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THE HEART OF JESUS

I think we sometimes lose sight of the fact that the same Jesus who is up in heaven at the right hand of God, is the same Jesus who walked the earth 2000 years ago.

When Jesus approached the town gate of a city called Nain, a dead man was being carried out with his grieving mother behind – a widow, now destitute. Listen to the reaction of Jesus: “When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, ‘Don’t cry.'” (Luke 7:13).

His heart went out to her. We might not see the same miracles of the dead being raised to life or miraculous healings every day as those with Jesus witnessed, but we can be sure of this: that the heart of Jesus is with us. He has compassion. He feels for us. If we are weeping, sad, grieved, hurting or destitute, he cares and his heart goes out to us. He is the same compassionate saviour today as he was then.

We don’t need to go through life alone. Jesus is with us. He will never leave us or forsake us. He will be with you and his heart will go out to you.

Robert Prins

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CRITICISM

Why do we have to criticise all the time? When we think about it, we are actually happy with most things that happen in our lives, but when we open our mouths and speak, we choose to focus on the things we disagree with or are critical about.

Jesus commented about the people of his generation and their criticism. He said, “For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of man has come eating and drinking and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her children.” (Luke 7:33-35).

They criticised John the Baptist and they criticised Jesus, even though they both behaved different ways from each other. There was plenty to admire about both of them, but they focused on the negative.

Let’s take a challenge to spend a week saying nothing negative. No criticism. Be positive, thankful, grateful. Build people up with your words instead of pulling people down. Find things to celebrate instead of things to disagree with. Make this week a week of positive thoughts and words.

Robert Prins

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LOVE AND FORGIVENESS

We all owe a debt to God for the wrong we have done. Some of us owe more than others and yet, no matter how many times we have sinned, or how bad our sins have been, or how incurable we think we are, by the love of God we can be forgiven and be saved from sin and death.

We need to do as the sinful woman did when she came to Jesus. She wept and anointed him in an action of love and showing in her actions a new beginning. After her encounter with the Lord Jesus he told her that her sins were forgiven and to go in peace. She had shown a great amount of love and had been forgiven for a great amount of sins.

Forgiveness breeds love, and love helps us to forgive and be forgiven. The more we forgive, the more loving we will become and the more God will forgive us. If we have been forgiven a lot we will love God more and our anguished, guilty lives will be freed from their pain, and we, like the sinful woman, will be able to go in peace.

So let us repent of our sins, show our love for our Lord, forgive each other and enjoy the love, peace and forgiveness that flows from our Lord.

Robert Prins

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