Today’s verse reminds us that in many cases, even though we want to cut ourselves off from a world that doesn't understand us, Jesus tells us that we should love, even — especially — those who are ungrateful and evil.
Read more..Without waiting and trusting Him, we wouldn’t experience hope when we feel hopeless, joy in the midst of unhappiness, and peace that we can’t explain. Not through anything we can do ourselves, but all because of Him.
Read more..Christian friend, when we first believed, we had a clear view of our sins and the absolute forgiveness God granted to us. As far as the east is from the west, so far had he removed our sins from us.
Read more..I am amazed by the fact that, because of Jesus, I can come close to God. And I am so thankful that God will come close to me, a sinner saved by Christ’s righteousness alone.
Read more..Contentment is an all-encompassing category that applies to every believer, no matter their life stage. To be content is to be fulfilled in Christ no matter the circumstances.
Read more..We’re often so absorbed in our own life that we fail to see the crises others are facing.
Read more..God blessed my husband and me with four boys. I confess there were days, when I questioned whether it was a blessing or not.
Read more..Jesus specifically compares wind to the work of the Spirit of God in the new birth process,
Read more..Hanging on to bitterness and keeping alive grudges is consuming work. It leaves little energy for blessing others, praising God, or enjoying life.
Read more..Sometimes God uses the most unlikely persons to teach us a lesson. Jesus showed us that forgiveness has a cross in it. It costs us something. But un-forgiveness has an even greater price: It makes prisoners out of us.
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