I CHOOSE TO FORGIVE
It is a man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him. –Antoninus
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32
By choosing to forgive those who have wronged you shows the love of God to that person and those familiar with the situation. It’s totally against the eye for an eye and tooth for tooth mentality. It’s sharing the Gospel in the most practical way and that is the greatest duty we have o n this Earth!— Come and see, Go and tell!
THANK YOU VETERAN—THANK YOU LORD
If you are enjoying your physical freedom today thank a veteran. If you are enjoying your spiritual freedom today thank the Lord Jesus. If you are having problems doing either---start counting your blessings.
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:7-8
It is an overwhelming thought a man would sacrifice his life for me to have the freedoms in this country that I take for granted. It’s even a greater thought; the God of the Universe, the Self-Sufficient One, the Creator, Sustainer, the Life Giver, would send His Son to die on the Cross for my sin.
Ever wonder why someone for give their life for their country—LOVE! The love of what their country stands for; Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
David said in Psalm 8:3-4, “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?” Why would God stop for one second and think about you or me? Because He Loved Us!
Why are you living?
Make sure the thing you're living for is worth dying for. –Mayes
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. Psalm 27:4
Enough is said in the chorus of the song, “Because He Lives”:
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living,
Just because He lives!.......What are you living for…is it worth dying for?
I Love to Tell the Story of Jesus and His Glory
The things that are closest to our hearts are the things we talk about, and if God is close to your heart, you will talk about Him. –Tozer
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: 1 Peter 3:15
Just ask me….what are you waiting on? Go ahead…ask me about my chittlins. You see I’m always prepared to tell you about them. You see, I love them! And because I do I have a story ready to share about when they were growing up. Some funny and some not so funny.
Such it is when someone asks me about my Saviour. I am ready to give my testimony. About how Jesus saved me and set me on the Solid Rock! I am ready to give an answer to every man that asketh…amen! Are you ready?
Does my church love sinners the way Jesus does?
This was posted on a Bronx, New York, church bulletin board: "Do come in-Trespassers will be forgiven." –Anonymous
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; Ephesians 2:19
I am thankful on this Sunday morning the church I was attending when I got saved had a love for sinners! If not, I may not have ever come the second time. I may not have even ever gotten saved! I am also glad I pastor a church that loves sinners now. If it didn't, I would resign and leave.
How is your church doing in this area Pastor? Choir Leader? Choir Member? Sunday School Teacher? Church Member? Do we have the love of sinners as Christ did? If not, we need to do something about it!
Think about His love
Thou hast made us, O Lord, for Thyself and our heart shall find no rest till it rest in Thee. –Augustine
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? Psalm 8:3-4
Do you ever sit and wonder why God would put up with us? Think about it, why would The Creator put up with selfish, self centered, unholy, wicked people? One word comes to my mind; love. And that my friend is something for us all to ponder on today….
The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell
It goes beyond the highest star
And reaches to the lowest hell
The guilty pair, bowed down with care
God gave His Son to win
His erring child He reconciled
And pardoned from his sin
Could we with ink the ocean fill
And were the skies of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade