Tag archive: forgive
National Calamity
If God is not to blame, surely our sinful behaviour must be Micah 1:1-16 Reference: “All this is because of Jacob’s transgression, because of the sins of the people of Israel. What is Jacob’s transgression? Is it not Samaria? What is Judah’s high place? Is it not Jerusalem?” Micah 1:5 NIV Explore: When national calamity…
Finding Forgiveness
You know when you’ve forgiven someone because you no longer wish them ill. Proverbs 24:1-34 Reference: “Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,” Proverbs 24:17 NIV Explore: A few years ago I was deeply hurt by a colleague. He was unhappy about a decision I had…
God Experienced Our Pain
They have more opportunity to hurt you. Psalm 106:1-48 Reference: for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented. (Psalm 106:45 NIV) Explore: They say it’s often those you love who hurt you the most. I guess it is those people you spend the most time with and also they…
One… Two… Three
Three seems like the threshold of tolerance. Luke 22:31-38 Reference: Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.” (Luke 22:34 NIV) Explore: “Three strikes and you’re out!” “Bad things come in threes.” Three seems like the threshold of tolerance. Three chances seems like…
A Blackberry Lie
It’s amazing the extent we will go to just to cover our tracks. Mark 6:14-29 Reference: v.7 For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married. (TNIV Bible) Explore: I wasn’t a…