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document.write("<h1>Words of Hope Daily Devotional</h1>\n");
document.write("<div class=\"wohdate\">Friday - Mar 12, 2010</div>\n");
document.write("<p class=\"wohbible\">Read: <a href=\"http://www.biblegateway.com/bible?Matthew 18:19-22\" title=\"Read today\'s Bible passage on the BibleGateway\">Matthew 18:19-22</a</p>\n");
document.write("<h2>How Many Times Shall We Forgive?</h2>\n");
document.write("<div class=\"wohauthor\">Tammy De Ruyter </div>\n");
document.write("<blockquote><p>Jesus said to him, &#8220;I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.&#8221; (v. 22)</p></blockquote>\n");

var body = "<p><P>On October 2, 2006, 32-year-old Charles Roberts opened fire in a small Amish school in<br />Pennsylvania. He didn&#8217;t know any of his victims; and he had no anger toward the Amish<br />community. When the shooting stopped, five small girls were dead and five more wounded.<br />Hundreds in the community were devastated and the world stood by in stunned silence. The<br />situation brought unwanted attention to the quiet community, but the aftermath stirred<br />even more perplexed interest from a shocked and watching world. What happened?</P></p><p><P>The Amish community offered forgiveness. In the face of outrageous, heart-wrenching<br />circumstances, this group of gentle followers of Jesus forgave Charles Roberts, an<br />outsider, a killer . . . a broken and hurting man. With grief in their hearts, they<br />forgave as Christ teaches us to do. One Amish man simply stated, &#8220;If there are 490<br />victims, then we keep on forgiving.&#8221;<br /></P><br /><P><br />In human terms, this unlimited call to forgive is impossible to carry out. But through the leading of Christ&#8217;s Spirit, the habit of forgiveness can grow in us. Small matters prepare us for bigger ones. None of us is likely to face an opportunity to forgive as demanding as that Amish community did. Through this community of believers, the watching world saw the forgiving power of Jesus. But every day, in smaller ways, it can see the same thing in us.<br /></P></p>\n";
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document.write("<p class=\"wohprayer\"><strong>Prayer:</strong> Lord Jesus, give us the power to forgive, however many times we need to forgive.</p>\n");
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