Matthew 18:21
21Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?”
Peter asked the Lord how often he should forgive his brother. The Lord’s answer to him was simple: Up to 70 times seven times. (Matthew 18:22) In other words, all the time!
“Well, Pastor Prince, he does not deserve my forgiveness.”
Neither did you deserve God’s forgiveness.
There is not a single person alive or dead who did not break all 10 of God’s commandments. There is no such thing as a “partial sinner” or “great sinner”. All of us were great sinners when Jesus saved us. And when we realize that we are forgiven much, we will love much. (Luke 7:47)
“Pastor Prince, how can you say that I have broken all of God’s commandments? I have never committed adultery.”
My friend, Jesus said, “If you lust after a woman in your heart, you have already committed adultery with her.” (Matthew 5:28) That is God’s standard. Man looks outward, but God looks inward at the heart. Moreover, if you break one law, you are guilty of all. (James 2:10) So everyone has broken all of God’s commandments. Everyone is a great sinner.
Now, you are no longer a sinner if you have received Christ as your Savior. You are a new creation. But you were a great sinner and God forgave you your huge debt through the death of His Son.
So if someone has wronged you, tell yourself this: “I did not deserve God’s forgiveness, but He forgave me through Christ. So I forgive this person also.” If you say something like, “He does not deserve it,” it makes no sense. Forgiveness is not for people who deserve it. If they deserve anything, it is punishment. But forgiveness means that you extend grace — undeserved favor — like how God extends undeserved favor to you.
Beloved, if you choose to hold on to bitterness, no one suffers but you. You lose your peace, then possibly your health. It is just not worth it. God says to you, “Let go. Forgive them their debts, just as I have forgiven you yours.”
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How to figure what to do with your life
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Full article link. Great website to read about career and life.
http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/15/how-to-figure-out-what-you-should-be-doing-with-your-life/
1 take time to figure what you like to do
2 take time to figure what you can be paid for to do
3 look around you and see what makes them happy
Dig within and around to find out. But doing things still to figure, not thinking in bed all day. Hee. Now I know.
Full article link. Great website to read about career and life.
http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/15/how-to-figure-out-what-you-should-be-doing-with-your-life/
1 take time to figure what you like to do
2 take time to figure what you can be paid for to do
3 look around you and see what makes them happy
Dig within and around to find out. But doing things still to figure, not thinking in bed all day. Hee. Now I know.
How to find what we want to do with our lives
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While browsing through lots of articles on thus website about life and work, thought this is really good. I'm still figuring what I want to do with my time and what areas to focus on. I think it's good to ponder about it rather than living and letting time go by... Funny, the author herself took steps to figure throughout her life.
She inspires me and encourages me
- to keep inquiring
- to put my best foot forward in whatever I choose to take up
- that having a balanced life is possible
- to focus on your own abilities, passion and needs, not crave for what others have as we are all unique and have different paths. Different people will choose to make different sacrifices.
- research on the Job role and go for it. Not be afraid of trying different things when we are still young. Good to start part time first, esp in sec school, to exp different fields.
- keep seeking improvement and wisdom. My self realization was not easy but I'm glad i went through what I went through. Learnt it the hard way. Now I have to keep the lessons in mind and step it up. :)
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So the final step of finding out where you should be is looking at everyone's life with a clear lens. Adult life is really hard. Finding out who we are, and finding someone to share our life with, and having kids and still having a life, and being able to pay for all of that: Impossible, really.
So you look around and see who is doing what part of that well. And you pick the sacrifices that they made. Because no life is perfect, but all lives have some things to offer. Be clear on what you're choosing and what you're giving up, and don't pick anyone's life if they tell you they have everything: they're lying.
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She inspires me and encourages me
- to keep inquiring
- to put my best foot forward in whatever I choose to take up
- that having a balanced life is possible
- to focus on your own abilities, passion and needs, not crave for what others have as we are all unique and have different paths. Different people will choose to make different sacrifices.
- research on the Job role and go for it. Not be afraid of trying different things when we are still young. Good to start part time first, esp in sec school, to exp different fields.
- keep seeking improvement and wisdom. My self realization was not easy but I'm glad i went through what I went through. Learnt it the hard way. Now I have to keep the lessons in mind and step it up. :)
"
So the final step of finding out where you should be is looking at everyone's life with a clear lens. Adult life is really hard. Finding out who we are, and finding someone to share our life with, and having kids and still having a life, and being able to pay for all of that: Impossible, really.
So you look around and see who is doing what part of that well. And you pick the sacrifices that they made. Because no life is perfect, but all lives have some things to offer. Be clear on what you're choosing and what you're giving up, and don't pick anyone's life if they tell you they have everything: they're lying.
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