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Amazing

Posted: April 1, 2013 in blogging, cross, death, Easter, family, friendship, Health, holiday, life, love, music, religion
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Amazing love
How can it can
That thou my God should die for me

I find it totally amazing that someone should died just so I can forever be forgiven of my sins. I don’t know about you, but I know of no-one else that would actually be willing to give their life for me.

Christ died over 2 thousand years ago, but still we celebrate His life, and His death after all these years. Who else can we say that about?!

As I’ve said several times over the last few days, I feel so humble and inadequate at all God has sacrificed for me, and all He continues to do for me. However, I know I can repay God for all the love He shows me on a daily basis, by giving the whole of my life to God.

How about you, are you thanking God for all he does for you by giving your life to Him? If you haven’t done so yet, today, Easter Monday is your day to say “Yes“, to Christ!

See Yourself

Posted: January 6, 2013 in family, friendship, life, music, personnel characteristics, religion
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I recently read the following quote by Teresa of Avila:

Be happy when you are blamed and accused wrongly, for then you have the chance to see all the bitter, hostile or self-pitying responses that your sinful soul wants to spew out – as if these puny things could in any way defend you! Watch and see if any of these poisons come out of you when your spirit is pricked by an accusation. Only then can you see yourself as you are, and confess thy sin that is within you and forsake yourself again into the Lord’s care.

That’s so true isn’t it, we can often “put on a front” and act one way 90% of the time, but when things don’t go our way or go against us wrongly, our true self comes to the fore!

Maybe we shouldn’t “put on a front” at all, as otherwise we are in danger of never really getting to know our true selves, although maybe letting our alter-ego out too often might be too scary for everyone too! ;)

All joking aside though, I do think it’s important to understand what presses our buttons and brings out the worst in us, because otherwise we will never be able to do something about our bad points and become more of the person God wants us to be.

So while it’s good to “put on a front” at times, it’s also good to let the other side of our true self out sometimes, so we know exactly the person we are during adversity as will as during good times. So identify your areas for improvement and ask God to help you become the person you are capable to be.

Bethlehem’s Child

Posted: December 20, 2012 in birthday, children, Christmas, cross, death, Easter, family, heaven, holiday, life, love, music, religion
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Baby Jesus, do you know you’ll die for all our sins?
Don’t be afraid, for in 3 days, you will rise again. Cause you will rise again.

Yes it’s Christmas time and yes at this time of the year we are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ the Son of God. However let’s not forget exactly what this child, Jesus Christ did for us…He died for us all so that we could be forgiven!

Imagine you were told your one and only son had to die a horrible death just so everyone in the world present and future would be forgiven of their sins. I’m sure you wouldn’t want your son to die, and you’d try all you could to stop him having to die just because others were sinners.

And that’s what makes God so immense and worthy of our praise – Despite His love for His one and only son, He was willing to sacrifice His son just for you and me. What a sacrifice! What a God!

When You Can’t Forgive

Posted: October 16, 2012 in cross, Easter, friendship, life, love, music, religion
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You say, “I can’t forgive what they’ve done to me.”

I ask you, “What has anyone done to you that is worse than what they did to Jesus Christ?”

Christ was crucified on a cross. He died a slow and agonising death.

We thankfully will never have to endure the pain, agony and persecution that Christ suffered while He was here on earth. But let me remind you that because Christ died on the cross, our sins were forgiven, and every sin we ever commit will be forgiven.

Therefore to try and repay Christ for dying for us, let’s make sure we forgive all those who hurt us in any way, because only then can be truly find peace again. There is nothing anyone can do to us here on earth that we should not we willing to forgive, so let’s keep our hearts open and true to God so that we can find forgiveness even when it feels that forgiveness is the last thing you want to do.

The Power of Forgiveness

Posted: August 21, 2012 in friendship, life, love, music, religion
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When people hurt us, either intentionally or unintentionally, it can be difficult at times to forgive them. However if God is willing to forgive us of every sin, surely we should be willing to forgive others when they hurt us?

