YOU'RE HEAVEN'S BABY ---- When you were a newborn baby, most likely you were surrounded by warmth, tenderness, comfort, and love. So why doesn’t the world treat you anything like this when you’re born again? A newborn baby is welcomed by the world into which it’s born. At your first birth, you were born into this world; but at your second birth you were born into the Kingdom of Heaven. So don’t expect this world to pamper you, cherish you, be gentle, bless you, or even accept you. It doesn’t have to. If you were of this world, the world would love its own, but you were born into heaven. Therefore, seek not your love, blessing, and acceptance from earth. Seek your pampering, comfort, warmth, tenderness, and acceptance from heaven. In fact, whenever this world rejects you, disappoints you, and hurts you, rejoice and be glad. It’s a confirmation that you’re not its child and you belong to another kingdom. So seek your love and blessing not from this world, but from your everlasting kingdom, the Kingdom of Heaven to which you were born into…because you are heaven’s baby.
Today's Mission - Seek your acceptance, identity, and love not from this world, but from your Heavenly Father who will freely give it to you today.
"Forgiveness"
It is our God's command that we must all forgive, no matter what has occurred. Yes, God's command to all.
What does the Bible say about forgiveness? Quite a bit. In fact, forgiveness is a dominant theme throughout the Bible. But it's not uncommon for Christians to have many questions about forgiveness. The act of forgiving does not come easy for most of us. Our natural instinct is to recoil in self-protection when we've been injured.
We don't naturally overflow with mercy, grace, and understanding when we've been wronged. Forgiveness is a choice we make. It is a decision of our will, motivated by obedience to God and his command to forgive. The Bible instructs us to forgive as the Lord forgave us.
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times." (Matthew 18:21-22, NIV)
Jesus' answer to Peter makes it clear that forgiveness is not easy for us.
It's not a one-time choice, and then we automatically live in a state of forgiveness. Essentially, Jesus was saying, keep on forgiving until you experience the freedom of forgiveness. Forgiveness may require a lifetime of forgiving, but it is important to the Lord. We must continue forgiving until the matter has been settled in our heart.
The road to your own forgiveness.........You can find forgiveness for your past and hope for tomorrow no matter what you have done. This forgiveness is free to all but you must believe the following truths. Believe that God sent his only son to die for our sins so that we can live forever. Believe that we are one family created equally by one God and those that believe will be rewarded with eternal life in Heaven..............
We pray:God, please forgive me. I surrender to your love. I place my trust in your son, Christ Jesus as the sacrifice for my selfish past. Let me know the joy, freedom, faith and love that are freely mine because of my belief in him. Guide me now into your miraculous kingdom.
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