You do appreciate that the church is composed of… people, humans (including you), who don’t always act on their status as Christians. We all do and say things we probably shouldn’t, even when we think we have the answer or ‘know’. Forgiveness and understanding should always be the foundation of our interactions and reactions, especially […]
First, you should never be surprised when your faith is tested. But do make the distinction between ‘test’ and ‘temp’. The devil is always placing temptations in our way. He would love to prove to us that we really aren’t saved and never will be. His ways are lies and deceptions which we do fall
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And there ‘they’ are. Didn’t ask for them. Totally unwanted. But they come anyway. Probably, because we attach too much significance to them… yes? Regardless, they rarely go away of their own accord. And, rarely do they do so willingly. Soooo, when they come – what do you do? I suspect it could be argued
When you are the offending person, have you ever thought about the fact that forgiveness (from/by others) is never a ‘deserved’. Simply saying you’re sorry isn’t enough. In many instances you need to ‘prove’ your words with changed behavior. Regardless, you can never demand or even expect that being forgiven is automatic even if we
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“However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find [this kind of persistent] faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:7, AMP) “So what makes you think God won’t step in and work justice for His chosen people, who continue to cry out for help? Won’t He stick up for them? I assure you, He will.
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Have you ever considered yourself as a good work? Why not’? Look at what scripture says: “I am convinced and confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will [continue to] perfect and complete it until the day of Christ Jesus [the time of His return].”(Philippians 1:6, AMP)
You know… sometimes it really isn’t your fault but you are caught in the blame fallout. That is incredibly frustrating. What this SHOULD teach us is that we should wait to point fingers or assess blame, because sometimes we aren’t right or are basing our decisions/thinking on what others are telling us or what they
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Wow … a great deal of meat can be found in 1 Corinthians 15! Have you ever studied out the wisdom Paul wrote in this chapter’s letter? One of the first teachings is found in verse 3, MSG: “…of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to [that which]
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“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in
at all the wrong times to all the wrong people and typically for all the wrong reasons? Does this describe you … too often? Do you feel that there is nothing you can do to change this behavior? What’s happening that makes you feel this inadequate? You do realize, don’t you, that you don’t have
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Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!