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Thought for the Day – Standard Reply

Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged , , on August 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The answer that I’ve most often received during times of prayer is “Trust Me”

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Thought for the Day – Trustworthy

Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged , , on October 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Unless we have God’s heart, we cannot be trusted with His power.

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Thought for the Day – Untrustworthy

Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged , on March 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »

You can love someone that you don’t trust, but you can’t have a healthy relationship with them.

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Thought for the Day – Trust

Posted in Commentaries, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged , on June 1, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Real love is like a mighty oak tree, it can withstand many a stormy season.  But trust is like a delicate flower, it is easily crushed.

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Thought for the Day – Trust & Forgiveness

Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged , , , on January 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »

There is a rather significant difference between forgiveness and trust.  Forgiveness is simply a matter of releasing a transgressor from their debt.  But when trust has been violated and thereby lost, it takes substantially more to rebuild a relationship.  Transgressors are fond of thinking that if they’ve truly been forgiven, everything will return to the way it was, but that is not true.  While God does command us to forgive, He does not require us to place our trust in those who have proven to be unworthy of it.

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Through Your Eyes

Posted in Free Verse / Poetry, Heart of "The Father", tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »

What I see as a failure (2Cor.12:9)

You see as learning

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What I view with self-sufficiency (Prov.14:12)

You see as pride

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What I see as a chance to get even (Matt.6:14-15)

You see as an opportunity for mercy

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What I view with frustration (Isa.40:31)

You view with patience

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What I view as crushing (2Cor.12:9)

You see as renewing

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What I view as being made vulnerable (Matt.18:3)

You see as an opportunity to trust

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What I view with pessimism (1Pet.3:15)

You view with hope

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What I view as my own righteousness (Isa.64:6)

You view as tattered rags

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What I view through a broken exterior (1Sam.16:7)

You view through the beauty within

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What I see as unpleasant to the body (Gal.5:17)

You see as pleasing to the spirit

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What I see as disillusionment (John 8:31-32)

You see as liberating

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What I see as an opportunity to gain my life (Matt.16:25)

You see as the threat of losing it

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What I view as an occasion of my weakness (2Cor.12:9)

You see as an opportunity to manifest Your strength

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What I view in judgment (Matt.7:1-3)

You see with grace

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What I see dimly (1Cor.13:12)

You see with absolute clarity

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What I view as a roiling sea (Matt.14:30)

You view as a chance to walk on water

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What I view as being alone (Heb.13:5)

You view as being alone with You

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Lord, help me to see through Your eyes (Isa.55:8-9, 1Cor.3:19, 2Cor.4:18)

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