Old Testament and Jesus
In eleven days, we will be celebrating one of the most important Chrisitan holidays of the year, Easter. It is then that we read or hear the resurrection accounts in the four gospels and 1 Corinthians 15. Rarely if at all is the OT referenced, yet the OT refers a great deal to the Messina’s resurrection, suffering and crucifixion without recording the name of Jesus or the word cross.
Pray to Bless
Is there more to total forgiveness? Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. We are to pray and ask God to bless those who hurt us, and those who persecute us. This is truly the key that sets us free.
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Never laugh at your wife’s choices.
You are one of them.
No Pay Back
Continuing with how do we know if we truly forgave, we consider Joseph’s concern for his brothers, thus far unrepentant and continuing to lie. Genesis 45:2 (Joseph) wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it. These are tears of compassion; remember he had been holding back his identity and now no longer could. The last thing he wanted to do was to have his brothers fear him.
Third Sunday in Lent
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” -Confucius
March 2024 Briefing
Forgive – Don’t Tell
Joseph, the man who had every reason to be bitter and angry was on God’s anvil shaping his character to be used later to serve the nation of Israel and alter the course of history.
Second Sunday in Lent
“Blessed are those who can give without remembering, and take without forgetting.” – Princess Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco
Letting Go
Recently I was asked, “How can I tell if I have truly forgiven?” Good question! Forgiveness usually is not instant.
First Sunday in Lent
There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction. -JFK