By: Dr Justin CoulsonChristmas is the season that “should” fill us with joy. We are supposed to be relaxing. We are supposed to be spending time with those we love. We are supposed to be indulging just a little bit more than normal in some of the finer things of life.For some of us,...
By: Sabrina PetersWe can’t change what’s happened to us, but we can choose to find freedom and healing through forgiveness. I know, it’s so easy to say, hard to do, but ultimately worth it.In the words of Lewis B. Smedes; “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezHere is a simple question: if you are a child of God, why do we need to ask for forgiveness?The answer to this may seem simple, but the obvious answer might be wrong!The answer would seem to be that we need to ask forgiveness every time we sin because sin separates us from...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezI am writing this for those who may feel that they have been forgotten by God, and who feel that their sins are too great for God to consider them. Your offenses have been swept away.There are many people who are prisoners of their past. Sometimes this is because of what...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezThere are plenty of movies about time travel where the hero has to go back into the past to fix the present. Don’t you wish you could do that? I think we’ve all wished that.But even though the real world isn’t like the movies, there is something we can do....
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezThe most forgiven people should be the most forgiving.That’s the lesson that Jesus tried to teach Simon when Simon had invited him to his house for dinner. You see, Simon was a Pharisee. The Pharisees talked about forgiveness, but they didn’t think that they were...
By: Zoe VictoriaA year on from the tragic car crash that killed three of their children, Danny and Leila Abdallah are urging others to embrace forgiveness as they mark the anniversary of the four children’s deaths.On Monday 1 February, i4give Day will take place to coincide with the...
By: Stephen McAlpineNo one does unhappy like Nick Cave. Nick Cave was born to do unhappy.The Australian musician has built a career exploring the dark and deadly things of life, and has had his fair share of misery, not least of all the tragic death of one of his twin teenage sons a few years ago...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezDavid learnt about forgiveness. When David, the one who would become king of Israel was young, he thought he understood about forgiveness, but he didn’t. Like so many of us, David learnt about forgiveness by the things that he suffered.The most important lessons we...
By: Danni Synot“Go and love someone exactly as they are. And then watch how quickly they transform into the greatest version of themselves. When one feels seen and appreciated in their own essence, one is instantly empowered.” -Wes AngelozziI love this quote.I’ve seen amazing...
By: Dr Eliezer GonzalezWhen people think about God, they tend to think about a being who can do everything. But did you know that there is one thing that God can never, ever do?The one thing that God cannot do is remember your sins once he has forgiven you. He has promised this many times in the...
By: Clare BruceThe mother of three children killed in a horrific road crash in Sydney on Saturday night says she forgives the driver involved, and “cannot hate him”—and has asked the community to pray for her family.Leila Geagea Abdallah is mother to 13-year-old Antony,...
