ME PEHEA E TANGO AI I NGA KUPU HOW TO RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! Did you know that Ihowa knows everything about you? He knows what you ate for parakuihi. He knows which toys you aroha the most. He knows what makes you hari, and He knows what makes you pouri. And guess what?!! Ihowa aroha you very, very much!! In fact, Ihowa has so much aroha for you, He wants you to be His tamaiti and part of His whanau. But there’s a problem. You and I, and everyone else in the world, are not like Ihowa. Ihowa is always ka pai, but we sometimes do kino things. Have you ever told a lie? Ihowa says to “obey your parents”. Have you ever disobeyed your parents? We may steal, hurt others, and do lots of other kino things Ihowa tells us not to do. In the Paipera Tapu, these kino things are called “sin”. Sin does something pouri to our friendship with Ihowa. It puts space between us and Ihowa, so we can’t know Him very well. But Ihowa thought of a solution! Because He has so much aroha for you and for me, He sent His tama to earth so all the kino things we have done can be forgiven.
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