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best of becky skip to main skip to sidebar best of becky becky dietz thursday january 22 2026 forgetting forgetting by becky dietz how did joseph get to the place of forgiveness when his brothers came and bowed down before him in egypt they had despised him and sold him into slavery when he was 17 he was now 30 joseph had become second in command in all of egypt and he was the one his brothers had to see when they came to egypt for food because of the drought after joseph had arrived in egypt he was given a wife and soon had a son he named him manassah which means causing to forget joseph said for god has made me to forget all my toil and all of my father s house genesis 41 51 but had he forgotten as soon as he saw his brothers strong emotions immediately rose to the surface we never forget no matter how much we try to stuff down those emotions never i once had a well known godly bible teacher tell me we shouldn t dig and do emotional healing he quoted philippians 3 13 14 brethren i do not count myself to have apprehended but one thing i do forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead i press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of god in christ jesus he was basically telling me to forgive and to forget i m all about forgiving but i believe we need to do the work of forgiveness those verses in philippians 3 are the verses of an athlete taking off weights which would slow him down in a race paul isn t telling us to erase memories but to release past offenses burdens disappointments sins or regrets from controlling our present and future life how do we do that we take it to god we forgive 70x7 we cut and cut at those thoughts offenses and emotions until they no longer control our thought life when we think of that person who wronged us we allow the word to wash and renew our minds we allow the spirit of god to lead us to truth joseph did the work how do i know his second son was named ephraim which means doubly fruitful joseph declared god has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction when his brothers came to bow before him he never condemned them he d already forgiven them and cut away every offense in fact he fell on their necks weeping they hadn t recognized him of course he was dressed like the egyptians but i also believe the emotional and spiritual healing had matured and deepened him he quickly told them it had been god s plan all along how do you not erupt in anger over such a terrible offense how do you not destroy your offender how do you declare god s goodness how do you see god s strategic plan in using something so dastardly i don t think you can unless you ve done the work of forgiveness you can t just forget posted by becky dietz at 9 40 am no comments friday january 16 2026 no no by becky dietz i was talking with dottie my almost 11 year old granddaughter last night she was telling me how she had prayed for a dog and had gotten one so now she was praying for something bigger and better i wanted to guide her and prepare her for a possible no from god i mean god can do anything but this is big and involves other people i told her that god sometimes tells us yes and sometimes he says wait a while but there are other times he just says no he doesn t do it to hurt us or make us mad he knows his plan for our lives and sometimes the right thing is for him to say no he may even be protecting us from something we can t possibly see she replied yeah but you pray and pray and don t know that he s said no you may think he s just telling you to wait so you just keep praying and praying i had to laugh she had me there yeah when do you know that god has said no we don t i think it s why god tells us to keep asking keep seeking and keep knocking i even told dottie about the story of zecharias and elizabeth they d prayed and prayed for a baby at some point i m sure they quit praying because they were getting too old to have a baby but then guess what god gave them a baby when it seemed impossible i ll tell you what i told dottie last night let s keep praying and asking god about this but let s keep our hands open gently we don t know when or how god will answer but we can trust his heart because he loves you so very much posted by becky dietz at 9 01 am no comments sunday july 27 2025 manipulating emotions the jews were envious of paul barnabas and their bold preaching about jesus the word of the lord was being spread throughout their whole region and they were fearful know what they did acts 13 50 says they stirred up the devout women and the chief men of the city until they persecuted paul barnabas and expelled them from their city they incited a riot by manipulating their emotions things haven t changed years ago we participated in a revival where the evangelist manipulated the emotions of women he was fighting the pornography industry and very openly told us that if he could show moms and grandmas pornographic magazines and get them angry they d become the soldiers fighting to get rid of it the desire to get rid of porn was noble and right but the mode of operation was all wrong our emotions can be easily manipulated and we don t even recognize it for what it is god warns us in his word to be on guard keep our eyes on jesus to stand firm to not be deceived to take every thought captive to the obedience of christ we re living in days when it s easy to be deceived you ve probably seen videos or heard podcasts of what you