Family of God: Re: [Awake4HisReturn] CORRIE TENBOOM

Praise god!

On Sun Feb 20th, 2011 1:06 PM CST drena brown wrote:

>Weekend, February 19 & 20
>"I Love You"--The Surprise of God's Love
>But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still
>sinners, Christ died for us.
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>Romans 5:8
>Recommended Reading
>Romans 5:6-11
>Jesus shocked His Jewish audience when He replaced the non-biblical idea of
>hating one's enemies with the New Testament idea of loving them (Matthew 5:43).
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>The Jewish tradition of hating one's enemies had achieved Scripture-like status
>among the Jews--a status Jesus debunked.
>The apostle Paul took that teaching a step further when he pointed out that it
>would be a rare occasion when someone might die for another person--even a
>righteous person (Romans 5:7), much less an enemy. Who would die for an enemy?
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>God did, Paul said. God demonstrated His love for us--His enemies (Romans 5:10;
>Colossians 1:21)--by dying for us. So when God says, "I love you," He is saying
>He chose to love someone who, before being reconciled to Him through faith in
>Christ, was His enemy. What a shock to the world's system! The world thinks it's
>normal to love our friends but not to love (hate) our enemies. Yet God's love is
>counter cultural again.
>God loves friends and enemies, as should we. If there is someone unlovely in
>your life today, surprise him with your love.
>You never so touch the ocean of God's love as when you forgive and love your
>enemies.
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>Corrie ten Boom
>Read-Thru-the- Bible
>Numbers 26:42-31:54
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> 1 SAMUEL 30:6 David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
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>B A BLESSING 2 SOMEONE 2DAY 4 JESUS!
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>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Native_American_Christians/
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