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08/31/2026

In Him, we have everything

Countless people are dissatisfied with their lives.

Despite all the things they possess,
they still feel like something’s missing.

Most have no idea that what’s missing isn’t a thing;
it’s a person,
Jesus Christ!

He’s the only one who can provide everything we need,
for now and for eternity.

The apostle Paul,
in his letter to the Ephesian believers,
briefly summarized just what this “everything” is
over a few verses.

Let’s review what he wrote
and, potentially, rediscover the blessings
Jesus purchased for us
by His death and resurrection.

Ephesians 1:7-10
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which
He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to
His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the
dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather
together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven
and which are on earth—in Him.

The word “redemption” indicates that we weren’t our own:
before Jesus bought us with His blood,
we were Satan’s chattel and slaves to sin.

Through God’s efforts,
and due to our receiving Jesus as our Lord and Savior,
our sins are no longer counted against us;
we’ve actually been forgiven of them
with no fear of future judgment for them ever.

God’s grace is the reason for such favorable treatment.

Everything good that occurs in our lives
is the direct consequence God’s plan and purposes.

That He’s doing this all to gain His objectives
while demonstrating His wisdom and love
is reinforced by the details of the planning involved
to achieve them.

The chief of these is the gathering together of all those,
in Heaven and Earth, in unity with Him.

Unsurprisingly, God’s utmost desire for all creatures
mirrors the relationship the Trinity has enjoyed eternally.

Paul next noted what else is ours through our salvation.

Ephesians 1:11-12
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being
predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all
things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first
trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

Some inheritances also bless those who aren’t related
to the one providing their benefits.

This is the type of generosity that God has shown believers
and it was always His predetermined purpose to do so;
our worthiness didn’t even factor into His decision.

And why would God do such a thing?

So those who trusted in Jesus would be recognized
by all created beings who witness His actions
as tokens of His glory and render Him the praise
that He rightly deserves.

Ephesians 1:13-14
In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you
were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the
guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the
purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

It’s immeasurably comforting to be able to trust God.

Knowing every word of promise about His love for us
and the future He’s planned for those who love Him
are true now and forever removes the fear most have;
there’s nothing to fear when you’re confident
that He has the power to do anything He says He’ll do.

Besides this, though,
knowing how fickle our faith and faithfulness are,
God gave all believers a token which reminds us we’re His:
we’ve been sealed with the Holy Spirit!

He is the guarantee we’ll receive everything God’s promised.

When we are tried almost beyond what we can endure,
we can still maintain our faith and hope in God
that we’ll definitely receive the inheritance
Jesus has promised to share with us,
including being with Him where He is forever.

We are the cherished possession which God has purchased
at the cost of His own Son’s blood
and our redemption will be eternally to the praise of His glory!

08/15/2026

Jesus Christ’s name has power

In a world starkly divided by who has what,
power is the one thing for which most are striving.

While few may agree as to the type of power desired,
there’s still great consensus about its desirability.

For many, the word power means freedom
from constraints imposed by others
and the ability to control all aspects of their lives.

This, however, is a limited and short-sighted viewpoint
as it only applies to our present lives and is tenuous at best.

Worldly power is often lost when one needs it most
and can do little to change anything lastingly.

But something does exist that can affect people permanently:
Jesus Christ’s name - it’s imbued with God’s power!

In order for us to receive God’s blessings here and forever,
Jesus said to believe in Him and the power of His Name
and, since His resurrection, all true believers have done this.

In the Book of Acts, several instances are recorded
which confirm His Name’s amazing capabilities.

Let’s start with the sermon Peter preached in Jerusalem
after he and others received the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.

Acts 2:38-39
Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be
baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins;
and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the
promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar
off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

Here Peter commanded those present to repent of their sins
to have their guilt for them remitted, cancelled, by God
thereby receiving “the gift of the Holy Spirit”; and 4000 did.

It’s notable that we can’t ever forgive someone else’s sins:
we can forgive harm they’ve done but they retain their sins.

However, let’s not miss the importance of what did happen:
due to their faith in Jesus, God forgave these people’s sins!