Allow the power of forgiveness to be stronger than guilt & shame. You can’t change the past; but you can keep it from destroying your future.

Yes, when we’re hurt and forgiveness is the last thing on our mind, it can feel like you will never be able to forgive someone. However as the above says, if we hang onto past hurts, they will completely ruin our present and our future because they will eat away at us and poison us.

So let’s make sure we stay strong, forgive others, and live for the present and the future rather than the past.

Ready For A Change

Posted: May 16, 2012 in life, love, music, pray, religion
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Rather than wishing for change, you first must be prepared to change. ~ Catherine Pulsifer

We often ask God to help us be more Christ-like, but do we really mean it?

We can pray and ask God to help us be more Christ-like, however if we don’t really mean what we’re saying or we don’t truly believe that God can help us, will it happen?

Even when it comes to our faith and our trust in God, we still need to be willing to change for God. In other words, we can go through the motions of asking God to help us be like Christ, however if we’re not willing to change from the inside-out, even God can’t change us!

So today, my challenge to you is this…

Are you ready for a change? Are you ready to change from the inside for God?

Forgiveness Is Easy!

Posted: March 2, 2012 in cross, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religion
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“You’re joking”, I here you say! But am I…

Forgiveness is something God does every day – It’s something He does for us each day.

As a Christian, I try to live as Christ would, to be more like Him each day. That doesn’t mean I find it easy to forgive other. It also doesn’t mean that I always feel as though I even want to forgive some people, but i does mean that I ask God to help guide me and give me the desire and strength to forgive those who hurt, disappoint or let me down in some way.

God asks that we seek His help to become more Christ-like. He does not say that as soon as we ask for His help we will suddenly have the ability to do or say all the things we have asked Him to help us with.

So in order to forgive others we must be Christ-like – we must be sincere and honest when we forgive others, and to do so, we must pray asking God for guidance.

Feel The Forgiveness

Posted: March 1, 2012 in friendship, life, love, music, religion
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Do you feel forgiven?

God forgives us if we are willing to repent. Does that mean if we don’t feel forgiven, God hasn’t forgiven us?

I’d like to suggest that maybe it isn’t that God hasn’t forgiven us, but simply that we haven’t been sincere and honest when we have asked God for forgiveness. e.g. We just asked God to forgive us because we knew that’s what we should do not necessarily because we really were sorry for our sins.

When you seek God’s forgiveness, don’t do it if your heart’s not in it, only ask God for forgiveness when you really do want to be forgiven.

We’re Forgiven

Posted: February 28, 2012 in bible, cross, friendship, life, love, music, prayer, religion
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I’m forgiven, because you were forsaken
I’m accepted, you were condemned
I’m alive and well, you’re spirit is within me
Because you died and rose again

Yes our sins have been forgiven by God because Christ died for us, but have we forgiven those who sin against us?

Mark 11:24-26 (NIV)

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.

How can we expect God to forgive us when we sin if we don’t forgive those who do things against us? Therefore we much be willing to forgive others who hurt us, let us down or say or do things which disappoint us, otherwise how can we ever claim to be Christ-like!

Amazing Love

Posted: February 27, 2012 in bible, cross, family, friendship, life, love, music, religion
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Acts 13:38-39 (NIV)

 “Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.”

 

 

I’m forgiven, because you were forsaken
I’m accepted, you were condemned
I’m alive and well, you’re spirit is within me
Because you died and rose again

 

Isn’t amazing just how much God loves us? I always feel very humble whenever I think about how much God loves me. But I do admit that I don’t remind myself often enough just how much God loves me, and how much He gave us just for me and you.

Jesus paid the ultimate prise for us just so we could be forgive of our sins, and be able to lead a free life. Isn’t it only reasonable that we should try and repay God for His love for us, by doing all we can to share His love and forgiveness with others?

 

 

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