{"id":12949,"date":"2024-03-07T11:59:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T06:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/07\/easter-words-of-forgiveness-easter-devotional\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T11:59:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T06:29:24","slug":"easter-words-of-forgiveness-easter-devotional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/07\/easter-words-of-forgiveness-easter-devotional\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter Words of Forgiveness &#8211; Easter Devotional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p fr-original-style=\"\" style=\"background-repeat: no-repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; box-sizing: inherit;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.swncdn.com\/media\/400w\/via\/6767-powerpointbanner.webp\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.swncdn.com\/media\/650w\/via\/6767-powerpointbanner.webp\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.swncdn.com\/media\/400w\/via\/6767-powerpointbanner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.swncdn.com\/via\/6767-powerpointbanner.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px 5px; max-width: calc(100% - 10px); text-align: center; background-repeat: no-repeat; padding: 0px 1px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; box-sizing: inherit;\" fr-original-style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px; max-width: calc(100% - 10px); text-align: center;\" fr-original-class=\"fr-draggable\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/p>\n<p><em>Then Jesus said, &#8220;Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.&#8221;<\/em><br \/><em>&#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/luke\/23-34.html\">Luke 23:34<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>As we all know, words are powerful\u2026 especially dying words. And as we near Easter Sunday, it&#8217;s important that each of us remembers just exactly what Jesus had to say right before His earthly life ended.<\/p>\n<p>One of the last things Jesus said while hanging from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianity.com\/wiki\/jesus-christ\/36-jesus-on-the-cross.html\">the cross<\/a> were words of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianity.com\/wiki\/christian-terms\/what-is-forgiveness-being-forgiven-forgiving-others-forgiving-yourself.html\">forgiveness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today I want to ask you, if Christ could pray a prayer of forgiveness for those who were putting Him to death, can you pray a prayer of forgiveness for those in your life who mistreat you?<\/p>\n<p>Despite what you may be going through today, can you look past your own &#8220;junk&#8221; and extend forgiveness to others?<\/p>\n<p>Jesus&#8217; dying words on the cross are a powerful example of how you and I ought to treat those who mistreat us. Are you willing to follow His perfect example in every area of your life today? Will you extend forgiveness to those who don&#8217;t deserve it?<\/p>\n<p>I challenge you to pick up your cross today\u2026 and live out the life of forgiveness Christ has given you!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>CAN YOU FOLLOW CHRIST&#8217;S EXAMPLE AND FORGIVE THOSE WHO MISTREAT YOU?<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For more from PowerPoint Ministries and Dr. Jack Graham, please visit\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jackgraham.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.jackgraham.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"color: black;\">and<br \/><strong>Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneplace.com\/ministries\/powerpoint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Jack Graham<\/a>&#8216;s daily broadcast on OnePlace.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"color: black;\"><strong>Watch\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightsource.com\/ministry\/powerpoint-with-jack-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jack Graham<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightsource.com\/ministry\/powerpoint-with-jack-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Powerpoint Ministries<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0Video Online.<\/strong><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Revitalize your prayer life in 30 days!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.swncdn.com\/media\/200w\/cms\/CW\/38882-HearLord.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/media.swncdn.com\/cms\/CW\/38882-HearLord.jpg\" width=\"200\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/picture><\/p>\n<p>We want to help you Discover how to revitalize your prayer life in 30 days, by sending you Pastor Graham\u2019s book, <em>\u2018Lord, Hear Our Cry.<\/em>\u2019 It\u2019s our gift to thank you for your donation to help proclaim the Gospel \u2019til the whole world hears.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/give.jackgraham.org\/Default.aspx?p=general-donation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Get your copy today<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Jack Graham<br \/>PowerPoint Ministries<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    setTimeout(function () {\n        !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n            if (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function () {\n                n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n            }; if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n            n.push = n; n.loaded = !0; n.version = '2.0'; n.queue = []; t = b.createElement(e); t.async = !0;\n            t.src = v; s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n        }(window,\n            document, 'script', '\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('dataProcessingOptions', ['LDU'], 0, 0);\n        fbq('init', '228399734010278');\n        fbq('track', \"PageView\");\n        fbq('track', 'ViewContent');\n    }, 3000);\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianity.com\/devotionals\/todays-devotionals\/easter-devotional-march-20.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then Jesus said, &#8220;Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.&#8221;&#8212;Luke 23:34 As we all know, words are powerful\u2026 especially dying words. And as we near Easter Sunday, it&#8217;s important that each of us remembers just exactly what Jesus had to say right before His earthly life ended. 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