Obviously, as He’s the ultimate authority over everything,
only God is ever sinned against by the evil anyone does.

And, since He’s the only one harmed or offended by our sins,
God is naturally also the only one who can forgive them.

Okay, some may say,
but how does this relate to needing to believe in Jesus Christ?

He was just a very good man who was killed
for not doing what powerful people wanted Him to, right?

Wrong!

Yes, Jesus is 100% human but,
through a miracle as amazing as the creation of all that exists,
He’s also 100% God!

Being the son of Mary and Son of God, Jesus is unique;
yet, before His resurrection, His name’s power wasn’t active
since He hadn’t completed everything He needed to do.

Afterwards, the promise which Jesus had made was activated
about receiving anything we ask from His Father in His Name.

Jesus, as God the eternal Word, has always been obedient,
consistently living in loving submission to His Father’s will.

After Jesus’ devoted life of selfless actions paid for our sins,
God instituted a new way of dealing with us
that changed how we pray.

In order to ensure Jesus’ name receives its deserved respect,
the Father now only acts on prayers made to Him relying on it.

Our great Helper, Jesus’ final ascension to Heaven signaled
that He’d no longer be physically available to assist us
in our spiritual lives but, happily, He hadn’t left us forsaken
to fend for ourselves against our enemies.

As Pentecost showed the initial members of His Church,
the Holy Spirit living in us enables our prayers
to be answered by God through faith in Christ Jesus
while empowering us to live lives pleasing to God.

The Apostles and other early believers demonstrated
that we could do many things in the power of His name
in service of others.

The next example happened shortly after Peter’s sermon.

A man who’d been lame since birth stopped Peter and John
as they headed to the temple for prayer and asked for money.

Peter’s response is inspired and revealing:
inspired because the Holy Spirit prompted him to make it
and revealing because it shows what we can also do
when similarly sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s influence.

Acts 3:6-8
Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do
have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise
up and walk.” And he took him by the right hand and lifted him
up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received
strength. So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered
the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.

Then, as now, beggars were a common sight.

What is your reaction when you see one?

Most of us ignore them and pretend they don’t exist.

Others mock them on sight and or do nothing to help.

Some do help somewhat with whatever they think to give,
yet this is often done to satisfy their pride, gain prestige,
or quiet their conscience, not in order to actually help them.

However, Peter did something totally different:
being sensitive to the Holy Spirit,
he gave the man what he truly needed
and a miracle resulted from it.

Miracles do still happen but they’re not commonplace.

Have we ever considered why this is?

My suspicion is that, besides our lack of real faith,
our motives for desiring them aren’t what God will bless.

When we’re praying, it’s not wrong to include our own needs
among our petitions but they shouldn’t be all we pray about.

And, when praying for others, our motives must be pure;
when all we want is to bless others
while ensuring God receives the glory,
God will often answer those prayers positively.

In fact, how God responded to their prayer for boldness
after the Jewish leaders tried to stop the apostles and others
from spreading the gospel’s glorious truths about Jesus Christ
further confirms His approval of such prayers.

Here’s what lead up to that prayer.

Despite God healing a man lame from birth at 40 years old,
the Sanhedrin arrested Peter and John for their actions,
commanding them to stop what they were doing and saying.

Emboldened by the Holy Spirit, they refused to obey them
and expressed their reasons as follows.

Acts 4:19-20
But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is
right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you
judge. For we cannot but speak the things which we have
seen and heard.”

After some additional threatenings, they were released,
very much aware the hostile persecution wouldn’t stop.

Knowing themselves, they desired the boldness to face it,
boldness which only God could provide
to continue the work they’d been given.

Gathering with other believers, they told them what happened
and the prayer they all prayed ended with the next words.

Acts 4:29-30
Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants
that with all boldness they may speak Your word, by stretching
out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be
done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.

Next note God’s response.

Acts 4:31
And when they had prayed, the place where they were
assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with
the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with
boldness.

The place where they were assembled was shaken!

This wasn’t an earthquake, just a localized shaking by God
to let them know He’d heard and would answer them.

