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forgiveness

  1. Focused on the Word

    Understandable Pain, Unacceptable Behavior

    “Just because your pain is understandable, doesn’t mean your behavior is acceptable.” – Steve Maraboli. Genesis Chapters 4-7 How long would it take before the ugliness of sin caused major tragedy? Not long, not long at all. The ugly effects of sin bend mankind toward wicked deeds...
  2. Christsfreeservant

    Feeling or Doing?

    “From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.” 2 Corinthians 5:16 ESV We all make judgments every day of our lives, so not all judgment is bad. It is only bad if we are making...
  3. A

    Forgave but there's still pain?

    Is this possible? 2 months ago, i made small mistake then my workmate attacked me for invalid reason. He threat me that he will hire a killer to kill me and he kicked my chair. Even my other workmate was shocked because of his anger to me for invalid reason what i have done.. like very small...
  4. Christsfreeservant

    Confession of an Addict

    Disclaimer: This is not an actual letter to you by anyone in particular. But, it serves as a model of a letter of confession by an addict who is attempting to be honest and to come clean regarding his true motives and intentions, and regarding his true heart attitudes and behaviors. For this...
  5. G

    The false Church thinks forgiving the anti-Christ, means forgiving the Devil?

    Hi there, So this is the litmus test, for any believer (in principle): if you understood you were forgiven, even to the point that you forgave what the anti-Christ did, would you forgive the Devil? The problem is, if you would forgive the Devil, what would you forgive the Devil for? He doesn't...
  6. Christsfreeservant

    All That is Within Me

    Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and...
  7. Christsfreeservant

    His Gentle Whisper

    An Original Work / December 12, 2019 In the stillness of the moment, As I sit here in the silence, I am talking with my Savior, And I’m listening for His kindness. I can hear His gentle whisper, As He breaks through all the hush, And He tells me that He loves me, Which He does, so very much...
  8. HenSoma-OneBody

    If We Say We Have No Sin, We Deceive Ourselves

    The scriptures clearly tell us, "There is no distinction, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." (Romans 3:22-24). Therefore, we know that Jesus did not die in vain, but instead He died to set...
  9. Christsfreeservant

    You Loved Me (Song)

    On November 27, 2019, the Lord Jesus gave me a poem to write entitled, “You Loved Me.” So, I posted it on the internet. Then, one of my fellow Christian bloggers and friend, Tosin, read the poem. And, she responded to it with a tune for the poem, so it could become a song. God had given the tune...
  10. Christsfreeservant

    Foot in Mouth

    Tonight I had one of those real life lessons taught to me. I will not share the details of what took place, but I will just suffice it to say that I said something I wished I would not have said, and I felt badly afterwards that I said it, and so I apologized for it and for my insensitivity...
  11. questionman

    Sin, guilt, condemnation and the age of innocence

    Assumptions: At the end of the age, God will judge mankind. If man is found guilty, he will be punished. We know that all men will be found guilty because all have sinned. In the gospel, Jesus assumes our guilt to himself and imputes his righteousness to us. It seems like there are at least two...
  12. Christsfreeservant

    A Broken and Contrite Heart

    Psalm 51 English Standard Version (ESV) To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly...
  13. Christsfreeservant

    Show Me Your Ways

    Psalm 25:4-7 ESV Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth and my...
  14. Christsfreeservant

    Love, Obedience & Forgiveness

    1 John 2:1-2 ESV My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. Jesus...
  15. Christsfreeservant

    Abiding in Love

    1 John 4:7-12 ESV Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that...
  16. T

    Food for Thought: loving the Lord with all your heart...

    “The world has yet to see what God can do with a man fully consecrated to him. By God’s help, I aim to be that man.” — D.L. Moody Something I have been dwelling on of late is the Scripture where it says, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all...
  17. Christsfreeservant

    Leave and Cleave

    Matthew 19:3-9 ESV And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother...
  18. Monksailor

    Remembering History Toward Survival and Success Forsaken by the Call to Forgive and FORGET?

    It is an established fact that remembering history is a key to identifying situations or recognizing doorways which can lead or enter into destructive, painful, humiliating, counter-productive, less efficient, ...., negative consequences. We have to be cautious NOT to let the past sit in...
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    Is it ok to lie in this case?

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  20. HenSoma-OneBody

    Love Your Enemies

    Anyone who keeps up with the news today can easily see how the world has ramped up their hatred toward both Christians and Jews. From religious extremists to liberal atheists the attacks on those with Judeo-Christian values have grown in number and in intensity. Death threats have become actual...