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This is awesome good news! God is holy. God is perfect. God cannot get more holy or more perfect. (And, of course, God does not get worse.) God does not change. There are a lot of implications of this, but right now I am thinking about God’s unchangeable love for His redeemed. We have all…

Just past those sand dunes is the Pacific Ocean! Endure with hope. For the joy set before Him, Christ endured the cross. Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.…

God’s Passionate Love has been poured out in us, His redeemed, believers in Christ! The love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. (Romans 5:5) Amazing grace! We are to walk in love Be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love,…

You may be in tremendous emotional or physical pain. The possible causes are too many to list, but, if you have been redeemed, if you have received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, then God has a loving purpose for what you are going through. Remember: God loves you with an infinite, eternal, steadfast, all-knowing…

God—Father, Son, Holy Spirit—loves us* immensely more than we can fathom. If only we* knew how much, everything would be different. We would have joy abounding, NO anxiety, confident expectation that God was working everything for our glorification, and much much more. Because God loves us*, we have eternal life. For God so loved the…

Have you heard the song: Somebody’s Praying for Me? Several artists have recorded it, and it is easy to find on YouTube (original and shorter versions). My favorite is Ricky Skaggs Somebody’s Prayin. I find the song comforting, inspiring, and encouraging.   Many or most of us (but probably not all of us) have somebody…

God created us for His glory. Everyone who is called by My name, and whom I have created for My glory, whom I have formed, even whom I have made. (Isaiah 43:7) Christians’ Role Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31) Worship…

For a Christian, it is possible to be content, even in difficult circumstances. Look at Paul, writing from prison: Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity;…

This post is ONLY for Christians, those who have received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. If you haven’t, you are missing out. Please see Becoming a Child of God. The enormous, stunning, unfathomable good news is that Christians can and should have a confident expectation of righteousness. Biblical hope is a sure thing. For…

Jesus Christ was lifted up from earth and entered heaven (See Jesus Christ the Exalted Lord). He was given back the glory He had from eternity, enthroned, given eternal dominion over all, and seated at the right hand of the Father. What is Jesus Christ doing now? He upholds all things by the word of…