Wednesday June 10, 2026 Jesus Teaches Us to Forgive inHis Prayers


 "Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.'" Luke 23:34

Let that land for a second.

He wasn't praying this from a place of safety after everything had settled down. He was nailed to a cross when those words left His mouth. The crowd was jeering. The soldiers were literally gambling over His clothes a few feet away. And in the middle of all of that -  at the worst possible moment - He prayed for the people doing it.

Not for rescue. Not for justice. For their forgiveness.

I don't know how to explain that except to say: you can't get there by trying harder or being a better person. That kind of mercy doesn't come from human effort. It could only flow from a love so deep that even the cross couldn't touch it.

That's the heart that saved us. And here's the part that stops me in my tracks - that's the same heart He invites us to bring into our own hurt.

Father, I honestly don't know what to do with this prayer sometimes. The forgiveness Jesus prayed from the cross is the same forgiveness that covers everything I've done. Let that be real to me today. And where I've been holding back from someone what You've so freely given me — give me the grace to get there. Even if it starts small. Even if it comes out through gritted teeth: Father, forgive them... 

In the Name of our awesome Savior, Amen.

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