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For: Sep30: The Lord’s Prayer
5th Petition: And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.	Readings        Memorization in Bold    
• What do we confess when we pray this petition?
• What do we ask for in this petition?
• Why do we include a prayer for forgiveness of sins in these petitions to our heavenly Father?
• What does God want us to do for those who sin against us?
• What does it show when we forgive others?
•Chain your own verses for each section.  Use bible.cc  	
• Confess
• Need God
• Forgive enemies
• Do Good
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P raise
R epentance
A ppreciation
Y ou
E veryone
R esolve

Believe	SS	And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
What does this mean? 
We pray in this petition that our Father in heaven would not look at our sins, or deny our prayer because of them. We are neither worthy of the things for which we pray, nor have we deserved them, but we ask that He would give them all to us by grace, for we daily sin much and surely deserve nothing but punishment. So we too will sincerely forgive and gladly do good to those who sin against us.	
Hymn: LSB 843 ccel.org/cceh/0011/001122a.mid
1 "Forgive our sins as we forgive,"
You taught us, Lord, to pray;
But You alone can grant us grace
To live the words we say.
2 How can Your pardon reach and bless
The unforgiving heart
That broods on wrongs and will not let
Old bitterness depart?
3 In blazing light Your cross reveals
The truth we dimly knew:
How trifling others' debts to us;
How great our debt to You!
4 Lord, cleanse the depths within our souls
And bid resentment cease;
Then, by Your mercy reconciled,
Our lives will spread Your peace.			
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   .    	We confess that we sin every day and deserve nothing but punishment.
Prov. 28:13; Ps. 19:
We ask that our Father in heaven would for Christ's sake graciously forgive our sins.
Ps. 51:1-2; Ps. 130:3-4; Luke 18:13 
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	Tue	We are not worthy of the things for which we pray and have not deserved them. We therefore need God's forgiveness so that we may pray to Him confidently and in good conscience.
"Where the heart is not right with God ... it will never dare to pray.... A confident and joyful heart can come only from the knowledge that our sins are forgiven" (Large Catechism III, 92).
Gen. 32:10; Ps. 32:5 
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	Wed	Our heavenly Father wants us to forgive and to do good to those who sin against us.
Matt. 6:12; Matt. 18:21-22 ;Eph. 4:32
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	Thurs	It shows that we truly believe that God has forgiven us. "Inasmuch as we sin greatly against God every day and yet He forgives it all through grace, we must always forgive our neighbor who does us harm, violence, and injustice [and] bears malice toward us.... If you do not forgive, do not think that God forgives you" (Large Catechism III:94-95).
Matt. 6:14-15
Bible narratives: Joseph forgave his brothers (Gen. 50:15-21). The parable of the unmerciful servant (Matt. 18:23-35).
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