RR: And Lindsay and I are joined by John and Lisa Bevere. Give them a great welcome to Something Good Tonight … the Hour of Healing. Bless you.
J: So good to be here.
RR: Got to get your children I know you don’t have any ready for college yet, got to get them into ORU.
J: We’ve got four boys.
RR: And they’ve got a son who is playing basketball, Lindsay, loves basketball.
L: And a soccer player.
RR: And a soccer player? Well, we’ve got soccer, men’s and women’s soccer. As a matter of fact, tonight the ORU women’s volleyball team is playing the number 22nd ranked team in the country, the University of Arkansas. We’re over at Fayetteville tonight. And if we weren’t making a program, Lindsay and I would find a way to get to Fayetteville tonight. In fact, they’re playing right now. And, Father, in Jesus’ name I thank You for anointing the ORU Lady Golden Eagle volleyball team. You say, “You can’t pray that way.” Yes, I can. I just did, in Jesus’ name. It’s 8:20 over there, and in Jesus’ name I ask You to anoint them.
Our men’s basketball team is playing tomorrow night up at the University of Montana, had a big win Saturday night. We’re big into athletics. Here are four fantastic books, among others that you have written. Here are four. I think we have a shot of them. Here are two of John’s books, The Bait of Satan, and this is one we’re going to talk about.
LR: Incredible book.
RR: Wonderful book. A brand-new book, The Fear of the Lord. Discover the key to intimately knowing God and fear in terms of reverence.
J: Reverential fear.
LR: John wants me to have that book.
RR: And then, of course, Lisa’s books. Lindsay has endorsed one of these books, Out of Control and Loving It. And this is the Christian Bookseller’s 1996 book of the year, is that right?
L: It was one of the CBA ones.
RR: One of the CBA books of the year.
J: It’s number five in the nation this month.
RR: It is? As well as a brand-new book, The True Measure of a Woman. And we’re going to share about how you can get a copy of these books. But, John, one of the things that you deal with in your book on The Bait of Satan is offenses and how to deal with unforgiveness, how to deal with bitterness. And Jesus said if you have ought against your brother, you know, when you come to pray, go and make it right. If you don’t forgive, then God won’t forgive you. How does a person, how does a Christian who has offenses, they’ve been hurt, they’ve been stabbed in some way and they don’t know how to get over it and then it turns into unforgiveness, it turns into bitterness, it turns into anger, it turns into hatred, it just gets worse and worse and worse, how does a person deal with that?
J: Well, you’ve got to deal with it. The first way a person can deal with it is to realize what they’ve been forgiven of. A person, a Christian, let’s deal with a Christian tonight, a Christian that cannot forgive is a Christian that’s forgotten what they’ve been forgiven of. Jesus tells us a parable in Matthew, because Peter came and said, “My brother sins against me seven times and I forgive him, is that enough?” And Peter thought he was being magnanimous.
RR: Maybe he wanted to hit him on the eighth time.
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