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Tag Archives: forgiveness
The insidiousness of evil.
The following story made me cry. I have heard testimonies from others caught up in this insidious form of slavery. The truth is that there is nothing manly about using women in this way. But, my mind boggles about the … Continue reading
Freedom from bitterness.
It’s no secret that I have been through a fairly traumatic experience. I don’t need to and wont rehash the details here; except to say it involved debilitating illness, abuse and betrayal on a number of levels. This experience left … Continue reading
Australia Day / Invasion Day – some thoughts.
A friend of mine is an interesting character. Come to think of it, most of my friends are interesting characters and I have a huge mix of friends from a variety of social, racial, gender and age backgrounds. My friend … Continue reading
Prayer and forgiveness.
There is one trait within human existence which doesn’t come naturally. Well perhaps there are more then one, but the one I want to talk about today I believe tops the list. As individuals and within community we find it … Continue reading
Posted in forgiveness
Tagged community, forgiveness, forgiveness of sin, prayer, reconciliation
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Unconditional what?
There seems to be much confusion within some Christian and quasi Christian circles regarding what the unconditional love of God means. Some equate this love as meaning unconditional acceptance of or the condoning of their actions, no matter what. This … Continue reading
Posted in cross
Tagged Blood of Christ, condoning, forgiveness, resurrection power, unconditional love
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Romans 6:1-11 The master stroke: Fully alive.
Paul makes a series of profound statements; ‘We died to sin: how can we then live in it any longer…Don’t you know that all of us who were baptised in Christ Jesus were baptised into his death…We should no longer … Continue reading
Posted in Romans
Tagged Christ, death, forgiveness, life, mastery, resurrection, Romans 6:1-11, sin, slavery
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Failing Forward.
The other day I was in a bit of a melancholy reflective mood and wrote some poetry about finding peace. This morning I would like to expand a little more on what I wrote about the ache of the soul. … Continue reading
Posted in prayer
Tagged empowerment, failure, Faith, forgiveness, internal pain, life experience, lifestyle, poetry, reflective mode, sin
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Christ the peace maker….a tough act to follow.
Being a peace maker when your surrounded with those who are like minded and those who love you is easy. Being a peace maker when your surrounded with those who are not likeminded and loving towards you is not so … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle, Mercy, Peace
Tagged Christ, forgiveness, God, joy, life experience, life style, Love, mercy, peace, reconciliation
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Shattered
We have been preaching through the book of Mark at church in the morning service and I had the privilege of preaching the 2nd last sermon of the series…which I entitled “Where is God when we feel forsaken” The text … Continue reading
Posted in cross, life experience
Tagged abandonment, cross, crucifixion, forgiveness, grief, healing, isolation of pain, life experience, pain, sorrow
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