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To: C Kahn who wrote (3190)	12/20/1999 10:58:00 AM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 4775

There was One Who was willing to die in my stead, That a soul so unworthy might live; And the path to the cross, He was willing to tread, All the sins of my life to forgive!!!! They are nailed to the cross! They are nailed to the cross! O, how much He was willing to bear!! With what anguish and loss, Jesus went to the cross! But, HE carried my sins with Him there! Colleen, something kept bouncing around in my head this morning about There was One....so it had to be this song, so here it is anyway. I see our thread postings are still pretty hard on one another(mine too, mine especially) ..... I do believe the "nons" get great satisfaction out of reading these. (I am worst of all, as I try to get BVs hair on end) HEY BV>>>>GOT A DEAL FOR YOU(but no promise as I am only human) YOU go ahead and keep telling me how I am lost and I will go on thanking GOD for His mercy!! and I will TRY to quit bugging you about electricity!! :o) OH, TO BE LIKE THEE! BLESSED REDEEMER; THIS IS MY CONSTANT LONGING AND PRAYER... dan

To: C Kahn who wrote (3190)	12/20/1999 11:19:00 AM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 4775

got the following by email from an 85 year old friend of ours ..... Discord by Hoyte Sessions Gilstrap Prov. 6:19:"Six things the Lord hates, yea, seven...... he that soweth discord among brethren." God wants us all to get along, to love each other, to encourage each other in order to have unity and peace in the church, for only if those two things exist will the church be effective and draw people to it as He intended. You and I are the only hands, feet and voices He has among the so-called "unchurched" in the world. They will never hear His plea while there is antagonism and backbiting among us. One can be guilty of sowing discord without realizing it if one isn't very careful. If something comes up that is a mite (or more) displeasing to some and they talk about it to one another, it will soon proliferate. The first thing one knows, it has been repeated and grows with every repetition, getting more divisive all the time. I have seen this happen, and it is so sad. I have seen a church almost killed this way. I'm afraid I may have unwittingly taken part in some of the gossip. I stopped it and asked the Lord to forgive me, but some did not stop. There is this little saying that I have repeated many times - perhaps even to you, but it says what has helped me and others so it always bears repeating. I don't know the author: "Don't nurse it, Don't curse it, Don't rehearse it, Disperse it!" If one refuses to do the first three, and dismisses the matter, he will never be guilty of sowing discord among brethren! It is a sure cure for any kind of malicious information. And he will be happier himself! If a matter is not repeated, it will die a natural death. It will be forgotten. I wonder if that isn't why God had the command put in Scripture "Let not the sun go down upon your wrath." That way one will forget to repeat whatever has set him off and no consequences will result. Discord is so unpleasant that certainly no one should court it. Many lives and many families are torn apart every year by some misguided dismay that never should have been permitted to happen. After all, we CHOOSE the way we react to things. Choosing negatively soon grows into such a habit that it can hardly be rooted out, and it makes everyone unhappy. Just discord between two people is bad enough (it can come to divorce!). Resentments can be formed that are almost impossible to right. Lives can be ruined; churches can be split, or there can be so much agitation that it takes years to outgrow it . Some who will not let go will even have to die before a solution can be reached! Jesus knew how stubborn man could be. We are urged over and over in the Bible to love and forgive each other. God goes so far as to say, "If you don't forgive each other, neither will I forgive you." It is that important. It is that necessary. I know a church in which the three elders had not spoken to one another in years. A young friend of mine went there to preach, not knowing the situation. Of course, he soon was informed about it. He observed long enough to understand the matter, then one morning he drove to their separate homes and made them get in the car with him. He had to be very strong and adamant,yet very gentle, but he made them simmer down and not say a word while he talked. He told them what they were doing to the church and how they were discouraging each other and many others and what would be the eternal outcome, even how they were losing their own families through their hatred. Finally, at the end of a long straightforward talk, they threw their arms around each other and shed many tears while they forgave one another. After that, a different church met at that place. I'm sure that young man will have some stars in his crown when he meets The Judge!