Tag: Mercy
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…
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…
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…
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…
Imitate: 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…
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…
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 Gods future plan to bring salvation to all people. Gods plan always looked to Christ and salvation through Him. (Zechariah 3:8, Zechariah 6:12-13) Our & Their Flaws Despite…
The Israelites and Us: Gods Love and Mercy
Time and time again throughout the story of the Israelites God shows his love and forgiveness. From the beginning, from creation He was and still is involved with his creation. He cares deeply about each of us. God’s Love & Mercy in the Bible He comforted Sarah’s servant, Hagar, when she ran away because of…
The Israelites and Us: Sin
Without the account of the Israelites we would not have learned about sin and its damaging effects. What it can do if left unchecked. We wouldn’t have learned about man’s weakness and sin and temptation or how to trust God to overcome. We wouldn’t have understood truly why we all need a savior. From Birth…
The Israelites and Us: God
There are so many things we can learn about God from their journey. We see God‘s love from the beginning and how His grace and mercy were displayed continuously. Throughout their journey to the promised land they disobeyed and didn’t trust God many times, yet He faithfully lead them into the promised land. During the…
