Forgiveness is not easy. It is often hard and costly. It was costly for Jesus to forgive our sins, and it will be costly for us to forgive other people’s offenses against us. But if we believe that forgiveness is costly, then unforgiveness is even costlier because unforgiveness always imprisons us. ...
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Journey to Joy: Week 5 Day 5
Being at ease in uneasy times comes from a strong relationship with the Living God. But in order to trust God to do what is best, we must really know Him well. Yesterday we focused on knowing God's goodness. Thinking about His goodness is so affirming; it just makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside, ...
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Journey to Joy: Week 5 Day 4
Today we are remembering God's goodness. It is a great way to begin the day. Sometimes we get waylaid by the difficulties of life and worn down by dealing with people and we forget our blessings. But we are much better off when we keep our minds on the good things. Finally, brothers and sisters, ...
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Journey to Joy: Week 5 Day 3
“He has made everything beautiful in its time” (Ecclesiastes 3:11).
I love the picture this verse creates. This is such a wonderful promise! Lorraine Hill uses this scripture to demonstrate that God's plan is always best and we must remember that it often unfolds over time. As for ...
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Journey to Joy/Heart Strings Week 5
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding (Prov. 3:5).
Today Lorraine Hill talks about the need to trust in the Lord and His plan because sometimes, when everything seems to be going wrong, our disappointment can lead us away from Him:
Though ...
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Journey to Joy: Week 5 Day 1
Disappointed by people? That's what we read about today in our study. Well, the thing I have been realizing lately myself is this: when people disappoint or hurt us or anger us or annoy us...our dispute is not with them. Our dispute is not with the driver who cuts us off, the friend who lets us ...
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