Going deeper with Jesus
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. Luke 6:28 Lessons the Lord is teaching me. I know the one about loving my enemies, that is forgiving them and letting Jesus love through me. I still find myself cursing my enemies. That is in between the times that I’m letting […]
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If you feel like you are being blocked from serving the Lord, go the other direction. God opens doors that no man can shut and shuts doors no man can open. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon His shoulder; so He shall open, and none shall shut; and He
We all have a few things to say. It can be helpful to let off steam about uncomfortable things that happen or we might not be able to contain ourselves in the situation, and it may come out in ways we don’t want it to. That does not give us a pass to blast it
Bitterness is infectious. You can’t tame it. It doesn’t go away on its own. It lingers and grows and defiles all that it touches. If you allow bitterness to grow in your heart for whatever reason, it will infect and destroy and do things you wished it wouldn’t. Justification? Hurt? Anger? No matter what the
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Mind over matter. This is where the base of committing to God lays. We humans have a hard time submitting, some of us more than others, but even the weakest person has to bow to the Lord Jesus Christ if he or she chooses to follow Him. That person will still have to submit to
Don’t share everything. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. Matthew 7:6 Most of us have shared something with someone else that we wished we hadn’t. The other person might not have valued
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Love covers a multitude of sin. And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 That word charity that the King James uses always seems to exemplify the love that scripture is talking about: Extra giving, like a form of charity, that same love
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Don’t Judge them, Pray for them. That’s what I heard this morning regarding those who hate the Jews. The kind of Judgment Jesus was talking about is the kind of judgment, whether in the back, or front, of your mind where you condemn people to Hell. This was a little bit of a surprise to
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If there is one thing that gets under my skin, that would be fakeness. Being fake is like lying. You never can trust those people who are fake. They lie to you without lying to you. They are afraid to be honest. Or they think their honesty does not matter. It’s a personality flaw. It
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. Psalm 103:8 Without Grace and MercyThere is no gift of salvationThere is no being accepted in the beloved Our righteousness is unacceptable to God. He is not going to give us something because we demand it or because we feel like we have paid
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