Tag: forgiveness
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At Calvary – Episode 111 – AGAPE – The Self-Sacrificial Love of God
We are told in the Bible about God’s great love. His love is faithful. His love is consistent. His love sacrifices even His own Son. His love receives sinners. Yet, even though we are told to copy this love, we find that loving God’s way is truly hard. Why is that? Let’s think about that…
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What Makes Grace Profound?
Grace. There are two important questions this word should bring to our minds. 1) What is it? and 2) Why do I need it? This week I spent some time with the encounter Jesus had with the woman who was supposedly caught in the very act of adultery. This encounter is a lived out picture…
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Why are We Waiting?
Have you decided to do something and after you did it asked, “Why did I wait so long?” It’s a common experience. It happens when we’ve delayed something out of convenience or fear. When we finally force ourselves to do that ‘thing’ we find that we shouldn’t have delayed it. Do we ever do that…
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Peoples is Peoples
My title for this week comes from an older Muppet movie. In the movie, Kermit has lost his memory and, as usual, Miss Piggy is angry a lot. The owner of a diner is sharing this wisdom to point out that we are all connected by our similarities, not divided by our differences. I am…
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A Wondrous Protection
When I think of my mistakes I have a recurring question: How can I make it right? In my quest to right the wrongs of my own making, I have discovered there is a difference between acknowledging wrongs and constantly living under the crushing weight of guilt. The difference is grace. Here’s a newsflash (not…
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At Calvary – Episode 63 – Hey Paul, It’s Romans!
Well, I wasn’t able to join the Lighthouse this week! Jeff, Ed, and Steve shared from Romans 1. I wasn’t there to hear them so we are just going to have to talk about Romans 1:1 all on our own. The question I have as we begin? Doesn’t Paul know that “chosen” and “set-apart” language…
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At Calvary – Episode 62b – Ready to Make Amends?
We say that we are sorry for our mistakes, but are we really ready to make amends? Are we ready to make right those mistakes? Is there a time when we shouldn’t bring those things up? All this and more is what we are talking about this week At Calvary!
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At Calvary – Episode 62a – Ready to Make Amends?
We say that we are sorry for our mistakes, but are we really ready to make amends? Are we ready to make right those mistakes? Is there a time when we shouldn’t bring those things up? All this and more is what we are talking about this week At Calvary!
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Made Worthy
5 “Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.” 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had…
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Faith through Disappointment (the one about bitterness)
Consider the alternative When we feel disappointment sometimes we give ourselves permission to be angry for a while. That’s actually okay. There is nothing wrong with acknowledging how someone has hurt us. In fact, it is healthy to be honest about our feelings. However, there are enough scriptures that warn us about holding onto our hurt to make…
Pastor John D Jakes 