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Tag: forgiveness
“Love… it keeps no record of wrongs.” (1 Corinthians 13:5 NIV) I read it and conviction sweeps in, about knocks me off the kitchen stool where I’m currently perched. I immediately visualize my red-stained list. Nearly a year ago I wrote out a record of…
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you out to have done without neglecting the others. You blind guides, striving out a…
“Let me hear of Your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting You.” (Psalm 143:8 NLT) If I’ve heard my husband say it once in the beginning of our marriage, I’ve heard him say it a hundred times since then. “Anna, we don’t trust…
“The Pharisee was shocked and somewhat offended when he saw that Jesus didn’t wash up before the meal.” (Luke 11:38 MSG) Jesus had been invited to dinner at a Pharisee’s home. It’s hard to believe it was an earnest invitation, but more likely some biblical…