Verses: Matthew 9:5-6, 12-13 (NIV)

Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins…”

 Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’  For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Father God, may our hardened hearts be softened toward others that find themselves living without a relationship with You, through Christ.  May we be used to guide them toward Christ.  May we also remember, but for Your grace we would be eternally lost. Amen.