Because God speaks … Because you are welcome in God’s presence … Because Christ died for you … Because you are God’s child … boldly, confidently and with thanksgiving, live your life in a way that is pleasing to God, and not to man. Boldly continue to love your brothers and sisters, eagerly sharing God’s blessings with them, even when their humanity threatens to evaporate your love for them. Courageously show hospitality to all people with compassionate deeds and genuine Continue reading Never Forsaken→

Come with joyful songs! For the Lord is good and his love endures forever! Come, enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise! Come as God’s precious child and worship with your brothers and sisters in Christ, for God’s faithfulness continues through all generations! Come to Christ when your work burdens you down and find rest for your soul! Come, when the process is long and your losing your song in the night, and hear the cloud of Continue reading A Royal Invitation→

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.(Hebrews 12:1-2)  Persevere in your faith. The Continue reading Persevere→

He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.  For as high as the heavens are above the earth,  so great is his love for those who fear him;  as far as the east is from the west,  so far has he removed our transgressions from us.  (Psalm 103:10-12)  When you hear the names Gideon or Samson what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Is your first thought about Gideon’s Continue reading Do Not Be Discouraged→

When one rules over people in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God, he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings grass from the earth. (2 Sam 23:3-4 NIV)  A life anchored in faith, living as a citizen of heaven, sets you free to enjoy everything this world, God’s creation, has to offer. As a person of faith you can live here and now your life to Continue reading Abraham’s Story→