WE'VE GOT A TWISTED VIEW

 

 

Isaiah 53:4

 

"Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted." ESV

 

 

 

Remember the story of the young girl who was ashamed of her grandmother's hands because they were scarred, blemished, wrinkled, and twisted? The young girl would look away and try to keep her friends from seeing her grandmother's hands. One day the young girl asked her grandmother about her hands. Her grandmother told her the story of how she grabbed the young girl who had caught fire by the wood stove and put out the fire with her hands. Now read today's verse again.

 

 

 

Heavenly Father, we ask Your forgiveness for our sins that drove the nails into Your hands at Calvary. Forgive us for looking the other way and not accepting that You did that to save us. Give us hearts of praise that we will lift up Your name and the grief and sorrows You carried for us there. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

 

 

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Bobbi Craigmyle, Psy.D., BCPCC

 

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GODLY GRIEF VS WORLDY GRIEF

 

 

2 Corinthians 7:10

"For Godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death." ESV

Grief over a sin, a wrongdoing, is a normal human emotion. However, there is a huge difference in our source of grief. Some people grieve and feel guilty over the fact that they were caught or found out and now they are in trouble. This kind of grief is worldly and lacks moral character. It only makes a person seek different ways to get by with secret sins to keep from getting caught. The sinful heart remains and results in spiritual death. Godly grief, on the other hand, is a grief that brings humility from having sinned against our God and fellowman. We are grieved that we have gone against our Lord. The burden of that guilt leads us to turn away from ever doing that wrong again. It helps us mature and keeps us on the eternal path to God.

Heavenly Father, search our hearts so that we will know where our grief comes from. Give us hearts of Godly grief, the awareness that our sins are against You and give us faith and spiritual strength to repent. We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.

        

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Bobbi Craigmyle, Psy.D., BCPCC

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LOVE IN THE WRONG PLACE

Money is not evil. It is the love of money that causes all sorts of evil
to happen. Loving riches can even pull Christians away from the faith
because of its' deceitful reputation of bringing happiness and power.
For those who have fallen into this trap, great anguish of soul has
resulted. The realization has come to them that they have traded
true joy and eternal life for that which does not last or satisfy.

Heavenly Father, we humbly ask that you will guard our hearts and
minds against loving the things money can provide for us more than
we love the things of God. In Jesus' name.

Read 1 Itmothy 6:10

"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager
for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with
many griefs." (NIV)

"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted
after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows." (KJV)

   
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WISDOM OPENS THE EYES

The more wise we become, the more we can see the sinfulness
of the human heart and the devastation it has on God's creation.
It is a truly sad revelation. Understanding what is happening in
the world around us and seeing it through God's eyes causes us
to grieve along with Him.

Read Ecclesiastes 1:18

"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more
knowledge , the more grief." (NIV)

"For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow" (KJV)


  
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