Posts with the tag “judgement”
You Need Him and You Need Others
by Ministry Support on June 23rd, 2022
“By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.” - John 5:30A pastor who happened to be a single father attended a much-needed pastor’s retreat. And during the question & answer period, he raised his hand to ask the facilitator about a struggle he was having.He said before the group, “I feel like a failure as a fath... Read More
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Unresolved Injury
by Ministry Support on February 26th, 2022
“The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.” - Psalm 9:9-10 When you read the Story of Jacob in Genesis 25-32, you see the story of someone who had an unresolved injury. He was a victim of religious and parental abuse and suffered from the time he was born in a household th... Read More
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Judge Not
by Ministry Support on February 25th, 2022
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” - Psalm 51:10 Yesterday, we talked about the patriarch, Jacob, whose name means “trickster, deceiver, or one who supplants.” If you look at Genesis 25:26, it says Jacob got this name because he grasped his brother’s heel after being born. That is it! That is all he did! And just like that, his own family labeled him. An... Read More
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Labeled At Birth
by Ministry Support on February 24th, 2022
“After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.” - Genesis 25:26 Whether we realize it or not, there are a lot of traumatized people around us. There are a lot of traumatized Bible-carrying, churchgoing, cross-wearing Christians around us. These are people who deal with pain, hurt, and emotion... Read More
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Can You Throw The Stone?
by Ministry Support on October 28th, 2021
“…But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, ‘Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’ Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still st... Read More
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Check You First
by Ministry Support on October 27th, 2021
“…But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, ‘Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’ Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still st... Read More
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Bias In The Church
by Ministry Support on May 11th, 2021
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:37-40) Bias and prejudice aren’t words that are explicitly used in Scripture, but Scripture directly addresses th... Read More
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