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#onelove2014: “Do you love me?”
Nancy Guthrie just spoke at One Love women's convention here today, helping us understand how to respond to God's amazing love. From John 21 where Jesus asked Peter three times "Do you love me?" we see Jesus graciously offering forgiveness for the three times Peter denied him. Words can't be taken back, but this is another example of how love starts with God. With Jesus' comment "What is that to you?" he points out that
What does God’s love look like?
Isn't God so awesome how he does that... when what someone presents from his word is just meant personally for each lady in the convention centre today?! Personally for all of them, even though they are each in a different stage of life with different needs! That's what happened in this last hour at OneLove2014 when Nancy Guthrie spoke to us on "What Does God's Love Look Like?" I ended up in tears as she
God’s opinion of abuse
And so begins Series 4 of our marital abuse posts: helping the abused. Up until now, my goal has been to define abuse. Below is a list of the topics we've covered so far. Series 1: How to spot an abuser Series 2: Why the abused stay Series 3: Why abusers abuse Now, Series 4 will explore what we can do about what we know. God's opinion of abuse It may seem useless and even
Why abusers abuse: Abusive background
In this series on why abusers abuse, we discussed the lust for power and how it turns into an addiction. One other idea to explore is the part an abuser's background plays in his current behaviour. Facts “In a family where violence is observed by the children, but not addressed in a healthy way, little boys and girls learn perverted views of how men and women are to relate to each other.”1 “85% of men