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Taking It Out On

There is a term in our culture that is so common that I realized that I had never taken a close look at it. The term is “taking it out on...” We use it or hear it used to describe a person dumping abuse on another person. Often, the recipient of this abuse is someone close to them such as a spouse or a child. “….and then, he (or she) took it out on me.” Why do we do this? I’ve done it. Probably you’ve done it. Most, if not all, of us have. The earth is stressful. Our enemy, the devil, makes sure of that. He wants to put something (stress) inside us from the outside, since that is where he is. He wants to put his influence inside us so he can steer us wherever he wishes. He LOVES when people

Let’s Live This

“Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.” (Acts 8:1) When we read this sentence: “Saul was consenting to his death”, the words “was consenting” sound in English as if it means that Paul kind of allowed it to happen. This is what it really means: Paul "thought well of, assented to, felt gratified with, was pleased with, had pleasure from" the killing of Stephen. Imagine that. Saul, a Pharisee charged by God with the privilege of caring for the people of Israel, received much pleasure from seeing one of them (Stephen) tort

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