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Confess your Sins

"Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions."  - Matthew 6:12-15 NASB. . Thoughts for Today . Forgiveness. It's an easy word to use. But what does it really mean to "forgive"? . Jesus used a Greek word which means "to send away." He was telling us that forgiveness means sending the deed away from us regardless of what has been done or said. . This helps us realize that, when God forgives, sins are wiped out and gone forever. David grasped this truth when he wrote, "As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us"  (Psalm 103:12). . Problems can linger menacingly if we have not asked for forgiveness. Perhaps we may not feel worthy or we may wonder if God could forgive us. But the Bible tells us that "If