how do we know we’ve forgiven?

When God forgives, there is an immediate and complete change in relationship. Instead of hostility, there is love and acceptance. Instead of enmity, there is friendship. ~ Billy Graham In the deepest depths of our heart and soul, can we say we’ve truly forgiven someone? A quick check might be to ask ourselves, “What does Jesus see?” When my girls have misbehaved and try to…

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forgiveness is an act of faith

To be able to look into God’s face, and know with the knowledge of faith that there is nothing between the soul and Him, is to experience the fullest peace the soul can know. Whatever else pardon may be, it is above all things admission into full fellowship with God. ~ Charles H. Brent Forgiveness is an act of faith, trusting God will bring freedom…

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(in)couraged to hope – unglued #4

It’s week four of our Unglued study and I need to be perfectly honest with you … I’ve gone done and become unglued! Most definitely when: My Piper could only find ONE shoe and we were already late for school. My eight year old fell down the stairs and split the back of her head open, requiring five staples … 45 minutes before a fundraiser…

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the prodigal son {part 3}

Now this shows how we tend to make the worst of everything and to paint the picture in the darkest colors, which is not doing as we would have others do to us, nor as our heavenly Father does to us. ~ Matthew Henry The prodigal son experienced true humility that led him back home and his father extended true forgiveness, but the story doesn’t…

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the prodigal son {part 2}

The circumstances of the parable set out the riches of Gospel grace much more fully, and to poor sinners ever since it has been indescribably useful, and so it will be as long as the world exists. ~ Matthew Henry Yesterday we talked about pride, greed, and idolatry and how they’re intertwined into forgiveness. Today we’ll discuss humility and repentance in light of forgiveness. The…

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