entrust your life #poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

Entrust your life
each step of this journey
your days, your minutes
in the way of Christ…
 
Entrust your life
to our heavenly Father
in times of struggle
to the righteous judge…
 
Entrust your life
to the one sovereign
turn your pain
unto God…
 
Entrust your life
the sins against you
to the righteous judge
God will give you justice…
 
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January 10, 2026
entrust your life
 
Written August 12, 2025
Based on 1 Peter 2:21-24
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 2, Day 1, “Pray for a Heart of Forgiveness”
January 10, 2026
my heart shall not fear – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/my-heart-shall-not-fear-2.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1
Large group meeting
January 10, 2026
Forgive Others
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/forgive-others.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 5, “Reasons Christians Forgive”
January 9, 2026
forgiving what God has forgiven
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/forgiving-what-god-has-forgiven.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
Help me to soften my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/help-me-to-soften-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 13, 2025
I wish damnation on no one
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-wish-damnation-on-no-one_13.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 2, “Forgiveness, Amends, and Reconciliation”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, confess, repent, forgive, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

my #heart shall not #fear – 2 #poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

You offer me a balm for my spirit
I feel You present with me
Sitting here beside me
My heart shall not fear
I will be at peace in my struggles
As my enemies are near me
They plot evil against me
But You grant me peace…
 
My heart shall not fear
In my trials, my journey,
For You are my light
You are my salvation
Do not let me fall
Into the hands of my enemies
Guard and protect me
Oh Sovereign God…
 
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January 10, 2026
my heart shall not fear – 2
 
Written August 11, 2025
Based on Psalm 27:1-14
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1
Large group meeting
January 10, 2026
Forgive Others
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/forgive-others.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 5, “Reasons Christians Forgive”
January 9, 2026
forgiving what God has forgiven
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/forgiving-what-god-has-forgiven.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
Help me to soften my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/help-me-to-soften-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 13, 2025
I wish damnation on no one
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-wish-damnation-on-no-one_13.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 2, “Forgiveness, Amends, and Reconciliation”
 
July 24, 2015
my heart shall not fear
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/my-heart-shall-not-fear.html
Psalm 27:3
Fourth Sunday of Pentecost
Psalm 27:1-5 NRSV
Psalm 91 The Message Bible
Isaiah 43:1b-3a, 5 NRSV
Matthew 28:19-20 NIV
and sermon, “Fearless”
video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq1eGEwz1Dg
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=693145744125117&id=174161846023512
text:
http://pstruthsermons.blogspot.com/2015/06/fearless.html
https://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/fearless/
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=692750950831263&id=174161846023512
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/sermon-fearless-by-pastor-ruth-foss.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/613417721670303744
by Pastor Ruth Foss
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, confess, repent, forgive, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive
 
 

A decisive year beginning #poetry #fear #courage #life #Ukraine #war #Christmas #Kyiv #culture #joy #resolve #NewYear #OleksandraMatviichuk #ChristinaKydrava

Something in the air, the water,
a change in the balance of power,
The tide of the war is shifting,
perhaps almost imperceptibly,
But nonetheless real…
 
A different year ended, turning,
a decisive year beginning, unfolding,
Quickly seeing the fruits of their efforts,
The resolve of their partners,
Ukraine’s will to survive, to adapt…
 
Russia’s size has become its weakness,
Their power is muted by innovation,
Homegrown weapons are so effective
against the expanse of targets
Their Achilles Heel…
 
Asymmetric warfare, drones, and missiles,
hunting their homeland, unprotected,
Vulnerable in their vastness,
a field rich with targets
Too many to protect…
 
---------------

January 10, 2026

A decisive year beginning

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-decisive-year-beginning.html

Based on my post to Mykhailo Fedorov on LinkedIn,

“In the poem below, I called 2025, "A different year ended"; but that makes 2026, "A decisive year begun". I pray this is the year for Ukraine to achieve victory and a just and lasting peace. ”

Edited January 5, 2026
A different year ended – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-different-year-ended-v2.html
Inspired by post of Christina Kydrava, December 31, 2025,
https://www.instagram.com/stories/kydrava_/3799867793609373927/
reposting her post of December 31, 2024
https://www.instagram.com/p/DEQD199tBfb/
“There will be no results, only conclusions: the struggle continues.”
 
