Posts Categorized: Forgiving Day-by-Day

For Goodness’ Sake

Posted October 2, 2023 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Matthew 6:1-4 NIV

“Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven. When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell you the truth, they have received all the reward they will ever get. But when you give to someone in need, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Give your gifts in private, and your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.”

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Too Proud to See

Posted September 25, 2023 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

John 9:39-41 NIV

Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.” Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?” Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”

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Jesus had just healed a man who had been blind from birth. Not only could this man now see in the physical sense, but Jesus had also restored his spiritual sight. The man, grateful and humble, now “saw” Jesus’ divinity.

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Practicing the Law of Christ

Posted September 18, 2023 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Galatians 6:1-3 NLT

Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself. Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important.

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In this passage, Paul urges the Galatian Christians to show their love for one another by noticing when a fellow believer is in distress and to offer help.

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How to Deal with Mud-Churners

Posted September 11, 2023 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Isaiah 57:15, 20-21 NLT

The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirits of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts…But those who still reject me are like the restless sea, which is never still but continually churns up mud and dirt. There is no peace for the wicked,” says my God.

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Have you ever known people who like to stir up trouble? You might live with such a person or encounter one at a family gathering.

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Go, So I Can Bless

Posted September 4, 2023 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Genesis 12:1-3 NRSV

Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

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We can easily make the case that these three verses in Genesis 12 provide the foundation for God’s great story of redemption.

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