01/13/2025 – A story with a twist, but wait! , it is of Yeshua (Jesus)…

Confound Your Problem!

Monday, January 13, 2025

Once, when my niece Nicole was three years old, she started yelling and screaming. My father in an effort to get her to stop wanted to say, “When you act like that Nicole, your face is no longer pretty, it becomes ugly.” But it came out, “You’re ugly.” Before my father could correct himself, Nicole without missing a beat, shouted back in a counter-reply, at the top of her lungs, “You’re handsome!” It didn’t fit. And yet with two words, Nicole completely disabled my father and every other adult in the room. What Nicole did was biblical. Messiah told us to bless those who curse us. It doesn’t fit or make sense, but that’s what He said. And that applies not just to those who curse us with words, but with anyone who’s ever done something to hurt us. The normal response is to curse them back or respond in like manner. But Messiah says, “Do good to those who hurt you.” Overcome evil with good. It doesn’t fit or make sense. But it will confound the situation, and it will disable your problem. It works. Just ask Nicole. 

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Insert: “But I say to you who listen: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” Luke 6:28

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From Message #550 – The Third Way 
Scripture: Luke 6:28

TODAY’S MISSION – Today, overcome evil with good; confound the enemy. 

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