Worship This Week
Sunday, June 14, 2026
Honest to God: What If I Can’t Forgive?
Jesus said it plainly in the Lord's Prayer: forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. It may be the hardest thing he ever asked.
Some wounds don't yield to good intentions. Reaching for forgiveness can feel like reaching into an empty well — you know you're supposed to find something there, but your hand comes back dry. This Sunday, Pastor Julie takes an honest look at what forgiveness actually is, and what it isn't, and who, in the end, forgiveness is mostly for.
The text is Matthew 6:5–15 — the Lord's Prayer in its original context, tucked inside the Sermon on the Mount. Paul's words in Romans 5 add unexpected company: while we were still sinners. Forgiveness, it turns out, rarely waits for the other person to deserve it. That's what makes it so costly. And so freeing.
Accompanying scriptures are Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 and Romans 5:1-8.
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