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Love, Forgive & Restore

06-05-2018 (Special Prayer Meeting)

Isaiah 32:3-8 New Living Translation (NLT)
Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth,
    and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it.
Even the hotheads will be full of sense and understanding.
    Those who stammer will speak out plainly.
In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes.
    Scoundrels will not be respected.
For fools speak foolishness
    and make evil plans.
They practice ungodliness
    and spread false teachings about the Lord.
They deprive the hungry of food
    and give no water to the thirsty.
The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil.
    They plot crooked schemes.
They lie to convict the poor,
    even when the cause of the poor is just.
But generous people plan to do what is generous,
    and they stand firm in their generosity.

Demanding an eye-for-eye and tooth-for-tooth would lead to a world of the blind and toothless.

Instead, let us be instructed to forgive and to overcome evil with good.

Let us be generous in showing love. Let us be generous in loving those who are against us.

Let us, as good neighbours, forgive and restore.

Let us, as a nation, forgive and restore righteousness and justice, and mercy and truth.


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