- A Confession - Leo Tolstoy
- The 20 Essential Qualities of an Authentic Christian - Warren W. Wiersbe
- The Table Talk of Martin Luther
- Heaven's War - Micah Harris
- The Golden Key - George MacDonald
- Father Brown and the Ten Commandments - G. K. Chesterton
- War in Heaven - Charles Williams
- From the Library of C. S. Lewis - James Stuart Bell
- Surprised by Joy - C. S. Lewis
- A Family Guide to Prince Caspian - Christin Ditchfield
- Robert Falconer - George MacDonald
- The Air Freight Mystery - W. E. Butterworth
Showing posts with label joy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label joy. Show all posts
Thursday, May 31, 2018
May Reading
Sunday, October 01, 2017
We Don't Have to Go to Hell
Wonder of wonders!
Jesus loves us
Despite our blunders
That Christ should choose us
And use us, after all
We deserve the blunderbuss
The mystery! So profound!
The captain-pastor spoke well
Once lost, yes, but found
We don't have to go to hell
Jesus loves us
Despite our blunders
That Christ should choose us
And use us, after all
We deserve the blunderbuss
The mystery! So profound!
The captain-pastor spoke well
Once lost, yes, but found
We don't have to go to hell
Friday, January 22, 2016
Here's Hope
Hope.
And joy.
That's what Jeremiah 31 is all about. The people of Israel had for a long time walked away from God. God, through the prophets, repeatedly warned them of coming judgment if they didn't repent. They didn't, and God did.
But then in the middle of what must have seemed a completely hopeless situation, God sent them another message of hope and restoration, in fact event better than that--a new covenant! That new covenant was established by the substitutionary sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.
Jeremiah 31:6 says, "For there shall be a day when watchmen will call in the hill country of Ephraim: 'Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God.'"
Perhaps you have been straying from the faith. Maybe you have walked out on God. Maybe you have abandoned His people, the church.
Maybe your life seems completely messed up, broken, and without any shred of hope or joy.
The good news is that can change. "Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God."
Today is a new day. Start fresh. Return to the Lord. If you've walked away from the church (for whatever reason), make it a point to go back this Sunday.
You may be thinking, "No way! Good will never have me back after what I've done." I'm so happy to tell you that you are wrong about that. God is ready and waiting with outstretched arms to welcome you back.
If that's you today, then go ahead and agree with God that your life is empty without Him in it. Ask for forgiveness and take the necessary steps back into a growing, vibrant relationship with Him, through His Son Jesus Christ.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but will have eternal life" (John 3:16).
And joy.
That's what Jeremiah 31 is all about. The people of Israel had for a long time walked away from God. God, through the prophets, repeatedly warned them of coming judgment if they didn't repent. They didn't, and God did.
But then in the middle of what must have seemed a completely hopeless situation, God sent them another message of hope and restoration, in fact event better than that--a new covenant! That new covenant was established by the substitutionary sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.
Jeremiah 31:6 says, "For there shall be a day when watchmen will call in the hill country of Ephraim: 'Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God.'"
Perhaps you have been straying from the faith. Maybe you have walked out on God. Maybe you have abandoned His people, the church.
Maybe your life seems completely messed up, broken, and without any shred of hope or joy.
The good news is that can change. "Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God."
Today is a new day. Start fresh. Return to the Lord. If you've walked away from the church (for whatever reason), make it a point to go back this Sunday.
You may be thinking, "No way! Good will never have me back after what I've done." I'm so happy to tell you that you are wrong about that. God is ready and waiting with outstretched arms to welcome you back.
If that's you today, then go ahead and agree with God that your life is empty without Him in it. Ask for forgiveness and take the necessary steps back into a growing, vibrant relationship with Him, through His Son Jesus Christ.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but will have eternal life" (John 3:16).
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