Stephanie Linus Daily

Tag: scriptures

  • Finding Freedom Through Forgiveness

    He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over
    which he himself must pass if he would ever reach
    heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
    – George Herbert

    Nearly everyone has been hurt by the actions or words of another. These feelings of hurt can burrow deep into one’s heart, causing lasting resentment and anger. But if you don’t practice forgiveness, you might be the one who pays most dearly.

    It’s amazing how much power the word ‘Forgiveness’ holds. It has the power to release freedom and happiness. It has the power to allow us to move forward without ever having to focus on the past.

    Forgiveness is a great purifier. It matters not how long you have hated or how deep the hurt runs. A room can be dark for ten seconds or ten years; the moment that light floods the room, the darkness disappears as though it had never been.

    Are you very bitter and depressed towards a certain person who hurt you in the past? I urge you today to forgive and let go. If you do not forgive, you are bound to the person who injured you as surely as if you were handcuffed together.

    We forgive by faith, out of obedience. Since forgiveness goes against our nature, we must forgive by faith, whether we feel like it or not. We must trust God to do the work in us that needs to be done so that the forgiveness will be complete.

    I hope that we find that faith to forgive anyone who might have hurt us, and therefore find freedom and peace in our lives.

    Have a beautiful Sunday!

  • Sunday Thots: Grace That Endures

    If there is anything we can’t deny to have received from God, it is His Grace.

    Grace means getting something that you do not deserve; unmerited favor. It is an eternal gift we have received and on this beautiful Sunday, I’d just like to remind us of some scriptures that speak of the importance and benefits of Grace.

    1. Romans 5:1-2
    Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

    2. 1 Peter 5:10
    And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

    3. Acts 6:8
    And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.

    4. 1 Peter 5:10
    And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you

    5. Ephesians 2:4-9
    But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

    Stay blessed!

  • Sunday Thots: Scriptures on Healing

    Psalm 41:3

    The LORD sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.

    Psalm 147:3

    He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds.

    Isaiah 53:5

    But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

    Isaiah 58:8

    Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

    Jeremiah 17:14

    Heal me, LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.

    Hosea 14:4

    I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.

    Malachi 4:2

    But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.

    Mark 5:34

    He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”