And how best does He give us what we need
than by giving us more of Himself!

Being filled with the Holy Spirit, because we are only people,
can’t be a one time thing.

We need to be filled again and again
to be able to continue the work God has for us to do.

Not doing so will instigate our pride to grow
and cause what we do to be our flesh’s achievements,
not God’s.

Our chief goal now is to speak God’s Word with boldness,
not caring what others think or feel about it.

Fearlessly speaking for Him will draw others to Him,
as it did us,
and by our holy boldness,
they’ll be given the opportunity to be saved.

Yes, Jesus Christ’s name has power
so let’s use it to glorify God!

07/31/2026

Take up your cross

Have you ever wondered if,
despite your claims to the contrary,
God might not consider you a Christian?

In other words, are we truly disciples of Christ Jesus
or are we just pretending?

After all, the life He lived and died for us
requires a total surrender on our part
if we are to be able to answer this question affirmatively.

I must confess, here and now,
that this question challenges me frequently to evaluate my life
and my claim of having faith in Jesus.

Such self examination is urgently needed by all
because of something simple yet very troubling
Jesus said to those who were following Him.

These statements are recorded in multiple Gospel accounts
but Mark’s versions are the ones we’ll consider today.

Mark 8:34
When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples
also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let
him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”

Do you desire to follow Jesus?

Because of His love and the blessings He gives, many do.

But are we willing to accept the cost?

Even as Jesus denied His desires to please Father God,
we must do the same.

We must reckon ourselves similarly dead to please Him too.

Just as Jesus Christ took up His cross and obediently went
to the death required of Him by His Father,
if we are to be His disciples,
we’ll each have our own cross to accept
and carry with us as we follow Him for our remaining days.

How does this work out in reality, one might wonder?

The first step is redirecting our focus from self to God,
putting His priorities for us first over our own.

Saying no to sin and selfishness
while extending our love to others
must become a habitual way of life
rather than the spotty obedience that most of us practice.

Each person’s cross may differ
but all require us to obey God’s recorded commands
as well as the Spirit’s leadings.

This is only possible if we’re following Jesus closely
and being sensitive to His guidance.

Yes, we must maintain an intimate connection to Him
or we’ll be prone to wandering away from Him.

The obedience God now requires from believers
is that of the heart not just the letter of His Law.

Jesus Christ lived a perfect life to satisfy its requirements
so our faith and loving obedience are all God will accept.

And, since we can’t live perfectly without sinning,
and we can receive forgiveness when we do,
this is good news!

Jesus warned us that we must choose which way we’ll live
to receive this salvation.

Mark 8:35
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever
loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

Having put our faith in Jesus for our salvation,
how will we live our lives going forward?

This question is critical to answer correctly.

And it involves our will to do so.

Saying one is a believer without changing to live like one
will not be enough to save us or convince God of our faith.

Are we at all concerned about others believing the Gospel
and escaping the judgment to come
or are we just happy to call ourselves Christians?

Jesus’ last command was to go and tell others about Him;
are we trying to do that in any way?

Jesus challenged us to consider the cost of not doing so.

Mark 8:36-37
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and
loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

This world has always held a powerful attraction for many.

The desire to possess more of what it offers
can blind us to the fact
that no things gained here will go with us into the next life.

Our souls will be the only thing we’ll retain after we die.

If our souls are still stained with sin then,
it will be too late to change our fate
and we will be doomed to endure God’s wrath forever.

Jesus further explained that there are no secret believers;
we can’t be ashamed of believing in Him and His Gospel.

Mark 8:38
“For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this
adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also
will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father
with the holy angels.”

God commands us all to represent Him in this world,
not just the ones who are called to preach.

And Jesus rightly observed that our failure to do so
is the result of us being ashamed of Him.

Sadly, despite all God’s done and promises to do,
many won’t live for Him or tell others what He’s doing.

Can we truly expect to receive His promised blessings
without any sacrifice or effort on our part?

I urge us all to pray that God will stir our hearts
and increase our desire to live for Him.

