Posts Tagged ‘forgiveness’
Just Hold on and Climb!
I believe it is part of the ‘fallen’ human condition. Generally speaking, we do not like to take blame for our shortcomings, let alone our mistakes. Take any young child caught eating something forbidden. With total confidence in the ‘blame,’ a typical child with either blame the dog, claim that what was eaten was not…
Read MoreWe Cannot Control God
I hear it all the time. “I can’t believe in a God who…” or “I would believe in a God who…” and we insert our opinion of Who God ‘should’ be. The only problem is (as if there is only one) we don’t control God. God is Who He is, and we either accept Him…
Read MoreAre You a Sinner?
Let’s be honest for a moment. Nobody likes to admit they are a sinner, at least in public. Many of us hide our sins in private. When are sins are made public, we do everything we can to pretend they are not sins in the first place. We falsely believe that if we are not…
Read MoreEpisode 375 – Let Go of the Past
As we learn in the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant (Matthew 18.23-35), God’s first position is to forgive the debt of our sin. We owe Him so much that we could never live long enough to repay Him. He still forgives, but there is a catch. He will only forgive us if we forgive others…
Read MoreLife Isn’t a Game
When we were children we played games like hide-and-seek. The “seeker” would count to ten and call out “ready or not, here I come” and then rush out to find those who were hiding. Once the “seeker” reached “10” there was no chance if we had not found a place to hide. Our best chance…
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