A while back I said that I would start sharing my testimonies and personal experiences with God. This is my first. I hope it blesses your heart. God bless you.
Lisa C.
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
My first testimony video
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Who Are We to Not Forgive Them?
Is it not right for God to forgive people who have done terrible things to us or hurt us or others? Is it not right for us to forgive others? The Apostle Paul, afore known as Saul of Tarsus, murdered and inprisoned Christians including women. He was so feared that the the man of God Ananias feared him and did not want to minister to him for salvation nor healing. But God changed his mind and he ministerer to Paul and Paul went on to do great things for God. Another example is the prophet Jonah who ran from God to avoid preaching redemption to the wicked people of Ninevah who had done much evil in the sight of God. God was going to destroy them if they didn't turn from their wickederness and evil ways, which they did. The King of Ninevah gave an order for everyone to fast and pray for mercy and forgiveness in hope that God would change his mind and not destroy them. God had mercy on them and did not destroy them. Jonah was angry because he wanted the people to be punished. Then God caused a plant to grow overnight to give Jonah cover from the sun and heat. God also made the plant die over night. Jonah was very upset about the plant dying. We see in the final three verses of The Book of Jonah that God used the plant to demonstrate his love and mercy for people. God asked Jonah why shouldn't he, God, care about the more than hundred twenty thousand people in Ninevah that didn't know their right had from their left when Jonah cared so much about a plant that died that he didn't plant nor help to grow. Often we can see our own predicament and care most about the things that immediately effect us but not see the predicaments that others are in nor offer them mercy, grace or forgiveness. Is not God showing us in The Book of Jonah that we should do what God tells us to do, calls us to do, and care about others even if they're not who we want them to be or they're not acceptable according to our standards. Who are we to set standards as to who God does or doesn't forgive and bless? People have become so vain, so self important, that they lack sympathy and compassion. Let's ask God to help us align our hearts and minds with his and our will with his will so that our actions are done to the glory of God not our own selfish gain.
📜Jonah 4:9-11 NIV
[9] But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.” [10] But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. [11] And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”
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