Outwit The Enemy

Forgiveness is not always easy. But it’s always right. Sometimes others can hurt you so deeply, so profoundly that forgiveness can seem like some pie in the sky impossible ideal. How can a compassionate, loving God expect me to forgive? First remember, forgiveness is not synonymous with forgetting. Forgiveness does not mean trust is instantly restored. Forgiveness does not mean you continue to allow someone to hurt you. So how...

It’s Already Done

I was reading Colossians yesterday and I noticed the verbs used to describe us were all in the past tense, meaning it has already been accomplished: “and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son...

Uninvited But Accepted

As she walked into the room, all eyes were on her. The women, looked judgingly at her and whispered to one another, “Look what the cat dragged in. I wonder why she is here? Whose husband is she after tonight?” The men quickly turned away, avoiding eye contact. Some afraid of being exposed, others not wanting to appear as if they are known by her. But she is oblivious to...

Loved

You are loved. Unconditionally. You don’t deserve nor did you earn it. God loved you (and still loves) while you were far from Him. When you didn’t want anything to do with Him. He loved you when you were smoking pot, or sniffing coke. He loved you through the divorce even if the divorce was initiated by you. You don’t have to work for or earn His love. He loves...

Freely Forgiven

Oh what an awesome God is Jehovah! Despite our shortcomings, He freely, without hesitation, forgives us. He not only forgives, but He removes the guilt and the shame of the transgression. We stand before Him holy and blameless. Have you messed up? Have you made mistakes? Have you done something you dare not even speak? Take heart my friend, there is no transgression too dastardly for His mercy, no action...

You Are Forgiveness!

Forgiven. That’s who you are. If you have received Christ as your Savior, you are perpetually forgiven. But what if I have not repented. You are still forgiven. Allow His kindness to lead you to repentance. But what I did was horrible, unimaginable. You are still forgiven. No sin is greater than the cross. But I willingly, knowingly sinned after coming to Christ. You are still forgiven. His blood covers...

A Life Wasted Becomes a Life Redeemed!

He was a malefactor, a criminal, an evil doer, a death row inmate. His life was marked with fast living, perhaps thievery, maybe even murder. We don’t know what he did, we just know that it led him to this moment, facing a horrible, painful, shameful death. But this man who had lived a life wasted, on his deathbed, so to speak, had a revelation – Jesus is Lord. He...

Forgiven

He was perfect. He had not sinned. On the contrary, He had loved outrageously, shown compassion extravagantly, healed abundantly, and set the oppressed free miraculously. Nonetheless, the same people He came to save and deliver, the same crowds He had fed, the same mob that had thronged Him wanting to just touch him now shouted, “Crucify Him!”   So there he hung, on a cross abandoned by those He loved,...