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January 2, 2017 ISSUE
The forgiveness that makes new
Lois Degler
We’ve all made mistakes—sometimes small ones, sometimes big ones. Facing them often leads to guilt and self-condemnation, and most of us yearn to move beyond the mistakes and find the forgiveness that allows us to go forward fresh and new.
Is it possible? There’s biblical assurance that it is. The Bible reveals God as a forgiving God: “For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee” (Psalms 86:5).

January 2, 2017
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January 2, 2017 issue
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From the readers
Gwen Cannon
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The courage to keep on
Curtis Wahlberg
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Waking to ‘God’s day’
Jeff Rice
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The forgiveness that makes new
Lois Degler
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Can one prayer help end a war?
Judith Hardy Olson
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My fresh awakening to timeless spiritual truth
Colin Campbell
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‘Cold is for ice cream’
Sahil
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Healed of painful foot injury
Dawn-Marie Cornett
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Prompt recovery from a fall
Miranda Ash
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Severe weakness healed
Cheryl Richardson
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Quickly healed of stiffness
Charlene Anne Miller
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'And a man shall be ...'
Photograph by Farok J. Contractor
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Getting to the goal
Margaret Rogers