Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.” Matthew 18:22 NABRE Jesus makes forgiveness a very big part of his message. Some preachers have said that in one way or another two-thirds of the scriptures have some sort of message about forgiveness. Peter asks Jesus how…
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Series Introduction This is the fourth and final week of a series called “hearts revealed.” Jesus speaks often about what we do in our hearts convicts us. If we lust after someone in our heart we are guilty of adultery, if we are angry with our brother or sister we…
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Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. Isaiah 55:6 NABRE This verse is included in chapter fifty-five and it is all sweet poetry. At the time, it was written as an invitation to those exiled in Babylon to return to Jerusalem. But…
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My children, I am writing this to you so that you may not commit sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one. He is expiation for our sins, and not for our sins only but for those of the whole…
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You will let me hear gladness and joy; the bones you have crushed will rejoice. Psalms 51:10 NABRE This is a psalm of David, one of several where he has admitted his wrong doing with Bathsheba and sinfulness against Uriah the Hittite. David begins this psalm by asking God to…
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