TODAY’S TURNING POINT WITH DR. DAVID JEREMIAH 18 AUGUST 2025 DAILY DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE
Read David Jeremiah 18th August 2025 Daily Devotional Monday Turning Point Devotional Message
TOPIC: Grace In The Courtroom
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven.
John 20:23
Recommended Reading: John 20:19-23
“I rarely see grace in this courtroom, but I saw it today,” said Judge Leticia Marques. Ronald Davis, 55, was sentenced to life in prison for killing an 85-year-old woman in Orlando. The victim’s husband, Rev. Bill Curl, forgave the man who had killed his wife. “For him, we have nothing but forgiveness, for love, for a hope that the rest of his life has a better quality, and one day he’ll come to know Jesus,” Curl said. “He obviously should be punished for what he did but that doesn’t negate forgiveness.”1
Forgiving someone who hurt us is very hard. It’s actually impossible unless the grace of God enters our hearts and reminds us of how our Lord has forgiven us. Jesus taught us to pray, “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors” (Matthew 6:12).
If we’ve prayed that God will forgive our debts as we forgive our debtors we will be ready to forgive those who hurt us. If you feel you can’t forgive someone, ask the Lord to give you the forgiving Spirit of Jesus. He will help you!
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.
C. S. Lewis
- Leonardo Blair, “First Baptist Orlando Pastor Bill Curl Forgives Wife’s Killer Sentenced to Life in Prison,” The Christian Post, August 23, 2025.
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