And then let’s again take up our cross and follow Jesus!

07/16/2026

Paul’s address to the Areopagus

Where is God?

This question has troubled or, I daresay, triggered people
since nearly the beginning of time.

Since He’s not controlled by anyone,
we can’t just demand He satisfy our whims
or respond to our requests as if He serves us.

If we could, He wouldn’t be God
but a puppet of our own making.

Our lack of understanding about His nature and purposes
renders many of us ignorant as to even the answer
to a simple question like the one previously posed.

That is, unless we’ve been granted by Him
the opportunity to learn from Him about Himself.

Those who truly know God
have at least the rudimentary knowledge
that He’s everywhere!

Everywhere!?!

Yes, and, as the Apostle Paul so succinctly put it,
in Him, we live and move and have our being.

Let’s review his famous address to the Greek philosophers
of his day on this very topic to witness the confrontation
during which he stated this amazing fact.

Paul had found himself waiting for Silas and Timothy
to come from Berea to Athens so,
being grieved by all the idolatry he saw,
he busied himself preaching in the synagogue
and marketplace to all who’d listen.

The Greeks were proud of their intellectual curiosity
and, upon hearing Paul proclaiming
the previously unknown doctrine
of Jesus and the resurrection, took him to the Areopagus,
their most popular place for such discussions,
to enable a larger group to hear him.

Acts 17:22-23
Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men
of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;
for as I was passing through and considering the objects of
your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I
proclaim to you:

Even today, most people are very religious.

Oh, some don’t worship formal religions;
instead, they give their hearts and lives
to ideas, movements or causes,
but their fervency is still akin to what others exercise
towards their chosen object, person or god.

Paul saw the numerous idols around Athens as evidence
of a spiritual hunger in these people so great
that they were willing to admit they might not even know God
although they truly wanted to worship Him
and used this as an opportunity to introduce them to Him.

Firstly, though, he needed to correct their flawed understanding of Him and His nature.
So, he started with some foundational truths about God.

Acts 17:24
God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is
Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made
with hands.

God is infinite and doesn’t live in the places we create
to worship Him.

He may meet us there
but, since He’s Lord of heaven and earth,
they’re not where He dwells.

Next, he challenged their practice of using idols
in their worship as if those were how to engage with God.

Acts 17:25
Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed
anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.

Imagine a former Jewish religious leader saying this!

Having grown up following the strict ceremonies of Judaism,
Paul was telling them something
only God could have convinced him about Himself:
God is spirit and must be worshipped in spirit and truth!

The countless things we add to our worship of Him,
although tolerated by Him, don’t add anything of value to it.

Yes, when Jesus came,
He lived under the formalism and ceremonies
Abraham had received from God
but with His death and resurrection a new way,
that of faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God
who’d died as the substitute for us to atone for our sins,
was introduced.

Paul then confirmed that God has made us all from one man,
planning all of our history,
with the intent that we might seek our way back to Him.

Acts 17:26-27
And He has made from one blood every nation of men to
dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their
preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,
so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might
grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each
one of us;

Adam’s sin severed the connection between God
and His creation in a way only God could remedy.

Happily, Adam’s fall from sinless perfection
was actually part of His plan and not an afterthought.

In order for God to gain many children,
He’s woven history’s tapestry over numerous centuries.

One day, it shall culminate in the restoration
of Creation’s perfection after the trials of those
who seek and find Him are completed for all who’ve lived.
Many will live selfish, godless existences,
flaunting their refusal to obey or honor God as we should.

These shall miss the opportunity to receive the reward
of eternal peace and bliss which God offers to all
who’ve lived by faith in Him.

And God wants us to know that finding Him
is not as difficult as we think it is.

Acts 17:28
for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also
some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His
offspring.’

It usually confounds us when we realize
that God is so much greater in all ways than we are.

He’s eternal; our lives are like the flicker of a flame.

He’s all knowing; we struggle to understand each other.

He’s infinite; we’re smaller than a grain of sand
when compared to the entirety of just our world.

And He is love, while we often don’t even love ourselves.

