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Originally written October 17, 2011 posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/10/17/justice-delayed/ Today’s Meditation Verse: Matthew 13:30 Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn. Justice is something we all want and seek. But many times we are left wondering why doesn’t God do something sooner? Why does He wait to ...

Originally written July 15, 2011 Posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/07/15/my-life-as-a-pot/ I’ve been writing a lot lately about God’s love for us and how we should reject condemnation because it is never from God. It is always from the enemy or our own insecurities. This type of writing is encouraging and uplifting, and it causes us to move closer to the Lord. Some of my posts have talked about being yoked with Him and letting Him lead and guide you through life, which removes...

Not long after God helped me retrieve my stolen car, that car and my other one were repossessed. I was making the payments and was current, but on one car there was an unpaid late fee that I was unaware of. The credit union where I had worked held the loans. Gossip got around that my finances were unstable, and with the one late fee, they had the legal right to repossess my cars. An attack by the enemy, yes, but not the credit union. The dark enemy that the world fights against every day. Ther...

Originally written October 14, 2011 posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/10/14/the-rules-that-break-fellowship/ 1 John 1:7 7 But if we [really] are living and walking in the Light, as He [Himself] is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses (removes) us from all sin and guilt [keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations]. (Amplified Bible) I grew up in a denominational church that tau...

Originally written August 12, 2011 posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/10/12/wednesday-word-study-fellowship/ Fellowship Transliteration: koinónia Phonetic Spelling: (koy-nohn-ee'-ah) Short Definition: participation, communion, fellowship Definition: (lit: partnership) (a) contributory help, participation, (b) sharing in, communion, (c) spiritual fellowship, a fellowship in the spirit. properly, what is shared in common as the basis of fellowship (partnership, community) This i...

Originally written June 17, 2011 posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/06/17/do-people-ever-really-change/ Today’s Meditation Verse: I John 1:3 3 What we have seen and [ourselves] heard, we are also telling you, so that you too may realize and enjoy fellowship as partners and partakers with us. And [this] fellowship that we have [which is a distinguishing mark of Christians] is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah). (Amplified Bible) The point that I want t...

We often say that people don’t change. We warn those in relationships of that very thing. If you are in a relationship and think that you can change the other person with your love and care and nurture, you are wrong. You never change that person. The same is true of friendships. If you are staying in a relationship that causes you grief, but you stay because you think that something you will do will change them, you are wrong. You might as well raise the white flag and abandon ship right now. ...

Keeping with the theme of God saving me from careless and stupid actions, here is another one. I am convinced that I have a gene in my DNA that has pre-programmed me to believe the best in a person, any person. So, needless to say, I have had my fair share of stupid moments when I believed someone was telling me the truth, and they were not. Each time I would firmly resolve not to get duped again, and each time it would happen again. I Corinthians 13:6 in the Amplified Bible, says love believes...

This week we have been talking about caring and the cares of this life. We have learned that we must care about certain things to a certain degree, but when something causes us concern that affects us adversely, then we have crossed the line to anxiety, which is basically fear. And fear is distrust in God. I don’t think as Christians our problem is that we don’t care enough, but that we care too much. We carry many burdens that we were never supposed to carry. We reserve certain issues in our l...