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A sign of oppression can be the oppressed or abused can not have the final word.Psalm 103:6-76 The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.7 He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.

Interview with Dr. Steve Tracy, Part 2Founder of Mending The Soul, Professor of Phoenix SeminaryAbortion & Abuse

Interview with Dr. Steve Tracy, Part 1Founder of Mending The Soul, Professor of Phoenix SeminaryBiblical Perspective on Pro-Life

David got up and finished the war. (2 Samuel 12:24-31)Romans 8:37-3937 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[k] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

David got up and finished the war. (2 Samuel 12:24-31)Romans 8:37-3937 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[k] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

In some case, abortion can be used as a form of abuse; it is extremely devastating event for women and men. In the case of abuse, we should listen to their story and believe them as they share. We have to support those who are wounded and grieving. * Forgiveness does not mean you taking offender's guilt, believing it as yours and placing on you. As long as you do that in the name of being a Christian, you can not be free! Let go of offender's guilt and give it to God. It does not belong to you! When a person who is abused is being constantly mistreated or misjudged, she or he might place the offender's guilt upon himself or herself as an act of forgiveness or being a good Christian. This is extremely harmful for the oppressed. As a leader, we have to be careful how we examine each circumstance and minister them accurately. We will learn this wisdom from studying 2 Samuel 10-12. We are studying about Joab, Eliam, Ahithophel in 2 Samuel 10-12. Understanding the characters and the background of the story in the Bible gives us better insight and understanding of the story. We cannot put every story in our current time to the biblical time. We can get wisdom and apply the lesson as much as we can, but cannot put our story as a cookie cutter to the stories in the Bible. The story of the king David is a particular story in the history and reveals the redemption plan of God and how God dealt with David for the grand scheme of the salvation plan. We all have our own redemption story that unique and different.There is God who listens to our plea. He is our King and listens to our prayer. As we study about the king David, we can experience the heart of God who listens our prayer.

Happy Father's Day!Hello moms!Bullding our fathers for God's kingdom starts from forgiving them and give them more grace everyday. When they feel they are forgiven, they experiece more freedom and are more encouraged to do more and better for us (moms) and our children!"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you." (Ephesians 4:32,ESV)Cheers!

Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. This Bible Study is designed to: • Help the non-believer to experience God’s grace for salvation through justification by His grace. • Help the believer to experience deeper God’s grace for growth through sanctification by His grace. • Help us to read the Bible with eyes of grace and apply it to your lives by offering grace to ourselves and others.

The contents of the books. The first book comprises a period of about a hundred years, and nearly coincides with the life of Samuel. It contains (1) the history of Eli (1–4); (2) the history of Samuel (5–12); (3) the history of Saul, and of David in exile (13–31). The second book, comprising a period of perhaps fifty years, contains a history of the reign of David (1) over Judah (1–4), and (2) over all Israel (5–24), mainly in its political aspects. The last four chapters of Second Samuel may be regarded as a sort of appendix recording various events, but not chronologically. These books do not contain complete histories. Frequent gaps are met with in the record, because their object is to present a history of the kingdom of God in its gradual development, and not of the events of the reigns of the successive rulers. It is noticeable that the section (2 Sam. 11:2–12:29) containing an account of David’s sin in the matter of Bathsheba is omitted in the corresponding passage in 1 Chr. 20. Easton, M. G. (1893). In Easton’s Bible dictionary. New York: Harper & Brothers.

Finding the will of God through the study in 2 Samuel 10-12.