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The Jesus POV, Fort Worth, TX (2026)

05/22/2026

When is jealousy a good thing?
There are two kinds of jealousy. One leads to envy and discontent. Another speaks of loyalty and protection. If I’m jealous of another’s success, I’m headed for misery. If I’m jealous because another man is flirting with my wife, It’s due to my loyalty and love for her.

Unwarranted jealousy needs to be dealt with by admitting our feelings and accepting the things we cannot control. It’s easy to become jealous of a rival’s success. To overcome those feelings we need to discover why we are threatened by that person and learn to give praise and thanks for their achievements.

Jealousy for those we love comes from a place of deep devotion within. If we aren’t jealous when a rival seeks to steal affection from those we love, it’s probably because we don’t truly love them. We should have a deep sense of devotion and loyalty to our spouses, children, family, and friends and anytime their loyalty towards us wanes, we are justified in our jealousy.

The Jesus POV of jealousy is that he provides us with everything we need, even though he needs nothing from us. Therefore, he is justified in his jealousy towards us when we seek other sources for joy and lend our adoration to sources that do not have our best interest at heart. Jesus died for us, paying a debt he didn’t owe and we couldn’t afford. When we turn our back on him, his jealousy is warranted.

We must not allow jealousy to consume us or lead us into sin. We must remain righteous in our devotion and loyalty to others, and expect it in return just as God does from us. However, when someone chooses not to return our love or devotion, we need to trust God to either change them or change us. Sometimes it is others who need to change and respond to our loyalty. Sometimes it is us who need to move on and allow God to lead us to those who will truly reciprocate our devotion.

Signed OOHF

This blog is in conjunction with Donnie Foster (Author of The Jesus POV and pastor of Keystone Bible Church FW) and his messages entitled “The Attributes of God”. To enjoy these messages they can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577047131189&sk=reels_tab.

05/20/2026

Just how righteous does one have to be to truly be righteous?
Some popular phrases in our world today when it comes to justifying our actions are “The lesser of two evils”, “Making a deal with the devil”, or “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” You’ve heard these and many more I’m sure.

Is it ok to make a deal with the devil, and is voting for the lesser of two evils an acceptable way to engage in politics? Should we consider the enemy of our enemies as friends, no matter their stance? I’m not about to dive into all of the nuances of these philosophical nomenclatures, but we definitely need to understand the concept of being righteous.

Righteousness is the state of being right, or to be in good standing with God. The only way to know if something is truly right is to compare it with the standard of God’s Word. There must be a rule by which we can all measure ourselves. That rule is the Gospel, The Sermon on the Mount, The Bible, God’s Holy Word.

Because God is righteous he is justified in every action he takes, decision he makes, and rule he establishes. God is justified to punish us for wrong doing, and he is also justified in forgiving us and showing mercy. Why? Because he is righteousness.

The Jesus POV of us looking for the justification of our actions is to never settle for less than the standard he lived by. He wants us to carefully examine our approach to even the smallest details of life. It’s important that we use the Word of God as our guide.

We will not be perfect in this pursuit, because we are not righteous and are often mislead. Yet, because of the righteousness imparted to us from God, we can find the path that follows the holy scriptures and leaves us in good standing with him. So, to answer the initial question, there aren’t levels of righteousness, we are either righteous or we are wrong.

Signed OOHF (One OF His Followers)

05/18/2026

Holy: The most important adjective in history
Most of us know God is holy. Some of us have a decent understanding of what it means to be holy. A whole lot of us only use the word holy in conjunction with foul language. But it is perhaps the most important descriptive word in all of written language.

You see if God isn’t holy...and by the way holy means to be different, separate, not like something else, or set aside for a sanctified purpose...then everything we believe about the Bible, Jesus, Christianity, faith, and God is a sham. God must be different from us, radically different, or he isn’t worthy of being called holy or worshipped as our creator.

But he is holy. He is very holy. True, we are made in his image, but we are nothing like God when it comes to innate attributes. God possesses attributes we could not understand without him displaying them to his creation. Don’t be fooled by the world’s definition of things like love, mercy, and forgiveness. All of those things have limitations in relation to mankind. But God, oh he is holy in regard to ALL of his attributes.

The Jesus POV of the holiness of God, is for us to realize he came to display the attributes of God to us, even in his willingness to sacrifice himself for the sake of our atonement. He is and was, and will always be the embodiment of holiness.

When we recognize the holiness of Christ, we must surrender and submit not only to his holiness, but to the truth that teaches us without him we are lost and most miserable indeed! However, once we take up our abode within his holiness, we too are made righteous and grafted into the family of God.

Don’t take lightly the holiness of our God, and certainly not the use of that amazingly accurate verbiage, which states the reality of who and what God is, and how we must respond. Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD God almighty, who was, and it, and is to come, Amen!

Signed OOHF

This blog is in conjunction with Donnie Foster (Author of The Jesus POV and pastor of Keystone Bible Church FW) and his messages entitled “The Attributes of God”. To enjoy these messages they can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577047131189&sk=reels_tab.

05/15/2026

Does God Really Need My Help?
Have you ever asked (enforced) your children to ‘help’ you with a project, only to immediately regret your decision? Of course you have! Which leads us to ponder why God invites us to join him in his quest to reveal himself to all mankind. Does he really need our help?

The theological answer is “No.”, God doesn’t need our help, just like we don’t usually need our kids to help us with projects. But, like a good parent, God enjoys the journey of life with his children, even when he could do things far more efficient by himself.

