God had a plan. His holiness called for judgment, but His love called for salvation by His grace and mercy. From The Beginning God’s plan from the beginning was to bring salvation. To show us His redeeming love. God created Adam and Eve knowing the choice they would make. God allowed them to make that…
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God’s Goodness: Intro
God is good. His love endures forever. His goodness and love are woven throughout everything. Through good and bad God is working for us. He will show us if we ask. Through eyes of faith we can see His goodness in action. Psalms 34:8 Taste and see that the LORD is good. How blessed is…
Praise the Lord!!
Have you ever thought just how much you are blessed? Have you ever considered everything God has given you? Praise God! In gratitude praise the Lord for it all! We may not feel that we are blessed a lot, but we are and as His children we should thank Him everyday! For we are blessed…
CONFIDENCE: God’s Promises Never Fail
Savor The Day
We were made to live one day at a time. Each moment, each part of the day, all elements of each day were made for us by God. He planned our days. He has things he wants to teach and show us every day. Each day He calls out to us. Through everything He is there.…
Forward Moment by Moment
Looking back instead of forward and holding onto the past or our mistakes and failures only holds us back from God. It keeps us from His love. It keeps us from His plan. It keeps Him from working in and through us to shine our light in the darkness and brokenness. It steals our joy.…
Divine Intervention: Christ Came
Christ came. God sent His son into our world. He came with a mission. God’s love intervened. He made a way for us to return to Him. Our Condition We are born into sin. Sin entered the world in the beginning. Ever since we have inherited our sin nature. We are naturally sinful. We are…
Life (& God’s Plan)
God has good plans for us. Not harm but hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11) God uses all things in our lives, circumstances, pain, hurt, troubles – He allows them all to bring good to us – He turns what is meant for evil into good. God is not inactive or reactive but working and…
Nothing Can Separate Us
Romans 8:31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:32 Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things? Romans 8:35 Who will separate…
How do You See?
In our everyday lives, when we look out at our world, what do we see? What do you see? Do we see people just going about their lives too? Do we see hope and love or hurt and pain? Do we see hopelessness and tragedy or confusion and distress? Do we see fear and doubt…
Victory: We Know the End of the Story
As Christians, as believers, we have victory in God. We already know the end. God has told us He will win over all the sin and evil in this world. He already has won. He defeated death, sins hold on humanity and the devil, when He died and rose again. He told what would happen…
We Are Human
We are human. We are fallible. We constantly make mistakes and mess up, but God understands. He will always accept us back. Our Nature & God’s Love We are sinners born that way from the start. God still reaches out to us. God still came and died in our place, even as we continued to…