I replied: “Another year ending but different than last December 31. This year ending was like 1942/1943 in the United States, where military production and attacks on Japanese positions began after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The parallels aren't perfect, but Ukraine is now producing more of its own weapons and taking the fight to Russia. 2026 will be decisive for Ukraine’s victory.”
Edited December 31, 2025
Despite everything
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/despite-everything.html
December 30, 2025 Instagram post by Oleksandra Matviichuk
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS7HP6aDOC3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Edited December 27, 2025
Courage to Step Outside – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/courage-to-step-outside-v3.html
Images and videos of Christmas celebrations and parades
In Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine and
Erica Kabaeva post on Instagram November 4, 2025
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, fear, courage, life, Ukraine, war, Christmas, Kyiv, culture, joy, resolve, New Year, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Christina Kydrava,
 
#poetry #fear #courage #life #Ukraine #war #Christmas #Kyiv #culture #joy #resolve #NewYear #OleksandraMatviichuk #ChristinaKydrava

#Forgive Others #poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

Forgive others as you are commanded
Forgive others to be set free
hold onto God, not anger,
He is the source of life…
 
Hold fast to our Savior
The One who gives us life
forgiven by His sacrifice
His choice to climb our cross…
 
Forgive as we have been forgiven
Forgive like Christ, humbly,
all those who have harmed us
who sent Christ to the cross…
 
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January 10, 2026
Forgive Others
 
Written August 11, 2025
Based on Matthew 18:23-35
Based on Ephesians 4:31 – 5:1
Lee Strobel quote
Corrie ten Bloom quote
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 5, “Reasons Christians Forgive”
January 9, 2026
forgiving what God has forgiven
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/forgiving-what-god-has-forgiven.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
I release them
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-release-them.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
I release God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-release-god.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
Every sin I hold onto
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/every-sin-i-hold-onto.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
I give to You their sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-give-to-you-their-sin.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
We must forgive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/we-must-forgive.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
Help me to soften my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/help-me-to-soften-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I do not want death
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-do-not-want-death.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I don’t have the right
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-dont-have-right.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
Edited August 14, 2025
If I believe God is righteous – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believe-god-is-righteous-v3.html
(edited based on suggested edits by Grok)
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
If I believed God was righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believed-god-was-righteous.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 13, 2025
I wish damnation on no one
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-wish-damnation-on-no-one_13.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 2, “Forgiveness, Amends, and Reconciliation”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, confess, repent, forgive, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

forgiving what God has #forgiven #poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

I release my hold on his throat
the first-born of my judgment
the one who hurt me the most
through my life’s journey…
 
Only God can forgive
the one perfect judge
Sovereign over creation
over time and space itself…
 
I now stand in agreement
forgiving what God has forgiven
I no longer see myself
standing on a banana peel…
 
Only God can forgive
and He does through Christ Jesus
I no longer am condemned
through my risen Lord and Savior…
 
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January 9, 2026
forgiving what God has forgiven
 
Written August 11, 2025
Based on Mark 2:7
Based on Romans 8:33-34
… you cannot “forgive yourself”
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
I release them
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-release-them.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
I release God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-release-god.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
Every sin I hold onto
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/every-sin-i-hold-onto.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
I give to You their sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-give-to-you-their-sin.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
We must forgive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/we-must-forgive.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
Help me to soften my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/help-me-to-soften-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I do not want death
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-do-not-want-death.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I don’t have the right
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-dont-have-right.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
Edited August 14, 2025
If I believe God is righteous – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believe-god-is-righteous-v3.html
(edited based on suggested edits by Grok)
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
If I believed God was righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believed-god-was-righteous.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 13, 2025
I wish damnation on no one
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-wish-damnation-on-no-one_13.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 2, “Forgiveness, Amends, and Reconciliation”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, confess, repent, forgive, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

I release them #poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

I release every pain, every stain,
every harm done to me
I release their sins to You,
for You are the righteous judge…
 
