I offended two people without knowing I had done so. Both of them, throughout the years, carried significant grudges against me. Did those grudges affect my life in any way? How effective has their grudges against me succeeded in demoralizing me or casting dark shadows in my life?
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You are a married couple. Would it be healthier for your marriage if you both learned to deal with your anger in a ministerial way? Or are you content to anxiously wait for the next stormy argument?
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How could you forget Joe—that miserable cuss? Sure he was a Christian, but that one time he—well, never mind about that.
The angel continues. “You never forgave him did you?”
You shake your head. Of course not. He didn’t deserve forgiveness. In fact, he deserved to spend eternity in—. It hits you. Is the angel implying that Joe is in heaven?
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If it seems like the entire world has turned against you including everyone’s dog, cat and guinea pig, free yourself from that heavy burden by turning to God who loves you without conditions. From this moment, live in the glow of this reciprocal glorying in which your life is spent glorifying Him in every way. In return, He brings His glory to you by affirming you as His and giving you the best purposes ever. Embrace that. And sleep well.
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There is no law? Yikes! That’ll leave a mark. Without law, the world descends into a constant Black Friday frenzy at WalMart.
Yet, in Galatians 5:22-23, the Bible declares no law exists if certain conditions are met: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”
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When we think of the law, images of being arrested and handcuffed fill our minds. Then come images of jail cells filled with other ‘criminals’ who look like they would eat us alive if given the chance. Men with tattoos the size of Texas who got their start in crime by stealing milk money from first graders. Next, we’re brought before a judge, who passes a sentence upon us because we’ve transgressed the law. How is any of that an ‘easy yoke?’
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Five addictions—five nooses around his neck. Nooses not meant to destroy him immediately, but nooses intended to slowly carve him into nothingness. The addictions desire that he still breathe. But they want him to always be willing to trade his last breath for another ‘fix.’
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Maybe we should follow Voltaire’s advice and invent ‘God.’ However, that’s been done over and over, and, honestly, we still have evil everywhere. From boys throwing missiles from overpasses to dictators slaughtering millions. Inventing ‘god’ after ‘god’ hasn’t helped at all.
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The world compares Paul’s life and Ben Franklin’s life, and comes to the conclusion that Franklin’s life is far superior to Paul’s. What the world sees is Franklin’s life overflowing with prestige and power and worldly comfort. What the world doesn’t see is Paul’s life overflowing with peace.
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Upon my introduction to disc golf, I became enthralled by it. It’s an individual sport with innumerable intricacies. My emotional enthusiasm erupted, and I purchased so many discs, I could have wallpapered a herd of buffalo with them.
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