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A thought by Jentezen Franklin from his book, Love Like You've Never Been Hurt: Hope, Healing and the Power of an Open Heart (p. 37). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)   Now you notice, he says fight for your family not in your family.   There are a lot of fights in families, but there needs to be more fighting for our family. Jentezen says, “When conflict breaks out in your home when your child is doing something he or she is not supposed to be doing, remind yourself of these tips to help you work through the process. “1. Attack the problem, not the person. You are all on the same team, so do not take out your frustrations on your loved ones. “2. Get all the facts before you offer advice or solutions . Think before you speak. Nothing is more damaging than jumping to conclusions. “3. Look for positives. No matter how bad things get, in every situation, you can always find something posit

A thought by Jentezen Franklin from his book, Love Like You've Never Been Hurt: Hope, Healing and the Power of an Open Heart (p. 28). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)   But we do it don’t we? Jentezen says, “If those we love are doing something that is wrong, often our judgment kicks into overdrive. Disapproval quickly trumps love. We refuse to have anything to do with those people. We announce to them and to the world that the relationship is over. And we do this in the name of faith, thumping our Bibles with self-righteous intolerance.” But 1 Corinthians 13:1–2 in the Bible says, “If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I wo

A thought by Jentezen Franklin from his book, Love Like You've Never Been Hurt: Hope, Healing and the Power of an Open Heart (p. 8) . Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) And this is a very good thought for all of us. Jentezen says, “To move forward, you have to let go of the past. You have to release what is behind you and reach for what is before you. If you will reach for a new day, God will begin, little by little, to release you from the past.” He says, “Life is an adventure in forgiveness. It is all about releasing and reaching. Release the past and reach for the future. The only way to do this is to love like you’ve never been hurt. This means loving so intensely that it overrides all your natural instincts for bitterness and revenge. “Have you ever noticed how a jeweler shows his best diamonds? He sets them against a black velvet backdrop. The contrast of the jewels against the dark backgr