Theme:  It Would Take a Miracle . . . To Heal This Wound

Weekend Music links on iTunes: No Not One - Brandon Heath, Holding Nothing Back - Tim Hughes, Lead Me to the Cross - Hillsong, God Is With Us - Mercy Me

Read: Luke 6:45; Psalm 103:12; Philippians 3:13-15

Think:  It amazes me to think of all the positives that we can do as Christians. Unfortunately we often fail to do so because of the pain in our lives. I totally agree with Ben’s comment. Often it isn’t the wrong that others had done to me that has caused me so much turmoil but rather it is when I said something stupid, did something in retaliation or responded with knee-jerk reaction that left me feeling horrible.

My weakness typically involves my mouth. I say the wrong thing, either accidentally or by stupidity, which touches a nerve and causes hurt feelings in the person to whom my words are directed. Luke 6:45 states, “The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.” 

I continuously kick myself over what I have said but God says my sins are forgiven. Psalm 103:12, “He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.” Don’t let previous sins keep you down. Satan will use the failures of your past in an attempt to keep you from having a future. His goal is to keep you from moving forward because he knows you can do great things for the Lord. When we fail we need to repent, ask forgiveness from the one we injure and from the Lord, and move on. We need to learn from our past but not continue to live in our past. (Philippians 3:13-15)

Do: This Christmas, remember that if you’ve asked for Christ’s forgiveness He has done so and declared your sins forgiven. If you are continually thinking about them know that this is not God’s intention. Perhaps it would be good to ask the Lord today to help you ask the forgiveness of the one that you may have hurt.

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