Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 6:9-15
by: Victoria Shephard.
This has always been a difficult prayer for me to pray. “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors” (v. 12). I am imperfect in forgiving, unable to forgive every slight against me. I feel as if I am praying a curse against myself when I say this prayer. Yet, forgiveness—God’s forgiveness of us and our forgiveness of others—is so important that Jesus included it in what’s become known as the “Lord’s Prayer.” It is non-negotiable; we are commanded to forgive others, no matter what the slight against us was.