Let’s shed some light on how accountability works in the cycle of abuse. From the book: “I’m learning about the divide in tyrannical governing. I’ve mentioned the duality of power, but there is also a hierarchy of accountability. The abusive minister sets a different standard for himself in that he is the chosen one, God’s … Read more
Father, thank You for the mercy You released through the cross and Jesus’ blood that paid the debt for my disobedience. That mercy was not a one-time event, but it is on-going, a present participle of granting now and continuing to grant. Your mercies are new with each dawn. Oh, the thought that the Creator … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because God convicts all of disobedience that He might show mercy to all, “For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they … Read more
Father, I bow in recognition that You are in control and I am not. You are the God who redeems, restores and repurposes for the greater good and for your glory. There is no one like You. You are holy, set apart. You are just, merciful and full of grace. It is not about what … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because ” What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For he says to Moses, ‘I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.’ So then it depends not on human will or exertion, … Read more
Lord, help me be a good neighbor, a helpful neighbor, a praying neighbor, a loving neighbor, a hospitable neighbor and a generous neighbor. I humbly ask in your name and authority, according to the good and perfect will of the Father. Amen. “‘Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus taught the lawyer who questioned him, “‘Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?’ He [the lawyer] said, ‘The one who showed him mercy.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘You go, and do likewise.’” (Luke 10: … Read more
Lord, please grant me wisdom to discern. Grant me love enough to give to others. Provide so that I may share. Help me walk as a child of the Most High, being kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Show me how to pray for those who come against me for the sake of their … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because “But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.” ( Luke 6: … Read more
Four hundred years of your silence is four generations, Father. That’s long enough to extinguish a narrative, but it didn’t. The words of the prophets and the promise of the covenant echoed through generations of the faithful. I just stop and thank You for the miracle of those who stood in the deafening silence, seeking … Read more