Tag: Forgiveness
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Refresh 4: Better Relationships (Colossians 3:5-17)
We’re usually pretty good at identifying what other people need to change. But what if the first step toward better relationships isn’t changing them—it’s allowing Jesus to change us? In Colossians 3, Paul shows us what to put to death, what to put away, what to put on, what to put up with, and what…
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Refresh 2: A Clean Heart (Psalm 51)
We don’t need to rehabilitate a good heart. We need a new heart. That’s the gospel.
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Day 168: Six Things “Heaping Burning Coals” Could Mean (Proverbs 25:21-22)
What does it mean to “heap burning coals” on your enemy’s head? The answer may not be as obvious as you’ve been told—but the command is.
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Day 143: In God’s Hands (2 Samuel 24:14)
David had spent a lifetime at the mercy of human beings. He had faced Goliath, run from Saul, survived Absalom’s rebellion, and watched powerful men manipulate, betray, flatter, and murder for power. So when judgment came, David chose to fall into the hands of God instead of the hands of man. Why? Because even God’s…
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Day 140: The Body Keeps the Score (Psalm 38)
Long before modern psychiatrists gave it a clinical diagnosis, David understood how the body keeps score. In Psalm 38, he describes guilt in physical terms: aching bones, failing strength, throbbing heart. But while the body may keep score, grace doesn’t.
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Day 139: The Cycle of Recycled Revenge (2 Samuel 19-21)
In 2 Samuel 19–21, the kingdom feels trapped in what Coldplay called “a cycle of recycled revenge.” But Jesus, the Son of David, offers a better way: reconciliation instead of retaliation, peace instead of score-settling.