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Is there anything harder in this Christian Life than giving up your right to want to hurt someone who has hurt you especially when they did it knowing it was hurting you but did it anyway?

I am in the process and it is wildly hard.

The mind plays and plays the evil they did; moreover, you told them to stop, even explained the pain and they kept on and finally, you are stuck paying the consequences for their sins.

As I said is there anything harder?

And so you pray and you work remembering Scripture and you pray more and at some point, you surrender your right to want to hurt them because you know that is what is best for you and that is what JESUS desires for you.

Does it make what they did right? Does it cancel their sin? Absolutely not!

Does it make what they did any less malicious? Absolutely not!

Does it mean they will not reap what they have sown? Absolutely not!

Does it mean I will not rejoice when what goes around comes around? Actually yes it does! That is how I know forgiveness has come.

Does it mean when I think of what they have done to me, I will hurt less? Yeah, actually it does.  ONLY JESUS can work a miracle like this!  And I’m looking for a miracle. James 5:16 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

16 Therefore, openly acknowledge your sins to one another, and pray for each other, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

via James 5:16 KJV;CJB – Confess your faults one to another, and – Bible Gateway.

Ephesians 4:32 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted; and forgive each other, just as in the Messiah God has also forgiven you.

via Eph 4:32 KJV;CJB – And be ye kind one to another, – Bible Gateway.


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Yours, Mine, Theirs and Ours

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There is no really deep secret to having a happy home. It simply is letting Jesus have first place in our hearts.

via Draw Near – 365 Guides to Greater Intimacy with God | YouVersion.com.
Please use this link to read the entire devotion at You Version

May I shout that out? Shout it out because there are multitudes of unhappy homes all around us; perhaps some of us are living in one. There is a remedy.

And yes I have heard the arguments.

It’s him.

If he will put JESUS first I will.

Why should I be the one when he won’t?

The answer is simple.

Do you want peace or not?

One thing stands between turmoil and peace: pride — yours, mine, theirs and ours

James 4:6 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)

6 But He giveth more grace; therefore He saith, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”

via James 4:6 KJ21 – But He giveth more grace; therefore He – Bible Gateway.

When we feel GOD is resisting us or at least not doing what we want? There could be many reasons for His delay; even so have we carefully examined ourselves for pride in ourselves?

1 Peter 5:5 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)

5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility; for “God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”

via 1 Peter 5:5 KJ21 – Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves – Bible Gateway.

Got some heavy trials? Got some miserable situations?

Seek an elder – a wise woman with some godly age on her who will share the WORD with you and then practice what the WORD says.

And not to leave the men out here. Seek out a wise man with some godly age on him who will share the WORD with you and then practice what the WORD says.

Is this remedy easy? No it’s not – that’s no secret either. If it were easy everybody would jump on it. Only the humble and the brave will take on this remedy. But you know, the end results of this remedy is a whole lot easier to handle than the results of refusing this remedy.

It’s really a no-brainer – don’t you think?   :)

Even so let compassion move us and let us pray for one another. As my dear friend Janet says: “Life’s hard but GOD is good!”

Blessings for a holy weekend,

Please pray for Janet and family – visitation is tonight and memorial service tomorrow. Dawn’s (S) surgery is this morning. Kerri, Leon, Dori, Terri, Carolyn, Penni, Sheila, Melinda, Patricia/Todd – just to name a few dear Ones who need prayer warriors to intercede.

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A quick word, I think, before GRANDS are up and ready for breakfast.

Proverbs 4:11 New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)

11 I guide you in the way of wisdom

and lead you along straight paths.

via Proverbs 4:11 NIV1984 – I guide you in the way of wisdom and – Bible Gateway.

And immediately upon reading this I thought when my path is not straight, it can mean only one thing, I am not following Him.  And on a more pleasant note, He guides. He guides in the way of wisdom.

Think of it! You and I can be WISE today. We can hold and dispense the Wisdom of God today. Wow!

James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.

via James 1:4-6 KJ21 – But let patience have her perfect work, – Bible Gateway.

There is a catch.

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.

via James 1:4-6 KJV – But let patience have her perfect work, – Bible Gateway.

And that boils down to a choice to believe what we just read. He said: ASK GOD and GOD will give.  Simple. Isn’t it?

Believing JESUS is the wisest choice I can make today. 

Thank You, ABBA, for this simple yet profound word today. We can walk in Your Wisdom today. We can make wise choices today. We can speak words of wisdom today. We can! Thank You, JESUS.  Thank You for this quiet time. Thank You for Your Word that speaks so clearly to us. And thank You for each Dear Soul that comes here to read and to pray. I pray HOLY SPIRIT that You will speak to them, assure them of Your Will and Plans for them. I am mindful in this moment of One You love who has been deceived and has gone willfully into the Darkness. I am asking You to have mercy. The magnitude of the transgression is too big for me to fathom but You, O LORD, are able to redeem her; that is Your Desire and it is mine and others and we pray it will be hers.  That she will believe Your revelation as You position her to see and we pray she will believe and repent.  And I am mindful of our sick and afflicted. Today is testing day for Dori. A long and hard day for her. I pray for her strength to be meet for this day’s activities. And we continue to pray for You to completely heal her. There are others. You know their names, their faces, their hearts, their frames and we pray for healing in all ways needed and advantageous for Your Kingdom and for them. And others. Those who seem to be oblivious to their sin and their need of the Savior. I can only ask that they come to see their sins as the affront they are to You and come to believe in the power of the Blood of JESUS to wash them clean.  Israel. Must not forget Israel. Asking You for peace and safety. Asking for wisdom for Her Leaders. And for this Country. ABBA, I am grateful for America. I am grateful You birthed Her. I am grateful to live here and, ABBA, I pray for strength and wisdom to boldly and effectively fight for Her life. She was once young and beautiful and filled with Your grace and goodness; once kind and benevolent and obedient before You. I am so sorry we have transgressed against You. We have earned Your wrath. Even so I trust You to dispense it in love and wisdom. I pray to align with You and I pray all my brothers and sisters in CHRIST JESUS will too. Thank You, ABBA. Thank You. Amen and amen. 

We have the God-given Right to do right in this wrong World,
Praying (PFT)!