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1 JOHN 4: 4
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is
greater than he who is in the world.
MATT 12:6 6
"Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple.
JEREMIAH 3:22
"Return, you backsliding children, And I will heal your backslidings." "Indeed we do
come to You, For You are the LORD our God.
We must not let the past fears block the voice of Gods counsel, we must not stoop to the
level of those who think they are able to intimidate, threaten or hurt us.
We must not run away from addressing another with a mature attitude.
Why should we change you may ask?
JOB 4:8
Even as I have seen, Those who plow iniquity And sow trouble reap the same.
JOHN 2:1
My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone
sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
Sin separates us from the Father; sin separates us from internal peace, calm, and joy, an
acceptance and a deeper understanding of all that surrounds us.
How can we forgive that which seems unforgivable unless we are faced with something
that seems unforgivable.
How can we love unless we are faced with what seems so unlovable.
Loving another does not mean that we give them what they want, if our children ask us for
a hand grenade, do we give it to them because we love them?
Do we allow the guilt trips or tantrums thrown in our direction to sway us so that we give
them what they want, or do we explain the genuine danger and decline their requests?
They may not like or agree with our decisions.
JOHN1: 5
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
LUKE 6: 28
"bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.
Not easy, but as the scripture tells us: difficult is the way.
An expression of love is when you steer another to safety.
Or do we push them deeper into the darkness, a condition of blindness, a place that has no
clarity by our re-acting.
Surely the new patterns of behaviour must start with us, will others learn according to how
we respond?
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