A THORNY HEART OF UNFORGIVENESS - Black Preaching Network2024-03-29T09:33:17Zhttps://abcpreachers.ning.com/forum/topics/a-thorny-heart-of?feed=yes&xn_auth=noA person with a thorny hear…tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-03-12:916966:Comment:12551112010-03-12T18:20:34.782ZHOPE - Psalm 43:5https://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/TracyCurtis
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A person with a thorny heart will shake hands and declare peace all the while, their fingers are crossed behind their backs as they plot behind the scenes against the one whose hands they shake.<br />
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A thorny heart wants people to believe that they walk in forgiveness but God sees their fingers crossed behind their backs. God knows the intent of their hearts and even more importantly God want them whole.<br />
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HEBREWS 4:12<br />
For the word of God is living and…
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A person with a thorny heart will shake hands and declare peace all the while, their fingers are crossed behind their backs as they plot behind the scenes against the one whose hands they shake.<br />
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A thorny heart wants people to believe that they walk in forgiveness but God sees their fingers crossed behind their backs. God knows the intent of their hearts and even more importantly God want them whole.<br />
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HEBREWS 4:12<br />
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.<br />
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When we don't learn our lesson, we keep repeating it over and over and over and over. God doesn't grade on a curve neither will He promote you until you have passed the test. If you are repeatedly wounded in a particular place (romantic relationships, finances, career choices) it could be because YOU are making the SAME wrong choices but with different people and in similar situations. You won't be promoted until you stop making those same wrong choices!<br />
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How do you react when you are rejected? If you act like a scorned woman or a vengeful man each time, then you will get the results of YOUR reactions each and every time.<br />
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You won't be able to move forward because you are too busy looking back at the person who hurt you or who disappointed you in some way and your spiritual maturity will stay at the level where YOU CHOOSE to remain.<br />
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Time to get up, grow up and decide it was a learning experience. OR you can stay there and try to take revenge on the person who hurt you.<br />
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The choice is yours.<br />
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I'm the FIRST to say that I've been rejected AND I have rejected others. What I choose to do in reaction to both will determine my feelings and my future. People who rejected me in my past, I just went LEFT on them! Those who I rejected, I got angry when they started acting like I had acted in the past and they looked for any and everyone who would listen to them about me rejecting them.<br />
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Do you see the seed that was sown from MY reaction to rejection to the tree of trouble that sprouted up when I rejected another?<br />
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I do not walk in fear, my faith is in knowing that God wants us to live at peace with all men and also wants us to have an abundant life. He is the God of peace. So while turmoil may be around you at the mouths or hands of others... let peace reign within you at all times. Be angry but don't sin. Be sincere in how you treat those who may mistreat you.<br />
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~Minister Tracy Curtis~<br />
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