You are loved. Unconditionally. You don’t deserve nor did you earn it. God loved you (and still loves) while you were far from Him. When you didn’t want anything to do with Him. He loved you when you were smoking pot, or sniffing coke. He loved you through the divorce even if the divorce was initiated by you. You don’t have to work for or earn His love. He loves...
Freely Forgiven
Oh what an awesome God is Jehovah! Despite our shortcomings, He freely, without hesitation, forgives us. He not only forgives, but He removes the guilt and the shame of the transgression. We stand before Him holy and blameless. Have you messed up? Have you made mistakes? Have you done something you dare not even speak? Take heart my friend, there is no transgression too dastardly for His mercy, no action...
You Are Forgiveness!
Forgiven. That’s who you are. If you have received Christ as your Savior, you are perpetually forgiven. But what if I have not repented. You are still forgiven. Allow His kindness to lead you to repentance. But what I did was horrible, unimaginable. You are still forgiven. No sin is greater than the cross. But I willingly, knowingly sinned after coming to Christ. You are still forgiven. His blood covers...
Forgiven
He was perfect. He had not sinned. On the contrary, He had loved outrageously, shown compassion extravagantly, healed abundantly, and set the oppressed free miraculously. Nonetheless, the same people He came to save and deliver, the same crowds He had fed, the same mob that had thronged Him wanting to just touch him now shouted, “Crucify Him!” So there he hung, on a cross abandoned by those He loved,...
They All Deserted Him
The time had come. The mob had come to seize Jesus. Peter’s response is to draw a sword and defend his friend. But when Jesus made it clear there would be no violence on their part, the disciples now decided to flee. All of them. One did not even take time to put clothes on and flees naked. These men who had seen the miracles up close and personal, who...
It’s Time
I love new beginnings. I love to stop, reflect on the past but move toward the present. Like so many of you, at the end of last year I recalled my successes and failures and made goals for a new beginning in 2016. This morning, I want to encourage you to do something I rarely ask you to do. Look back over your life and ask this one question: “Am...
As He Has
God has been good to you. He has given generously towards you giving you more than you can ask, think, or imagine. He has been merciful beyond measure towards you. He has forgiven you freely. He has loved you patiently. He loved you in your moments when you were unlovable by most. He loved you while you were a sinner. We meditate on these truths. We rejoice in these truths....