WINGS

Have No Fear (Luke 12:4-7)
“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
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Why do we fear those who will make us suffer on Earth; the 70-80 years we live in these bodies. Should we not be laying our focus upon the one who determines our eternity? In Isaiah 33 it emphasises that ‘the Lord is our judge...it is he who will save us’, and God WANTS to save us. Our ‘judge’ sees our worth and sent a loving sacrifice-Jesus Christ- so that he could pour out his grace. •
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Now what will we focus on?
The bullies of the world? Or our Father who values us and desires for us to spend eternity with him?
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Food for thought girlies💕

Just a little reminder of your beauty.
Facts about ALL OF YOU:
~We have been formed by the most creative person in the universe! ~God; the initial creator of ALL things, spoke everything into existence and knew you before you were formed in your mother’s womb.
Tag someone you think is beautiful💕🌻

Matthew 5:38-42 “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.

Turning the other cheek has been misunderstood in Western culture that thought there were only two alternatives—violence or passivity. But since our culture has grown we can appreciate Jesus’ teaching better. In Jesus’ culture, “to be struck on the right cheek was to be given a hostile, back-handed insult” with the back of the right hand. In that culture, it was forbidden to touch or strike anyone with the left hand; the left hand was for dirty things (Stassen, Just Peacemaking, 64-65, 68-69). To turn the other cheek was to surprise the insulter, saying, nonviolently, “you are treating me as an unequal, but I need to be treated as an equal.” Jesus is saying: if you are slapped on the cheek of inferiority, turn the cheek of equal dignity (138-139).