As children of God, we are people of hope.
We believe the God who created the universe has actually changed us when we accept Christ into our hearts, and that means we have the power to make good choices.
Using this example from Proverbs, we are no longer free to cause trouble or to be mean and cruel.
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I’m grateful to be able to turn to the pages of Scripture and let my heart be taught how to be ethical in a world that has lost its moral compass.
Every day we are formed to some degree by what enters our heart. Even if we are spectators rather than participants, the things we see and hear do affect us and can gradually change the way we make our own choices.
Read More responses, choices, leadershipWe in the West live in a world where freedom of choice for the individual has become the supreme good. As long as my choice doesn’t hurt anyone else, then I have the right to do as I please (or so the libertarian political doctrine seems to read). There are many things we choose in life; and there are many things that we do not choose – we have little control over them.
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As we see in this story, the kings of Israel went from bad to worse as they moved away from the Lord altogether. They led the Israelites into some increasingly terrible heathen practices, like those of the Canaanites whom God chased away under the leadership of Joshua. Not only did they separate themselves from the Lord, they started building temples to idols worshipped by foreign people.
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Read Reflect The Book of Nahum is the seventh book of the 12 minor prophets of the Bible. For those who understood that the Prophet Nahum’s name actually means “comforter,” the melancholic tone of the visions and oracles herein must have made them wonder what there was to be comforted about. But it all depended […]
Read More peace, choicesMy sister has taken up pottery and to my amazement can take a lump of clay, manipulate it thoroughly and shape it into a wonderful bowl on her potter’s wheel. And when she spots an imperfection or fails to produce the shape she has in mind, she starts over. She is always in control.
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