This is from the Lord and is His doing; It is marvelous in our eyes—Psalms 118:23 AMP When Hills and Valleys marked its first anniversary, we quoted today’s verse. As we approached the fifth anniversary and reflected on the Bible verse to quote, we couldn’t find any other verse that summed up what God hasContinue reading “Five Years On 🎉”
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Forgive!
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. —Matthew 6:14-15 ESV We have been discussing forgiveness, and it is a challenging topic, as you may have discovered from last week’s blog. In today’s blog,Continue reading “Forgive!”
Seventy Times Seven!
Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. — Colossians 3:13 NLT We learnt in the last blog about loving and forgiving, and how they are interrelated. We also learnt that one cannot truly love and be unforgiving, nor can oneContinue reading “Seventy Times Seven!”
Loving and Forgiving
Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. — Ephesians 4:31-32 NLT Last week, we discussed how to love others well, and we all know that sometimesContinue reading “Loving and Forgiving”
How Well Do You Love?
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. —Romans 13:10 ESV When we observe the Church, there has always been some sort of problem, confusion and turmoil. As mentioned last week (in Stay Connected), it’s not surprising because the Church is made up of imperfect people. And anywhere thereContinue reading “How Well Do You Love?”
Stay Connected
Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that theContinue reading “Stay Connected”
It Can Take TimeÂ
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.— 2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV “A new creation”, meaning being restored to God, “the old”, meaning our selfish lifestyles and “the new”, meaning being transformed into the likeness of Christ. It is important to knowContinue reading “It Can Take Time “
Intents Under Scrutiny
The plans and reflections of the heart belong to man, But the [wise] answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the ways of a man are clean and innocent in his own eyes [and he may see nothing wrong with his actions], But the Lord weighs and examines the motives and intents [of the heart and knows the truth].—Proverbs 16:1-2 AMP IContinue reading “Intents Under Scrutiny”
What if…?
For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. —Titus 2:11 NLT But God has shown us how much he loves us—it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us! —Romans 5:8 GNT For the past few weeks, we have been discussing the marvelous and amazing Grace ofContinue reading “What if…?”
Grace Has a Name (Part 2)
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth… And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.—John 1:14, 16-17 NKJV Jesus is full of graceContinue reading “Grace Has a Name (Part 2)”
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