Week Five

God’s Patience, Our Pardon

SEEDS TO SOW: WHAT WOULD A DAY SHAPED BY MATTHEW 6: 12 LOOK LIKE? *

Read Psalm 25

God’s Patience, Our Pardon... in the light of the Psalms.

If we expect God to pardon us why do we find it hard to pardon others who have wronged us? What is it that makes it even harder sometimes to receive forgiveness? Where does pride and repentance fit into all this kind of thinking?

Read Matthew 6: 12

Our pardon.

What would a day shaped by Matthew 6: 12 look like?

Read Isaiah 30: 19-21

The Holy Spirit’s patience.

What do you make of the idea, of a patient God still whispering in our ears, ’This is the way; walk in it.’ Is our intuition sometimes God speaking to us and directing our thoughts? And how does the Holy Spirit and our community of faith help us to discern that?

* SEEDS TO SOW: These are open-ended and optional prompts and are designed for people wanting to develop their own resources in response to the themes. Perhaps if you are using this material as a group you could use these prompts to inspire a time of prayer, or drawing, or creative writing? They are a short and sweet, simply a starting off place for you and your imagination. Tailor and develop as suits your group.