Someone emailed me looking for help. I’d appreciate your help in encouraging him. Here are my thoughts to get things started. Question: I need hope, and I do not feel much of it. I have been very sad as I have been married for 7 years and cannot seem to come to terms with my wife on how to reconcile. I am unemployed, she has taken most of the money and I do not have hardly any friends. I [...] Read more »
They Would Not Stay Awake With Me Either
This blog post is from Lisa Hainline. It’s a challenging post for all of us. I’ve had the parable she cites re-written to include me…by someone who was hurting and didn’t know I knew nothing about the situation. Check out here blog at http://www.thehealingsource.org I’ve had the luxury of not living in wartime circumstances in my immediate surroundings. I’ve not seen bodies littering the streets after a bomb went off in my neighborhood, nor did I witness the awful beatings [...] Read more »
Forgive and Forget? – Day 25
Truth: I have thought deeply about all that goes on here under the sun, where people have the power to hurt each other. I have seen wicked people buried with honor. Yet they were the very ones who frequented the Temple and are now praised in the same city where they committed their crimes! This, too, is meaningless. When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong. But even though a person sins a [...] Read more »
David Had to Hope at the End of the Rope
Aren’t you glad the Bible has ancient stories with ancient truths we can draw from? You’re not the first person who ever had the wind knocked out of you with bad news… and this side of heaven, you won’t be the last. David had it happen to him and we can learn much from how he handled an extremely difficult period in his life. Even though David was already anointed by Samuel to be king, he fled from Saul because [...] Read more »
What Should I do When I am Unfairly Judged?
The answer to this question is something I need to live out regularly on Twitter – @revtrev I’m writing a book called “Follow Me As I Follow Christ – a blueprint for Kingdom Influence on Twitter” and I needed to included this information. So far, our focus has been on understanding how you can judge without condemning. But what are you to do when you’re condemned by others? You are going to be unfairly judged. So let’s address how to [...] Read more »
The Forgiving and Forgetting Fallacy
If you truly forgive, shouldn’t you forget? Don’t you love it when people quote adages like they’re Scripture? “Forgive and forget” has done so much damage to people’s understanding of God and their relationship with others. Do you realize God does not forget the sins He forgives us of? How could He and still be an all-knowing God? Instead He chooses to not remember and hold them against us. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins [...] Read more »
Do I Need to Forgive Myself?
Do we ever need to forgive ourselves? For a long time my response to this question was, “If the Father forgives me, who am I to hold a grudge?” But as I work with people I find increasingly that to move on in their relationship with God, they really do need to forgive themselves. We can’t allow condemnation from the past to define our destiny. That authority to define our destiny is the Father’s alone. Personally, I know if it [...] Read more »
Remember the Father has Forgiven Us
You do not need to be perfect before Christ forgives you and welcomes you into His kingdom. He loves you the way you are… and wants to empower you to forgive others, to be forgiven by others, and to accept the forgiveness He freely offers you. You can arrive at this by first admitting you’ve fallen short of the impossible standard of a Perfect God… you’re not perfect. We’re all ready to admit that, but most of us use it [...] Read more »
Why Un-Forgiveness Hurts Us
Are you a follower of Christ who struggles with having a victorious daily walk with the Lord? If so, it may be because of the sin of un-forgiveness. God cannot violate his perfect nature and overlook our sin. Un-forgiveness is a common stronghold the devil has in the lives of many of God’s children. We believe lies about forgiveness and live according to those lies. Even if you’re not struggling with un-forgiveness, you are connected with someone who is. It [...] Read more »
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