The Formula For Forgiveness

The Formula For Forgiveness

We've all had someone do something to upset us, rather if it was a joke that was made at our expense, or perhaps something off the charts that traumatized us.  Either way, our human nature wants to hold a grudge and not forgive the offending person. In today's message, I'm going to discuss the Gospel of Matthew 18:15-22 where Jesus talks about when someone has sinned against you, or has hurt you.  And He does this because He knew before time ever existed that people wouldn't always get along, that we would hurt each other, especially in the church, thus His outline of instructions to follow in order to win our brother or sister back so that fellowship could resume as soon as possible. Please note that this is my personal interpretation of the scripture to the best of my current knowledge and understanding.  I encourage anyone to please check and verify as the scripture encourages believers to do so.  There may be times where I have overlooked and/or misunderstood information by mistake which is why verifying is important if you feel lead by the Holy Spirit to do so.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2284212/support]

The Ever-Effective, Yet Totally Ignored Guide To A Thriving Marriage - Part 3

Marriages still sadly suffer, even Christian marriages.  However, that was not by God's design.  What was by God's design was a specific and strategic role for each spouse, so that the marriage would be blessed and empowered, in which the role for a wife was discussed in part 2, that being to submit to her husband - not when things are beneficial to her circumstances or situations, but in everything while demonstrating a gentle and quiet spirit as she also prioritizes her home and family. In today's message, I'm going to wrap up Paul's roles for each spouse in Ephesians 5:25-33 where it now focuses on the husband and his expectations.  By the way, like Paul emphasized one word to the wives, he also emphasizes one word to the husbands which is love.  The problem however, is that the word love is often thrown around and/or terribly displayed, making it extremely difficult for the wives to submit to her husband, thus the ongoing conflict, cold-shoulders, and contempt from both sides. Sadly, behaving like this is basically how we give Satan rope to hang ourselves with so to speak, to suffocate and cut-off any blessings to the point we don't just ruin our relationship with God, but that we greatly skew the younger generations visions and expectations of what God intended for them as well.   Please note that this is my personal interpretation of the scripture to the best of my current knowledge and understanding.  I encourage anyone to please check and verify as the scripture encourages believers to do so.  There may be times where I have overlooked and/or misunderstood information by mistake which is why verifying is important if you feel lead by the Holy Spirit to do so.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2284212/support]

The Ever-Effective, Yet Totally Ignored Guide To A Thriving Marriage - Part 2

Now knowing the differences between society's perspective of a marriage and a Christian's perspective of marriage covered in part 1, there's still the fact that couples still struggle.  A key aspect to remember though is that no marriage will ever be perfect.  However, that doesn't mean marriages should still suffer.  Having said that, the only way a marriage will thrive is not only like I discussed in last episode that Jesus needs to be in the center, but also that each spouse has a specific role to fulfill. In today's message, I'm going to address Ephesians 5:22-24 where Paul gives a short and sweet message to the wives as far as what our expectations look like that can no doubt ruffle some feathers.  But take note that just because he has a heavy emphasis on one word, does not mean we only have one job, or one thing to be concerned about, as we actually have several.  While that seems contradictory, what we're to take away is that all of what's expected from the wives falls under the same category of that one word heavily emphasized.  But the overall point is how these various duties show how we're to be complimentary to the husband, not oppressed by him.   Please note that this is my personal interpretation of the scripture to the best of my current knowledge and understanding.  I encourage anyone to please check and verify as the scripture encourages believers to do so.  There may be times where I have overlooked and/or misunderstood information by mistake which is why verifying is important if you feel lead by the Holy Spirit to do so.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2284212/support]

The Ever-Effective, Yet Totally Ignored Guide To A Thriving Marriage - Part 1

When I was a young girl, I saw marriage as something to look forward to, but as I grew older, not so much.  This is because I had my parents marriage to look at as an example which unfortunately didn't end so well.  However, I wasn't opposed to the idea of getting married myself when I became an adult, but I had my own reasons why I should tie the knot if I do get married.  Only I didn't know they were a recipe for disaster because they were for my reasons, or more specifically, society's reasons. In today's message, I want to talk about what most people can relate to, which are marital shenannigans, and how more often then not, it feels like we have a ball-and-chain rather than a soul-mate.  That being said, I wanted to highlight the book of Genesis 1:26-27 as well as 2:20-24 and discuss where marriage came from, what it represents, and how it's vastly different than what society's image of it is: not centered around Jesus since society sees Jesus as too religious and/or too old-fashioned. Yet isn't it interesting - and tragic at the same time - how believing those we can find ourselves baffled at why our marriage may be suffering, or even feeling like it’s being sabotaged, contributing to the ever-increasing amount of divorces.  And during our marital struggle, we often fail to realize how all these divorces can paint a scary picture for the younger generations.   Moreover, isn’t it interesting how we're often unaware of the fact that all the pain and chaos what we're going through - if that happens to be you or not – is never by God's design.   And seeing God has a design in marriage, means there's also roles, in which I'll address the roles of spouses in parts 2 and 3. Please note that this is my personal interpretation of the scripture to the best of my current knowledge and understanding.  I encourage anyone to please check and verify as the scripture encourages believers to do so.  There may be times where I have overlooked and/or misunderstood information by mistake which is why verifying is important if you feel lead by the Holy Spirit to do so.  YouTube video recommendation on spiritual warfare: (copy and paste) https://youtu.be/knCY6-bdWs8?si=H_YKyEwGR239hJC Title: Inside The Spirit Realm: How Angels Actually Fight For You    Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2284212/support]

The Case Of Itching Ears

You’d think people who claim to be Christians would all agree on the same doctrine that was given to us, that being the doctrine of Jesus Christ; to recognize and acknowledge our sinful nature, thereby needing a Savior to save us, provided we surrender ourselves to Jesus. But the problem is, not all Christians see eye-to-eye on not just how we see/understand Jesus, but how we view our life styles being Christ-like or not.  Why?  Because of the ever-increasing amount of “Christians” searching for a doctrine specific to their individual desires and/or ideologies - i.e. sin, all to satisfy their itching ears.   In today’s episode, I’m going to highlight 2 Timothy 4:3-4 and heavily discuss two examples of false teachings/false doctrines that are rapidly spreading within the Christian community creating a massive division of not just mere differences of opinions, but hateful speech accompanied with threats.   Please note that this is my personal interpretation of the scripture to the best of my current knowledge and understanding.  I encourage anyone to please check and verify as the scripture encourages believers to do so.  There may be times where I have overlooked and/or misunderstood information by mistake which is why verifying is important if you feel lead by the Holy Spirit to do so.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2284212/support]