Instead of writing off our culture as hopelessly secular and doomed, God wants His people to have a redeeming and transforming impact on American society. But what is the relationship of the Gospel to social action? What is the Christian’s responsibility in matters of social ills—injustice, poverty, and hunger?
The emotional pain of a broken relationship is as hard to bear as physical pain, sometimes even worse. And, as with physical pain, healing must be sought. Jesus Christ can identify with our pain because He understands rejection first hand (John 1:11). Part of the warfare for healing a broken relationship is believing God can heal your emotions. When God is able to heal your emotions than triggers and thoughts of the broken relationship or how it broke doesn’t send you into a tailspin.
“God will help you if you’ll help yourself by giving your best. —Ben Carson, Think Big
A while ago, a crack appeared in the Evans’ bedroom wall. We called in a professional who replaced the plaster around the crack and repainted the wall. But the crack reappeared not long after that. We called the painter back, he repaired the crack, and he repainted the wall again. Everything looked fine until about a couple months later when the crack came back. And this time it brought its aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews!
It is Christianity to be gentle, merciful and forgiving, and to keep those qualities quiet in our own hearts, and never make a boast of them, or of our prayers or of our love of God. —Charles Dickens, The Life of Our Lord