Yet, Paul reminded us, we’re still beings created in His image
so we shouldn’t mistake Him as something less than us
or as able to be represented by anything we can shape!

Acts 17:29
Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to
think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone,
something shaped by art and man’s devising.

How foolish it is for us to be so wonderfully constructed
but desire our Creator to be portrayed by what we can make.

Minerals, stone or any other material can never express
the unimaginable beauty, holiness, power and perfection
of our glorious God!

The idols of the past were crafted
by those to whom Jesus Christ hadn’t been revealed
so their ignorance was excusable, but now,
as Paul further explained, God would no longer overlook it.

There was a new standard with which all must comply
to be accepted.

Acts 17:30-31
Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now
commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has
appointed a day on which He will judge the world in
righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has
given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”

When one is raising a child, one starts with simple concepts
before progressing to the more advanced ones.

Similarly, God’s plan for the adoption of His children
requires a progressive revelation of His true objectives.

People first needed to understand the gravity of sin
and God’s absolute intolerance of it
before learning of the only way to regain peace with God.

God would have to live a sinless man’s life
and die a substitutionary death to atone for our sins
while only those who receive
and accept their need for His death would be saved.

That this way eliminates any contribution from us
to save ourselves is offensive to our pride as we’ll see next.

Acts 17:32
And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some
mocked, while others said, “We will hear you again on this
matter.”

Sin has gravely darkened our hearts and dimmed our minds
so badly that, without God granting anyone the faith to believe
the gospel, none would.

Despite historical discoveries proving again and again
the truthfulness of the Bible’s accounts,
people continue to deny its teachings.

Jesus existed and was crucified too near this time
for people to question that so they were limited
to denying the reality of His resurrection.

Paul’s conversion from fervent Pharisee to Christ’s evangelist
to the Gentiles made challenging this fact even more difficult
but many continued in their mocking unbelief.

Still, God continued to save those He’s chosen for life.

Acts 17:33-34
So Paul departed from among them. However, some men
joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the
Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Notice Paul’s reaction to their rejection.
He didn’t stay and attempt to badger them
into accepting what he’d said; he just preached and left.

God doesn’t try to coerce people to follow Him;
He offers life to all who’ll receive it
and allows those who won’t to follow their own path.

Jesus said He stands at our heart’s door and knocks;
however, we must invite Him in before He’ll enter.

Happily, some were saved that day,
even one of those who’d frequented the Areopagus
as well as a woman.

Again we see God not discriminating about who He’ll save.

May that also be a lesson to all of us:
don’t let your preferences or prejudices
limit who you share the good news with.

Just let the Holy Spirit lead you and open your mouth
as the opportunities present themselves.

Precious Heavenly Father,
help us to be like Paul,
willing to be led to those who need to meet You
and bold to speak in love of Your love for them
in ways that draw to You,
for your glory alone.

In Jesus’ name, we pray.

Amen.

07/01/2026

The blessings of being humble

When someone asks
which character trait is best or most desirable,
it’s highly unlikely that being humble is one
most would choose for themselves or others.

But it’s one which God requires from His people
if we’re to be blessed by Him,
especially when we’ve sinned against Him greatly.

At least, that’s what He said after Israel had done so.

2 Chronicles 7:14
if My people who are called by My name will humble
themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their
wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive
their sin and heal their land.

Just praying for forgiveness isn’t enough as, too frequently,
we forget our love for God is only shown to be real
when we follow Him closely and obey His commands for us.

Sadly, our allegiance to Him often gradually fades
as worldly fascinations seduce us into sinning more easily.

Still, God doesn’t abandon us even then.

As amazing and unbelievable as it may seem,
He’s always eager to forgive us
and restore us to a right relationship with Him.

More than that,
He’s aware of the treatment we'll often receive
for trying to please Him
and will avenge our mistreatment by those who harm us.

Psalms 9:12
When He avenges blood, He remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the humble.

Have you ever felt like the world’s punching bag?

Or worse yet,
do evil people seemingly experience
much less suffering and difficulty
while God seems not to notice what’s happening to you?