I release every resentment,
my stones, my scar tissue,
I release their sins to You,
for You are the righteous judge…
 
I release my hurt, my anguish,
even my hurt I projected on You,
I release their sins to You,
for You are the righteous judge…
 
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January 9, 2026
I release them
 
Written August 11, 2025
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
I release God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-release-god.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
Every sin I hold onto
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/every-sin-i-hold-onto.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
I give to You their sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-give-to-you-their-sin.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
We must forgive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/we-must-forgive.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
Help me to soften my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/help-me-to-soften-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I do not want death
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-do-not-want-death.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I don’t have the right
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-dont-have-right.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
Edited August 14, 2025
If I believe God is righteous – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believe-god-is-righteous-v3.html
(edited based on suggested edits by Grok)
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
If I believed God was righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believed-god-was-righteous.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
Jesus could have cursed them
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/jesus-could-have-cursed-them.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 13, 2025
I wish damnation on no one
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-wish-damnation-on-no-one_13.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 2, “Forgiveness, Amends, and Reconciliation”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, confess, repent, forgive, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

I release God #poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

He doesn’t need this prayer,
these words lifted to heaven,
I need to say these words
to reconcile myself to Him…
 
I release God
from the hurt I place upon Him
for my false claims
the pain I blamed Him for…
 
God did not cause my hurt
He did not allow it
this world of sinful men
as I am myself…
 
I release God
I forgive Him fully
He never left me,
God did not forsake me…
 
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January 9, 2026
I release God
 
Written August 11, 2025
Based on Deuteronomy 32:4
Based on Job 38-42
Based on Psalm 22:1
Based on Psalm 22 and Psalm 23
Based on Ephesians 4:26-27
Charles Spurgeon quote
and Genesis 50:19-21
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
Every sin I hold onto
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/every-sin-i-hold-onto.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
I give to You their sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-give-to-you-their-sin.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
We must forgive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/we-must-forgive.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
Help me to soften my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/help-me-to-soften-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I do not want death
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-do-not-want-death.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I don’t have the right
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-dont-have-right.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
Edited August 14, 2025
If I believe God is righteous – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believe-god-is-righteous-v3.html
(edited based on suggested edits by Grok)
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
If I believed God was righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believed-god-was-righteous.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
Jesus could have cursed them
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/jesus-could-have-cursed-them.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 13, 2025
I wish damnation on no one
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-wish-damnation-on-no-one_13.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 2, “Forgiveness, Amends, and Reconciliation”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, confess, repent, forgive, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

Every #sin I hold onto #poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

Every pain I have suffered
Every harm against me
Every sin I hold onto
Is a sin against God…
 
Every resentment present
Every burden on my heart
My desire for earthly justice
Is a sin against God…
 
God alone is righteous
His love is perfect
His judgment is righteous
In His time alone…
 
When we fail to trust
When we do not give God our hurt
We sin against God
Who paid the awful price…
 
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January 9, 2026
Every sin I hold onto
 
Written August 11, 2025
Based on John 3:35-36
Based on 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
I give to You their sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-give-to-you-their-sin.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
We must forgive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/we-must-forgive.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
Help me to soften my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/help-me-to-soften-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I do not want death
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-do-not-want-death.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I don’t have the right
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-dont-have-right.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
Edited August 14, 2025
If I believe God is righteous – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believe-god-is-righteous-v3.html
(edited based on suggested edits by Grok)
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
If I believed God was righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believed-god-was-righteous.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
Jesus could have cursed them
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/jesus-could-have-cursed-them.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 13, 2025
I wish damnation on no one
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-wish-damnation-on-no-one_13.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 2, “Forgiveness, Amends, and Reconciliation”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, confess, repent, forgive, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

I give to You their #sin #poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

I give to You their sin
the way that they hurt me
It is not mine to hold
for it is for You to balance the scales
to determine what is justice
their sin is no longer mine
I give it freely to You,
You are the righteous judge,
You are eternal…
 
I give to You their sin
It is not mine to carry
I release it to You…
Help me to heal, to forgive,
as Jesus forgave me…
Help me to love as Jesus loves
even those who hurt me…
You are the righteous judge,
You are eternal…
 
