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And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28) This is an awesome promise from Almighty God who cannot lie and who fulfills ALL His promises, including this one. He will work together for good all…

East River 2018, Harry Durgin The world situation is sobering. Murder. Violence. “Smash and Grab.” Car hijackings. Abductions. Sex trafficking. Thefts of all sorts. Arson. Cheating. Lying. Slander. And on and on. And on. God warned us that this was coming. But remember this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men…

Drifters Heart of Hope, Horse Rescue, Franktown, Colorado God is Faithful The Rock! His work is perfect, for all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He. (Deuteronomy 32:4) And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful…

Female Black Swallowtail; MegRichardsPhotography.com Believers* will live forever where righteousness dwells (2 Peter 3:13). We will be included in heaven. (See Excluded.) As we learn something about what that means and rejoice in hope (Romans 12:12), thrill follows. Living where righteousness dwells means we live with God, we’ve been glorified (Romans 8:30), made perfect (Hebrews 12:23),…

Excluded Have you ever been excluded from a group or event? Exclusion can be enormously painful. As shattering as that is, being shut out from heaven is infinite and permanent. Alas! Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. (Psalm 1:5) [The wicked will be thrown] out…

Harry Durgin Facebook Apostle Paul told the Corinthians to examine themselves to see if they were in the faith (2 Corinthians 13:5). How do we do that, and how do we help others do that? What is Saving Faith? These have been written [by John in his gospel] so that you may believe that Jesus…

MegRichardsPhotography.com Christians have been saved from the penalty of sin, and are in the process of being saved from the power of sin (sanctification). While we are in this world, we still sin, but less and less and we grow in the Lord. God gives us a fabulous, iron-clad promise: If we confess our sins,…

I’ve heard number of comments lately that we should not assume everyone in our congregations, our groups, our friends and family are saved. Probably not all readers of this blog know the Lord. One famous caution is D.L. Moody preaching just before the great Chicago fire. At the end of the service, he asked his…

We have a purpose! Almighty, everlasting, creator God has a purpose for us! Among the specifics of God-given purpose for Christians is to be a blessing. Christians have been blessed and are to be a blessing. I [Yahweh] will bless you [Abram] … and so you shall be a blessing. (Genesis 12:2) Being a blessing…

Given my private pilot history, and my husband’s extensive commercial pilot experience, we watch a lot of aviation shows. I am so overwhelmed with the skilled and disciplined pilots who fight to the end, never giving up, sometimes to a safe, or at least survivable, landing, sometimes to disaster. They continue to apply their knowledge…