Our mistakes and failures God weaves them all together for our good. Even our sin and rebellion God uses in His goodness. Our path and journey through life can be complicated. There may be many times of going our own way. Times of doubt and questioning. Times we want to give up. Times we are angry at…
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God’s Goodness: Boundaries
God created boundaries for us in His Word and through His Spirit He will teach us. This is all for our good. His rules and warnings are for our good. He knows the consequences and out of His love for us He advises us in the right direction by telling and teaching us the way…
God’s Goodness: Our Life
God uses everything in our life. All of our life story is included in His good plan for us. He uses even the pain, hurt and let downs as well as the joys and celebrations. He uses every part, every experience and circumstance for our good. He also gives us our traits, talents, wisdom and…
God’s Goodness: Salvation
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…
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…
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…
Imitate Jesus: His Life, Our Life
Jesus came and lived among us. He lived a life walking with His Father doing His Fathers will. He gave His life, obeying His Fathers will to the end. In that He made a way back to Him for all people everywhere. If we believe in Him we will be saved. Jesus’s life was an…
The Created Order
God created the world and therefore created an order for it to run and be held together. If the order is disrupted or changed it will have dramatic effects on God’s created order. It will fall apart. Separation from God brings disaster. The Beginning Goodness In the beginning God created the world and everything in…
Have you Rested?
In the Ten Commandments we read to observe the sabbath day. God worked creating the world and everything in it for 6 days and rested on the 7th. God commanded that the Israelites, His people, rest too. God told them to do no work on the sabbath and then He explains why the command was…
The Israelites and Us: Conclusion
Chosen Family God chose the Israelites out of all the people groups on earth to bring forth His plan. The temple, priest, laws and sacrifices all symbolized God’s future plan to bring salvation to all people. God’s plan always looked to Christ and salvation through Him. (Zechariah 3:8, Zechariah 6:12-13) Our & Their Flaws Despite…
The Israelites and Us: God’s Plan
God’s plan was made before the foundation of the earth. To first choose a family and create a nation which in turn would birth His son Jesus, the Messiah, the savior of the world. From the Israelites came God’s plan for salvation, the way to Him for all people. (Isaiah 42:6-7) We see His plan…