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January 9, 2026
I give to You their sin
 
Written August 11, 2025
Based on Hebrews 10:29-31
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
We must forgive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/we-must-forgive.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
Help me to soften my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/help-me-to-soften-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I do not want death
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-do-not-want-death.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I don’t have the right
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-dont-have-right.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
Edited August 14, 2025
If I believe God is righteous – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believe-god-is-righteous-v3.html
(edited based on suggested edits by Grok)
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
If I believed God was righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believed-god-was-righteous.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
Jesus could have cursed them
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/jesus-could-have-cursed-them.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 13, 2025
I wish damnation on no one
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-wish-damnation-on-no-one_13.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 2, “Forgiveness, Amends, and Reconciliation”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, confess, repent, forgive, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

We must forgive #poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

We must forgive
for us to have freedom
chains on our souls
as was true of Peter…
 
I can feel the tension
his conversations with Jesus
Christ’s command to forgive
until we truly forgive…
 
Peter was a hothead,
I know the feeling,
slights, sins against him
tore him apart…
 
Mercurial Peter
asking a question of Jesus;
but Christ’s answer to him
must have grieved his heart…
 
We all must breathe
these words of Jesus
forgiving those who hurt us
until we truly forgive…
 
Vengeance is not ours
We are so far from Righteous
We must turn them over
to Almighty God…
 
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January 9, 2026
We must forgive
 
Written August 11, 2025
Based on Matthew 18:21-22
Corrie ten Bloom quote
Rick Warren quote
Based on Hebrews 1:9
Based on Romans 6:23
Based on Hebrews 9:22-28
Based on Hebrews 10:29-31
Based on John 3:35-36
Bsed on 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 4, “Misunderstanding Biblical Forgiveness”
January 9, 2026
Help me to soften my heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/help-me-to-soften-my-heart.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I do not want death
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-do-not-want-death.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I don’t have the right
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-dont-have-right.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
Edited August 14, 2025
If I believe God is righteous – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believe-god-is-righteous-v3.html
(edited based on suggested edits by Grok)
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
If I believed God was righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believed-god-was-righteous.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
Jesus could have cursed them
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/jesus-could-have-cursed-them.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 13, 2025
I wish damnation on no one
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-wish-damnation-on-no-one_13.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 2, “Forgiveness, Amends, and Reconciliation”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, confess, repent, forgive, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

Help me to soften my #heart #poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive

Help me, Lord, today
to soften my heart fully…
Help me to forgive, completely,
all those who sinned against me…
 
I don’t want the chains lifted
the feelings that I carry…
I want to walk in the light
to love in the way of Jesus…
 
Help me, Lord, today
to be Your faithful…
Forgive me, Lord, I pray
as I forgive others…
 
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January 9, 2026
Help me to soften my heart
 
Written August 11, 2025
Based on Ephesians 2-3-5
Based on 2 Peter 3:9
Based on Romans 12:19-21
Based on the Lord’s Prayer
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I do not want death
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-do-not-want-death.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
I don’t have the right
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-dont-have-right.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
Edited August 14, 2025
If I believe God is righteous – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believe-god-is-righteous-v3.html
(edited based on suggested edits by Grok)
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
If I believed God was righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/if-i-believed-god-was-righteous.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
Jesus could have cursed them
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/jesus-could-have-cursed-them.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 14, 2025
Chains on our lives
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/chains-on-our-lives.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
Edited August 14, 2025
Resentments – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/resentments-v2.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 3, “Forgiveness: Giving God Justice”
August 13, 2025
I wish damnation on no one
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-wish-damnation-on-no-one_13.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, Day 2, “Forgiveness, Amends, and Reconciliation”
Edited August 8, 2025
I wish none harm – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-wish-none-harm-v2.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, overview
August 8, 2025
Forgive them, Lord
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/forgive-them-lord.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, overview
August 8, 2025
We must forgive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/we-must-forgive.html
re:generation, Step 8, Forgive, Week 1, overview
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, regeneration, confess, repent, forgive, prayer,
 
#poetry #God #confess #repent #forgive