believed to be a well known pastor and it s actually ai trying to manipulate your mind with false teaching be on guard check your emotions don t be deceived posted by becky dietz at 7 02 am no comments thursday july 24 2025 circle of people as i read acts 9 this morning i thought about the circle of people it took to accomplish god s plan if any one person had said no the plan would have fallen apart jesus had appeared to saul on the road to damascus and he was blind for three days god told ananias to go pray over him now ananias was reluctant he d heard the stories of how saul was hauling christians to jail god had already told saul that ananias was coming to pray for him ananias could have refused and the whole plan would have fallen apart but he went saul was changed he went to jerusalem and tried to join the disciples but they were afraid of him but barnabas received him and brought him to the apostles to tell his story and he was accepted if barnabas hadn t received saul how different this story would be saul was speaking boldly about jesus and disputing the hellenists who wanted to kill him so the brethren sent him to tarsus the whole story changes at this point saul begins his missionary journey and those brethren were a part of god s plan to send saul out if any person in the story had refused to obey god the story would be different god would have raised someone else up for sure but everyone had a part even a small part to play and it all fit together to tell the story of jesus it just makes me wonder what part you and i are playing have we said no is god raising someone else up or are we a small part of a much bigger story the story of jesus posted by becky dietz at 8 09 am no comments wednesday july 23 2025 bitterness a man named simon had become a believer and was baptized by philip and began following him peter john heard that many had believed and came to lay hands on them to receive the holy spirit simon offered them money for that kind of power peter strongly rebuked him and told him i see that you have the gall of bitterness and are bound by iniquity have you ever met someone who has given themselves over to bitterness they think they can hide it but it oozes out of them i love that the king james version says gall of bitterness because that s so descriptive gall is bile which indicates someone is eaten up with bitterness they re living in the vomit of bitterness how did they get there you don t just become bitter it s a progression first they ve become angry or offended and they stew on that for a long time instead of confession or repentance they give in to their emotions and nurse that wound over time their anger or offense turns into bitterness this progression becomes a stronghold peter saw simon s bitterness it was evident after peter strongly rebuked him simon asked peter to pray for him he wanted deliverance you have to be delivered of bitterness by confession and repentance and then forsaking anger and offenses you may have to forgive over and over don t get eaten up with the gall of bitterness break that stronghold posted by becky dietz at 7 59 am no comments tuesday july 22 2025 dignified by the indignity the apostles had been put in jail while the high priest and elders decided what to do with them for preaching about jesus an angel let them out of jail and told them to go to the temple courts and teach about this life when the high priest sent for them to come before the council they weren t in the prison soon a man told them the apostles were preaching right there in the temple the apostles were brought before the council and told to quit teaching in jesus name peter replied we must obey god rather than men the leaders were furious and wanted to kill the apostles gamaliel stepped forward and told the council that if left alone this movement would fall away if it was of man but if it was of god they d be fighting god the council took gamaliel s advice but they flogged the disciples before sending them away and then told them not to preach about jesus the apostles left rejoicing rejoicing they rejoiced that they were counted worthy to suffer shame and to be exposed to disgrace for the sake of jesus name that s amazing the amplified bible says it this way they were dignified by the indignity i like that posted by becky dietz at 12 05 pm no comments saturday july 19 2025 powerful prayer peter john came to where the disciples were gathered and reported how the chief priests and elders had threatened them because they d healed a lame man jesus had just been killed days before so they took this threat seriously so they prayed you d think they d ask god to spare them and protect them instead they prayed this way lord look on these threats and grant to your servants that with all boldness they may speak your word by stretching out your hand to heal and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy servant jesus wow and the father heard and was pleased how do i know the place where they were assembled was shaken and they were all filled with the holy spirit wouldn t you love to be in a prayer meeting like this maybe instead of asking god for protection we should be asking for this kind of boldness and the power to heal in the name of jesus that kind of prayer excites god and what was the result of that powerful prayer and they spoke the word of god with boldness posted by becky dietz at 7 36 am no comments older posts home subscribe to posts 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