The condition for forgiveness hinges on whether the guilty person asks for forgiveness. A request to be released must happen to experience release.
We are not allowed to be sloppy in our forgiveness as though we can dismiss our sins by some other means. To be forgiven outside of the parameters and power of the gospel would be a mockery of the gospel: Christ died for our sins.
We must have the Lord’s judicial approval for the obliteration of our sins. Therefore, we can conclude that…
1. You must ask for forgiveness to experience forgiveness.
2. And you must first ask the Lord for forgiveness to be free and clear of your offenses. https://rickthomas.net/a-time-to-forgive-a-time-you-cant-forgive/
The shocking and inspiring story of Sophie Ottaway.
Watch the full interview here: https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-490-sophie-ottaway-engineered-at-birth-to-be-a-girl/
Focus on the Cause, not the Effect, so you can remove the cause and not be affected by the effect.
A local church’s worship value is not primarily about the music but the lifestyle because you never ask, “Are you worshiping?” The reason is that we worship all the time. God made us for worship—wired us for worship, you could say.
Worship is part of what it means to be image-bearers. Who could do otherwise? The better question is, “What or whom do we worship?” https://lifeovercoffee.com/three-characteristics-of-a-fantastic-local-church/
Whenever a person chooses sinful anger, he is, in effect, giving the other person control over him. It’s counterintuitive. In his anger, he is like a marionette, a puppet on a string.
Anger toward someone is the total submission of their thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors to the other person. It is not self-control, as governed by the Spirit of God, but someone out of control or under the control of another spirit. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-110-help-for-the-angry-person/
