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Living Compassionately

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Guest Postby John DoyleEphesians 4:32 "And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you" I had the opportunity when reading Gods Word to explore what it means to Live Compassionately. In the World that we live in today and see all that's going on around us, this has become an important way of living. We know from experience and studying the Life of Jesus that when we Live Compassionately it will transform the people around us and expose them to the Beautiful Life of Jesus that He had here on Earth. Having experienced his Great Compassion in our own lives it should motivate and encourage us to live a more compassionate life and make it available to those in need at this difficult time of Lockdown and Covid-19 Pandemic. One of the most impactful ways we can share God’s heart with others is by Living Compassionately. To show compassion is to step outside of ourselves and love another in times of trial and hardship. To live compassionately is to set your heart continually toward the Love, Grace and Mercy of God that He bestowed on us and that we are to bestow upon the lives of others. When we consider the Life of Jesus on this earth it should stir our hearts to be more compassionate. God sees our imperfection but still chooses to Love us rather than cast us aside, that's Godly Compassion and we are to emulate that here on earth. Not easy at times but its the right and Godly thing to do. The Lord is calling us to a life lived humbly and sacrificially. Philippians 2:4 says “Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others” The World today is in desperate need of Compassion. People need Mercy and Grace when they fail, or are experiencing hard times. God’s heart through the Life of Jesus showed continual Mercy and Grace which is a reflection of His unconditional Love for us. He’s calling us to be Light in the darkness so that the World might see in us the Compassionate heart of our Heavenly Father. It’s for this reason Paul writes in Ephesians 4:32, “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” You can forgive because you’ve been forgiven. You can be kind because your Father has been nothing but kind to you. You can be tenderhearted because God was so tender in Heart toward you. He was so compassionate that he gave His son so that you may have life eternal, to free you, empower you, strengthen you, and ground you in His Grace and Love. Let me encourage you today to respond to God’s Love for you by showing Compassion to others that they might know the Tenderness and Mercy of your Heavenly Father. 1 Peter 3:8 “Finally, all of you, be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous." In the Love…

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At the Well

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by Graham MolToday I would like to use this blog to share with you a song that our Church music director, Themba, recently wrote. The past year has been a difficult time for him with many struggles and yet, through all of that the Lord has been drawing Themba into closer relationship with Him. Just under two weeks ago Themba shared this song with us that he had written based on an account in John 4. Both Candice were really moved by it as he played on our (out-of-tune) piano and sang (very much in tune). Themba went on to sing the song in the service that Sunday. He and I made a plan in the following week to do a recording of the song that Themba could put on his YouTube channel so that he could share it with others. It is this recording that I want to share with you now. May you be blessed by it, just as I have been.Grahamhttps://youtu.be/F5S7TkgjFys

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Set Free from Sin

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by Luke KincaidThis past Saturday, Cammie, Seth and I went to an animal sanctuary. It was amazing to walk around and see these beautiful animals who had been saved. I was really enjoying myself while observing and learning about the various animals. Everything was going well until we got to the cheetah enclosure. I watched as a lone cheetah walked around and upon reading the informational sign was reminded that this incredible creature can get up to speeds over 90km/h. And then I realized that this creature would not be able to reach this potential in the enclosure in which it resided. Now I understand that we were at a sanctuary and this cheetah was here for its own safety and well looked after, but I couldn’t shake the idea that this creature would never reach it’s God given potential as the world’s fastest land mammal. While thinking this through I made the connection between this cheetah’s situation and Romans 6:15-18:15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Absolutely not! 16 Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey—either of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching to which you were handed over, 18 and having been set free from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.Before repenting and believing in Jesus we were enslaved to sin. While we still bared the image of God, we were unable to reach our potential because we were in sin and headed for death. But even after coming to faith in Jesus we can fall into our old patterns of sin and in a way enslave ourselves to it once again.When we do this, we are effectively limiting our God given potential and caging ourselves in patterns of sin instead of living out our identity as a righteous one saved by the blood of Jesus. So instead of giving into our old master, let’s push forward in faith and obedience to Jesus as we live out our lives that are no longer enslaved to sin but one that is defined by His righteousness. Much love,Luke

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