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Receiving Forgiveness
TALKING TO GOD
Silently confess the things you have done that are hurtful to others. Ask God for forgiveness, then thank Him for forgiving you.
DIVING IN
At your next family meal, have everyone wear earplugs or earphones but talk as usual, without trying to help one another hear what you are saying. Also wear them as you clear the table as a family.
GOING DEEPER
When you don’t come to God to be forgiven, it is as if you refuse to listen to Him. By not hearing God, you separate yourself from Him, just as you did when you suddenly could not hear your family well. Read Psalm 32:5, “I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.” When you ask for forgiveness, God forgives you. It is as if He removes the earplugs from your ears, and you can hear Him again.
TALKING TO EACH OTHER
- Have you ever kept something you did wrong a secret? If so, how did trying to hide this secret make you feel?
- What might keep you from going to God and confessing a sin?
- How do you feel when someone forgives you for something you’ve done wrong?
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About this Plan
Focus on the Family Singapore created these 52 devotions as a way for your family to invest a bit of time encouraging, supporting and praying for one another. Each devotion contains faith-affirming biblical principles that will help you do what no one else in this world will ever do as well as you: build a lasting, thriving faith in God, in your child’s heart.
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