Post by Woody Williams on Jul 7, 2006 7:44:14 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- II Corinthians 7:10-12
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For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and
brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death. For see what
earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, what eagerness to
clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what
zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves
guiltless in the matter. So although I wrote to you, it was not on
account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the one who
was wronged, but in order that your zeal for us might be made known
to you before God.
Devotional
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Paul writes to the Corinthians in response to the news that
reconciliation has taken place between them. He makes a clear
distinction between godly grief and worldly grief. Godly grief leads
to repentance, that is, a change of heart. Such work is the work of
God. Godly grief is the grief over a broken relationship. Godly grief
heals and restores through a response to the loss that opens the door
to forgiveness and a desire to be forgiven.
Prayer
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Fill my heart with compassion, Lord, so that I yearn for
reconciliation when a break occurs. Amen
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For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and
brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death. For see what
earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, what eagerness to
clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what
zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves
guiltless in the matter. So although I wrote to you, it was not on
account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the one who
was wronged, but in order that your zeal for us might be made known
to you before God.
Devotional
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Paul writes to the Corinthians in response to the news that
reconciliation has taken place between them. He makes a clear
distinction between godly grief and worldly grief. Godly grief leads
to repentance, that is, a change of heart. Such work is the work of
God. Godly grief is the grief over a broken relationship. Godly grief
heals and restores through a response to the loss that opens the door
to forgiveness and a desire to be forgiven.
Prayer
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Fill my heart with compassion, Lord, so that I yearn for
reconciliation when a break occurs. Amen