Unsurprisingly, this sentiment is common
to even the most seasoned believers
as it’s part of how God tests our faith
so we mustn’t let it discourage us
or cause us to doubt His love, power or awareness
of our situations.

As the psalmist reminds us,
God will make everything right in His perfect time.

Psalms 10:17-18
LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will prepare their heart;
You will cause Your ear to hear,
To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
That the man of the earth may oppress no more.

Our trust in God’s will must remain strong
when things are at their worst
and our prayers during such times
are the best evidence of our faith’s reality.

God is always listening to us as He works in and through us
to accomplish His purposes.

However, He also treats us how we deserve to be treated
based upon how we treat others.

Psalms 18:25-27
With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
For You will save the humble people,
But will bring down haughty looks.

It offends our pride to be mistreated by others
so our normal tendency is to respond in kind if we can;
otherwise, we’d rather protect ourselves
than risk loving unselfishly like God.

If we’re loving, we expect to be loved, not mistreated.

God wants us to be merciful, blameless and pure
in spite of our circumstances.

Those who won’t, He treats as they treat others.

God’s reasonable, despite numerous contrary accusations,
and doesn’t leave us guessing about His will.

If we want to know it, we just need to read the Bible!

Psalms 25:8-9
Good and upright is the LORD;
Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.
The humble He guides in justice,
And the humble He teaches His way.

One key symptom of sin’s control over us
is our refusal to believe God has explained His way to us.

We, instead, prefer to stumble
through the numerous other, false ways
that make sense to us but aren’t His.

In spite of countless attempts to discredit it,
the Bible has proven it truly is God’s Word!

The historical events and fulfilled prophecy recorded in it
have been further confirmed by Christ’s life to the extent
that His birth was accepted as a new way of defining history!

Psalms 147:5-6
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;
His understanding is infinite.
The LORD lifts up the humble;
He casts the wicked down to the ground.

When Jesus died, the wicked celebrated
and the righteous were confused and despaired.

On the third day, Sunday, God demonstrated His power
by restoring Him to life in a perfect, exalted body.

Christ’s tormented, bruised flesh wasn’t just reinvigorated,
it was replaced with a new, inviolable spiritual body.

Why did God do this?

Because Jesus humbly obeyed every command from Him without sinning!

And our humble faith in Him will be rewarded similarly:
God gives salvation to those who believe and obey Him.

Psalms 149:4
For the LORD takes pleasure in His people;
He will beautify the humble with salvation.

Have you ever considered how sin makes us look to God?

If He could tolerate it, there’d be no need for salvation.

But sin has marred the beauty of everyone born of Adam.

Still, we aren’t His people if we don’t obey Him,
no matter what we claim to be.

Pride keeps many from admitting we’re sinners
who desperately need to be saved from our sins.

God is the one who gives the humility needed to do this.

And, when the grace required to continue
repenting of our sins is needed,
God gives it to those humble enough to keep accepting it,
James 4:6
But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”

Only God is truly offended by sin.

And only Christ lived a sinless life.

All others, whether we’ll admit it or not, have sinned
and will continue to sin until we die.

Some will sin without restraint,
never seeking forgiveness from God.

But true believers will humble themselves
and never stop asking for it.

And, for them, the grace only God can give
will continue to be effective in maintaining the status
they’ve received through, and by, their faith in Christ.

God has saved us for a great purpose -
we were created to glorify God and enjoy Him forever -
and we must strive to remain humble to achieve it.

James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

Who do you desire to glorify with your life?

If it’s ourselves,
through the accumulation of status and wealth,
we’re prideful fools who’ll eventually learn
our lives have been wasted
seeking to cling to things of which death will rob us.

But God, who never lies, has promised a glorious future
to those who willingly humble themselves now,
forsaking living for ourselves to live for Him and His glory.

Let’s trust Him to keep His Word
and receive the blessings of being humble.

We gain many the instant we put our faith in Jesus Christ!

Address

202 Elm Street
Everett, MA
02149

Opening Hours

Tuesday	7pm - 10pm
Sunday	11am - 1pm
	6pm - 10pm

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+16173879539

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