If this happened to your child, could you forgive like this? ( There is no right or wrong answer. )
[ http://www.nbcnews.c...-revenge-n83236 ]
* I like to think I could, but honestly, I have my doubts I would be able to. / I have a 7 yr old daughter who owns my heart. *
Could you forgive like this?
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Posted 17 April 2014 - 11:05 AM
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Posted 17 April 2014 - 04:09 PM
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Posted 18 April 2014 - 08:42 PM
Or how bout like this?
http://www.cmallianc.../?autoplay=true
Josef Tson says that fruitful ministry is about going out as Jesus did with "Truth, Love, and Self-Sacrifice". Throughout the history of the Church the Gospel has gone forth with those three elements.
I love Colossians 1 and it ends with "to this end (that is to present everyone perfect in Christ) I labor, struggling with all His energy which, which so powerfully works in me". This tells me it is labor and it is a struggle but it is not with my energy or power but with His! I would need the Holy Spirit to live through me to forgive in a number of situations. I think often of the Lancaster County shooting and the believers who put the Spirit's power on display and I am amazed. I think many worldly people remember that as well and wonder...
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