHEN THE LEADERS CRUCIFIED JESUS THEY WERE SO ARROGANT, SO PROUD, SO PREJUDICED,. THEY NEEDED FORGIVENESS. TODAY YOU NEED FORGIVENESS SO LET CHRIST FORGIVE YOU AND YOU FORGIVE OTHERS IN THAT SAME MANNER.
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MATTHEW 27:38-44 RECORDS THAT BOTH OF THE THIEVES CRUCIFIED WITH JESUS RIDICULED HIM AND MOCKED HIM. THEN SOMETHING CHANGED SEE LUKE 23:40-42. ONE OF THE CRIMINALS BESIDE HIM SCOFFED HIM AND SAID "SO, YOU'RE THE MESSIAH, ?PROVE IT, SAVE YOURSELF AND ALSO SAVE US IF YOU ARE FOR REAL. THE OTHER CRIMINAL SAID TO ' DON'T YOU FEAR GOD EVEN NOW WHEN YOU ARE SENTENCED TO DIE? I DESERVE TO DIE BUT JESUS HAS DONE NOTHING TO DIE FOR. RECOGNIZING HIS NEED FOR FORGIVENESS HE SAID "JESUS REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU COME INTO YOUR KINGDOM". TODAY ASK JESUS TO REMEMBER YOU NOW THAT HE IS IN HIS KINGDOM BECAUSE HE IS AT THE FATHER'S RIGHT HAND MAKING INTEERCESSION FOR YOU AND ME.
LUKE 23:34 "JESUS SAID, FATHER, FORGIVE THEM,FOR THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. AND THE SOLDIERS GAMBLED FOR HIS CLOTHES BY THROWING DICE." HEAR THE HEART OF JESUS. HE PLED FOR FORGIVENESS FOR THOSE WHO CRUCIFIED HIM. THIS MAY HAVE CHANGED THE HEART OF ONE OF THE THIEVES BESIDE HIM. HOWEVER, IT HAS CHANGED THE HEARTS OF MANY OF US AND OTHERS DOWN THROUGH THE AGES. IN THE VERY DARKEST TRIAL OF THE LIFE OF JESUS, AT THE MOST DEVASTATING TIME OF HIS LIFE, HE ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS FOR OTHERS. TODAY CHECK YOUR HEART AND OBTAIN TOTAL FORGIVENESS FOR YOURSELF AND GIVE TOTAL FORGIVENESS FOR OTHERS.
FORGIVENESS NOT ONLY SAVES YOUR SOUL BUT MAKES YOU WHOLE. EVERY YEAR WE CELEBRATE EASTER THE TIME WHEN JESUS PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR OUR SIN. HE SUFFERED AND DIED ON THE CROSS FOR YOU AND I. THAT ULTIMATE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD BROUGHT US FORGIVENESS, HEALING AND WHOLENESS TO EVERYONE WHO LOVES JESUS AS THEIR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR. AT THE CROSS JESUS BECAME THE VICTOR OVER DEATH AND HELL AND THE GRAVE. TODAY ASK GOD TO FULLY MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT CHRIST REALLY ACCOMPLISHED FOR YOU
REVISIT CALVARY TODAY. THE PLACE WHERE JESUS BLED AND DIED FOR YOU AND ME. THIS IS WHERE JESUS SHOWED US HOW MUCH HE REALLY LOVED THE WORLD AND GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. THIS IS WHERE CHRIST WAS WOUNDED BEATEN FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS AND BORE STRIPES FOR OUR HEALING. JESUS BORE THE PENALTY FOR OUR SINS ON THE CROSS AND CONFIRMED HIS LOVE FOR US. IF WE HAD BEEN AT CALVARY WITH JESUS WE WOULD HAVE SEEN A LARGE CROWD OF MANY LEADERS WHO HAD REJECTED JESUS, THE SOLDIERS WHO COULD NOT HAVE CARED LESS, AND JESUS FOLLOWERS WHO WERE SCARED FOR THEIR LIFE. HUMBLE YOURSELF AND SEEK HIM.
LET'S DO TODAY EXACTLY WHAT GOD ASKED IN THE 2 CHRONICLES 7:14. LET THIS DIRECTION TURN YOU AROUND. LET IT CHANGE YOUR LIFE. ACCEPT THAT THE GOD OF GRACE HAS A GREAT AND PERFECT PLAN FOR YOU AND YOUR LIFE. HE HAS TODAY TOTALLY PLANNED MOMENT BY MOMENT. HE SAYS THAT HE KNOWS THE PLANS HE HAS FOR YOU , - TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE. IF YOU THIS THEN WHEN YOU PRAY HE WILL LISTEN AND PROMISES THAT IF YOU LOOK FOR HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY, THEN YOU WILL FIND HIM AND HIS PLAN FOR YOU. HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD AND HIS PROMISES.
2 CHRONICLES 7:14 IF MY PEOPLE, WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME, WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN WILL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND WILL HEAL THEIR LAND." HUMBLE OURSELVES. PRAY AND SEEK GOD FOR HIS PLAN. REPENT AND REJECT ALL OUR WICKEDNESS. HE THEN HEARS AND FORGIVES AND HEALS. YOU HAVE TO START THIS WHOLE PROCESS FOR TODAY.
AS WE EVALUATE OUR LIVES UNDER GOD'S PLAN, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF OUR ENTIRE BEHAVIOR. ASK OUR FATHER WHAT IS WRONG IN YOUR SIGHT? WHAT IS AGAINST YOUR WILL. ? WHAT IS NOT YOUR PURPOSE? WHAT IS NOT IN YOUR PLAN FOR MY LIFE? TRULY LISTEN AND OBEY THE FATHER. THIS WILL REQUIRE HUMBLENESS ON YOUR PART. THE PLAN STARTS WITH YOU SUBMITTING TO GOD'S PLAN AND GOD'S WILL. 2 CHRONICLES 7:14
DON'T SIT AROUND AND WAIT FOR TODAY TO HAPPEN AND ALL THE STUFF THAT MAY COME. GOD WANTS US TO PLAN TO WALK EVERY DAY WITH HIM AND DISCOVER HIS PLANS. TODAY AND EVERY DAY PLAN FOR HIS PLANS MOMENT BY MOMENT AND DAY BY DAY. INVENTORY YOUR LIFE. FIND ALL THE GOOD AND FIND ALL THE BAD OR STUBBLE THAT NEEDS TO BE BURNED UP. LET GOD PLAN AND CREATE IN YOU A DESIRE TO BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE. GET RID OF THE SIN, BAD HABITS, ADDICTIONS, COARSE WORDS, UNGODLY BEHAVIOR, AND MAKE ROOM FOR GOD AND HIS PLANS.
WE NEED TO BE WILLING TO ALLOW THE FLOW OF GOD'S GRACE IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. GOD CAN INSTANTLY TRANSFORM YOU. HE CAN AND DOES RENEW, HE WILL RESTORE, HE WILL REFRESH YOU HE WILL GUIDE AND LEAD YOU. HE WILL WORK MIRACLES, HE IS THE GOD OF POSSIBLE AND THE IMPOSSIBLE. GOD WANTS US TO BE THE PEOPLE HE HAS CALLED US TO BE. GOD WANTS US TO BE THE PEOPLE HE HAS SAVED AND BAPTISED US TO BE.
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