Posted in God's grace on Sep 28th, 2011
God clearly has a heart given to encouragement.
As the prophet Isaiah recorded the latter portions of God’s prophetic inspiration to him, the evidence of God’s nurturing nature was unmistakable.
You can read about it within Isaiah 54-57 available by clicking here.
I’m not going to recite the encouraging words spoken indirectly through Isaiah to barren women, to [...]
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Posted in God's grace on Aug 2nd, 2011
Sometimes, I encounter people who think their record of wrongdoing is so rotten that God would never — or could never — forgive them and take them back into His family.
And some of these people have done really rotten things, trust me, things that made my skin crawl when I heard their stories.
What I must [...]
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Posted in God's grace on Jun 24th, 2011
There’s a little story in today’s One-Year Bible reading that reminded me of God’s surprising breadth of grace.
The prophet Elisha had a loyal group of ministry followers who also were preachers. One of them said to Elisha that they needed a bigger church building in order to accommodate everybody who wanted to be in [...]
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Posted in God's grace on Jun 21st, 2011
I love the fact that I am never too far from God’s strong, rescuing arms.
Just as a child is comforted by his daddy’s presence when times get scary, so are Christians to find inner peace because they are never too far from God’s divine desire and ability to help.
Some of you remember teaching your kids [...]
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Posted in God's grace on May 10th, 2011
The more we learn about godly faith, the more we learn about — and appreciate — God’s grace.
I believe that’s one of the reasons that many older Christians are more patient and forgiving than are younger Christians.
It’s likely that the older Christians have observed — and experienced — the grace of God as it was [...]
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