If you are the injured party… do you have a choice to accept another’s seeking your forgiveness? Do you have options when someone comes seeking forgiveness and/or restoration? Simply – No. Whether we like it or not, want to or not, IF someone comes seeking our forgiveness for something they did – we must provide […]
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View Post You do realize that the Father has said in various places in scripture that He will never leave or forsake us? If He doesn’t ever leave, this means that He’s always with us. And if He’s always with us… He knows! Actually, He would have anyway, but to be with us when we
Do you remember the end of the verse of 1 John 1:9? As a reminder… “… and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” When we talk about the Lord’s forgiveness there is always the act of restoration. John makes it perfectly clear – when we confess and truly do not want to repeat the behavior/words,
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Describe you? Or are you carrying around the baggage of unrepentant sin? Do remember that our sins will find us out (Numbers 32:23) ). Perhaps your situation is that you’ve confessed your sin, sought forgiveness… but can’t seem to let go and accept your forgiveness. You do realize that You have to accept your forgiveness
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
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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It appears that much, if not all, of our attention is in reacting to the ‘symptom’ rather than attempting to cure the ‘disease’. Simple example: we have and live in a violent society. It appears to become more vicious and violent… daily. What is our response? To focus on one aspect – weaponry and work
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I would argue that the biggest burden we try and carry is one that we don’t need to. That burden is identified and is two-fold: unconfessed sin and accepting forgiveness for confessed sin. There are a number of scriptures that speak to this, among them: 1 Peter 5:6-7, Psalms 55:22, 34:15, etc. “If you hide
Mercy? or Justice? Which do you extend? You can’t answer with a ‘it depends’. Because, bottom line is our first reaction or thought… Will we forgive or will we ‘get even’? You do realize that the phrase, get even, is merely a euphemism for revenge. (notta question) Seriously, does the prospect of getting your revenge
“As far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us…” Believe this? Act on it? We do tend to hold on to previous bad behavior/sin and apologize to the Lord over and over again… why? Though this will sound incredibly stupid… sometimes it’s because that’s who we
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
