Here is a related article on Abuse by Joyce Meyers, Abuse and the Miracle of Recovery http://www.joycemeyer.org/articles/ea.aspx?article=abuse_and_the_miracle_of_recovery Joyce Meyer Testimony: One Life Excerpts: “Can you recover? You’re looking at somebody who did. You’re looking at the evidence that you can recover… He will give you beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning… He…
Category: Forgiveness, Forgetting Past, Moving Forward
Upset By Those Who Do Wrong?
Here is a psalm of David to give life words: Psalm 37 1 Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; 2 for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away. 3 Trust in the Lord and do good;…
Do Not Take Revenge
Rom 12:19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[d] says the Lord. This verse is poetic and easy to follow… when one has not experienced vile betrayal and offense, when one has not seen the blatant in-your-face…
In Style: Love
Some people have their favorite item to wear that makes them feel complete… like earrings, a necklace, a shawl. The Bible highly recommends the finishing item to put on as… LOVE! Col 3:14 MSG And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It’s your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it. An all-purpose, all-occasion,…
The One You Must Love: Your “Enemy”
Ephesians 6:12 shows us that in the spiritual realm, the battle we face is never against people but against the devil and his camp. Eph 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of…
Mark of A Follower: Love for Others
John 13:35 “Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—when they see the love you have for each other.” (John 13:34, 35) For an article about the full extent of Jesus’s…
Lessons on Love from 1Corinthians
The Message Version (MSG) of 1Corinthians Chapter 13: If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a…
Lessons on Love from Romans
The Message (MSG) Version of Romans 12:9-ff Love from the center of who you are; don’t fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle. Don’t burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master,…
Don’t Look Back
Genesis 19: 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!” 26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. The instruction for…
Healing Through Turning
Lord,help my heart not to be calloused. Help me to see with my eyes, hear with my ears, understand with my heart and turn, and you would heal me. (Matt 13:15) Help me that I would receive Your Word with joy (v20), that when trouble or persecution comes because of the Word, that I would…
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