Don’t Rush To Forgive If The Wound Is Grave When the hurt is very deep, don’t forgive right away. When someone hurts you deeply, God doesn’t require that you forgive right away. When your husband commits adultery, or when an uncle molests you, or when a friend betrays you…, God doesn’t require that you drive […]

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Be Selfish: Have A Forgiving Attitude! A wise man said, Forgiveness is first of all a gift you give yourself. Forgiveness is almost a selfish act—because of the incredible blessing the forgiver gets! Imagine this scenario. You’re so angry at someone, you decide to buy Triple-X poison from the drugstore. Upon reaching home, you drink […]

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What’s the Solution? To heal our unforgiving attitude, we must ask, “What is the root of unforgiveness?” From experience, our inability to forgive others comes from our inability to forgive ourselves. Yes, it can be that simple. If you don’t receive God’s mercy, you can’t give mercy to others. The Bible says, Forgive as the […]

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Let God Pay You God saw you when you were offended. Hurt. Abandoned. If someone stole from you, or hurt you, or offended you, read this verse: God says, Your shame and disgrace are ended. You will live in your own land. And your wealth will be doubled; Your joy will last forever. (Isaiah 61:7) […]

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This is a beautiful story to tell. I had it in my inbox for some months and decided to share it here before deleting it. Here is the story; A little girl went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly jar from its hiding place in the closet. She poured the change out on […]

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Peter here professes his faith in Jesus as the Son of God. Jesus gives the keys of the Kingdom to him, that is, the authority to rule over the church as pope. Pope Benedict XVI continues this ministry of governance that Jesus entrusted to St. Peter. Matthew 16:13-23 13 Jesus went into the region of […]

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The Israelites again complain to Moses that they have no water and they again want to go back to slavery in Egypt. Had they obeyed God, they would have been on their way to conquering the Promised Land. Instead they had to suffer 40 years of walking around the wilderness. Let us be people of […]

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St. John the Baptist died because he was unafraid to tell King Herod that in taking his brother’s wife he was committing adultery. Here we see the qualities of a true servant of God and the type of character that we desperately need in the world today when so many leaders seek only popularity and […]

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God’s economic policy for His people was radical. On the 50th year, all debts were to be cancelled and all land and property was to return to its original owners. All slaves were to be set free as well. The huge disparity in wealth that exists today is not God’s will. We all have a […]

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The image of Mary going up to a town in Judah and being greeted with great joy by her cousin Elizabeth harps back to the story in the book of Samuel, where King David accompanied the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem. With the coming of the ark, God’s presence comes to His people. With […]

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