There is a saying in baseball: “Three strikes and you’re out.” We tend to play life the same way. We give people two or three chances, but no more. But God never gives up on us. It’s not in His nature. When Peter asked Jesus how many times he should forgive his brother, Jesus set the gold standard. Peter answered his own question by saying, “Seven times.” But Jesus ups the ante to seventy times seven (see v. 22 NLT). Then He ups the ante even more with a story of a master who forgave his servant a ten-thousand-talent debt. Let’s do a currency exchange. One talent totalled 180 months’ wages—that’s fifteen years! And that’s just one talent. So a 10,000-talent debt totalled 150,000 years of wages. Using today’s average life expectancy, it would have taken his servant 2,232 lifetimes to pay off the debt. Of course, the average life expectancy in the first century was less than half of what it is now, so it would have taken twice as many lifetimes to pay off the debt. But instead of years, let’s put this debt into dollars. Using a minimum wage of $24.95, let’s take a nine-to-five job, Monday through Friday. That’s an annual income of $44,296. That might not seem like much, but when you multiply it by 150,000 years, it totals $7,394,400,000. (Three commas means billions.) Now here’s the thing: by virtue of what Christ accomplished on the cross, your sin debt—past, present, and future—is paid in full. That’s a truth you can be confident in and stand on.

One of the great communities that I follow shared an amazing statement today about forgiveness and healing. Thank you Ashley Lloyd Shaw https://www.skool.com/@0732d7396d924134921ceb53062b91f7?g=practice-love-3391 This was my very first video done many many years ago. I hope and blesses you! If it does, please share this with someone who is struggling with forgiveness and healing. Thank you!🙏🤗 When life cuts so deep, you end up with scars. Do you have any scars? A Scar is a reminder of the past that does not hurt anymore. Scar - a Mark of the past that has no pain. It's ok to have scars as long as there is no pain. So...Who do you need to forgive that has left a scar on your life? Does it still cause pain? What are you doing to help your scar heal and remove the pain that is associated with that memory? Do you have a way that you could share with others in our group that could assist them in their healing? Let me encourage you that someone needs your help to remove a pain associated with a scar. #hitthemarktoday #scars #forgiveandheal

Stop fighting God to keep someone In your life that he is desperately trying to remove.

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Pastor Paul's challenge: are you trading eternity for a moment? Every compromise has eternal weight. Choose wisely, for your faith's sake. Here's the link to the full video. https://youtu.be/PD2ADhPsH6M