Posts by Pressing On Together

Onomea falls. Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Garden on Onomea bay. Harry Durgin The love of God for His adopted children (Ephesians 1:5) is incomprehensible. He is holy and we are not. Yet He chose to save us, declaring us righteous, and now working to make us into the image of Christ. (Romans 8:29-30) In this world,…

Landscape Arch Utah Christians’ goal, our goal, is to press on towards Christ-likeness. In order to press on, we must forget what lies behind. We must not rest on past successes or let past sins haunt us. We thank God what whatever successes we’ve had. We must confess and repent of our past sins. We…

God forgives God forgives our* sins when we come to saving faith; when we repent and believe in Jesus Christ. When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of…

AJewish lady and I talked about spiritual matters when we shared a physician’s waiting room. Just as she was standing to respond to the nurse’s call, she said: “I know there is no forgiveness.” Alas. I did not see her again, and I pray someone will talk to her about forgiveness in Christ. It is…

Fog! The Gulf of Mexico is out there beyond the buildings! And the Laguna Madre in the foreground. The Book of Judges contains one awful story after another. But they started well. Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, and had known all the deeds…

Harry Durgin: Sunset behind Mauna Loa; Mauna Loa road (near 9,500′) 7 December 2021 – 5:15pm Newborn Jesus, Mary’s son, was (and IS) eternal God. Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which translated means, “God with us.” (Matthew 1:23) Mary, as the song…

tornado-noaa.jpg I just watched video of the devastation in several states from tornados and straight winds. They don’t know yet how many people lost their lives, but it appears to be more than 100 in five states. Folks went to bed, or to work, but didn’t make it until the morning. We have NO guarantee…

Need Encouragement? This has been a hard nearly two years. I’m tired. You may be as well. Constant trouble generally leads to physical fatigue and, often, spiritual fatigue.  God’s word speaks to us about this, and shows us what to do to be encouraged. David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him,…

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits. (Psalm 103:1–2)  This Thanksgiving, let’s resolve to forget not His benefits. Psalm 103 has a starter list:             He pardons all your iniquities.             He heals all your diseases.             He redeems your…