Morning:Psalm 32:1–2; Psalm 103:12; Isaiah 43:25; Jeremiah 31:34; Micah 7:18; Mark 2:5; Mark 2:7; Romans 6:14; Romans 6:18; Ephesians 4:32; 1 John 1:7–9

“Your sins are forgiven.”

“For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”—“Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.”—Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.—Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity?

God in Christ forgave you.—The blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.—For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace…. And, [you] having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

Psalm 32:1–2 (Listen)

Blessed Are the Forgiven

A Maskil1 of David.

32   Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,
    whose sin is covered.
2   Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity,
    and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Footnotes

[1] 32:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

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Psalm 103:12 (Listen)

12   as far as the east is from the west,
    so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

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Isaiah 43:25 (Listen)

25   “I, I am he
    who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,
    and I will not remember your sins.

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Jeremiah 31:34 (Listen)

34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

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Micah 7:18 (Listen)

God’s Steadfast Love and Compassion

18   Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
    and passing over transgression
    for the remnant of his inheritance?
  He does not retain his anger forever,
    because he delights in steadfast love.

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Mark 2:5 (Listen)

5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

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Mark 2:7 (Listen)

7 “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

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Romans 6:14 (Listen)

14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

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Romans 6:18 (Listen)

18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

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Ephesians 4:32 (Listen)

32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

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1 John 1:7–9 (Listen)

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Evening:Psalm 145:18; Isaiah 26:8; Matthew 18:20; Matthew 28:20; John 12:21; John 14:18; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Philippians 1:23; Hebrews 12:1–2; 1 John 3:2–3

“Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”—“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”—“And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith.

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face.—My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

Psalm 145:18 (Listen)

18   The LORD is near to all who call on him,
    to all who call on him in truth.

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Isaiah 26:8 (Listen)

8   In the path of your judgments,
    O LORD, we wait for you;
  your name and remembrance
    are the desire of our soul.

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Matthew 18:20 (Listen)

20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”

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Matthew 28:20 (Listen)

20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

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John 12:21 (Listen)

21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

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John 14:18 (Listen)

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

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1 Corinthians 13:12 (Listen)

12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

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Philippians 1:23 (Listen)

23 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.

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Hebrews 12:1–2 (Listen)

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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1 John 3:2–3 (Listen)

2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears1 we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

Footnotes

[1] 3:2 Or when it appears

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