One of my mentors shared this with me, “God is complete and therefore needs no one or nothing to thrive. He is not a part of creation. He is above and beyond it. If everything in our creation disappeared right now nothing of God would be gone.”

Yet, God constantly invites, equips, and empowers us to go out and make disciples and teach others to follow his word. The Jesus POV of God’s self-sufficiency was his willingness to provide eternal life for all who believe through his finished work on the cross.

I’ve often heard people say, “It should have been me up on the cross dying for my sins...”, just one problem with that statement, even if we die on a cross we are not worthy to pay the price for our sins. In that regard, Jesus was self-sufficient in his work on the cross for us. All he asks from us is to share the message. Then when people respond we are able to share in the joy of seeing others find salvation!

So, God doesn’t need our help, but he does want it. He goes as far as to invite us into his work and yoke up with him as fellow laborers for the Kingdom of Heaven.

From OOHF & Dr. John Hadley (For his help on this blog and explanation of God’s Self-sufficiency)

This blog is in conjunction with Donnie Foster (Author of The Jesus POV and pastor of Keystone Bible Church FW) and his messages entitled “The Attributes of God”. To enjoy these messages they can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577047131189&sk=reels_tab.

05/13/2026

Does God ever change his mind?
One of the most powerful attributes of God is he never changes, he is immutable. The Bible says Jesus is the same yesterday, today, & forever. So, does that mean he never changes his mind?

In the book of Jonah God says he will destroy a city because of their wickedness, then later he ‘relented’ and chooses not to destroy them because they repented. So how can God be immutable and later relent and decide to do something different?

From our perspective, it looks like a change. From God’s perspective, he is consistently responding to human change (repentance) according to his unchanging principle that he will forgive those who turn to him. His "rule" didn't change; the people simply moved from the "judgment" category to the "mercy" category.

Another story that highlights this attribute is the parable of the Prodigal Son. We know the Father must have maintained a diligent work schedule because he is able to kill a fatted calf, put jewelry on the returning son, and have an impromptu coming home party. This infers the Father was diligent in his working for his family. At the same time, the Father made sure to be watchful in the morning and evening when travelers would typically enter the city.

There was a Jewish custom in which Leaders of a town would sit at the entry point and watch for bandits. They would also turn away someone who had brought shame to a family in the community. If a Leader reached the individual before a family member embraced them for redemption; they could be outcast permanently. This is why the Father runs out to embrace the son and prevent his banishment.

In this parable, the Father does not stray from providing for those who remained obedient, while at the same time keeping a constant watch for the wayward child, willing to embrace repentance and responsibility.

Only a Righteous God could be Immutable on the throne of absolute Righteousness and not waver in regards toward his creation, whether it be in a season of obedience or repentance. This truly is the ultimate Jesus POV!

Signed OOHF & Matthew French (For his help on this blog & insight on the immutability of God)

05/10/2026

How has God always existed???
At some point every kid who grows up in a faith based home asks the question, “How has God always existed and how long is eternity?” The question is age old, but the answers we give seldom satisfy the curiosity of a child.

No problem, that’s why I’m here. As One Of His Followers (OOHF) I’ve got you covered on this one.

Eternity itself is defined as endless time. The problem with that definition is that it includes the word time. Any time we think about time, we can only fathom so much because everything we experience in life is bound by the limitations of time.

In Genesis 1 we learn God created an order to the universe that brought time into existence. We also learn in Revelation 21 God will eventually make all things new and completely eliminate time. Then, just as God always has, we will be removed from the constraints of time. Then and only then we will be able to fully comprehend the eternality of God and the fact we will live forever.

The JESUS POV of eternity is that he was here before creation (Genesis 1:26), is here now, and will be here forever. That’s why he said in Revelation 22:13 -“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” There was a plan in the beginning and there is a plan for all of eternity, and it’s all in the nail pierced hands of The King of The Ages!

Ants in an ant farm can only fathom a world the size of their container. Remove them from the farm and put them in the earth and they can construct tunnels that stretch hundreds of miles. When we are removed from the ‘ant farm’ that is our time bound life we will experience things we never thought possible, because “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him!”

Signed OOHF & Pastor Cory Mullins (For his help on this blog and understanding our Eternal God!)

This blog is in conjunction with Donnie Foster (Author of The Jesus POV and pastor of Keystone Bible Church FW) and his messages entitled “The Attributes of God”. To enjoy these messages they can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577047131189&sk=reels_tab.

05/08/2026

Forgiving
Parents are fantastic at making siblings apologize. If I heard, “Tell your brother you’re sorry.”, once in my life, I heard it nine-thousand times.

What I didn’t hear, and quite frankly I haven’t corrected this as a parent myself, was my parents saying to my brother, “Now tell your brother you forgive him.” Don’t they go hand in hand?

They do. Let’s just get to the Jesus POV of this real quick. Yes, Jesus expects us to apologize to those we wrong, but he equally expects us to offer forgiveness to those who apologize. He set Peter straight on this in Matthew chapter eighteen.

To my parents defense, my apologies were most likely only shared out of respect, and a little fear, for what might happen if I didn’t say I was sorry. Therefore my brother was most likely cleared of any wrong doing on his behalf for not saying he forgave me. Nevertheless, as a parent I’m afraid I missed a golden opportunity to teach my kids how to truly apologize and offer forgiveness.

A sweet lady in my church shared this with me about forgiveness. She said, “Sins confessed are sins forgiven.” That’s powerful! All we have to do with God is confess, which means to let him know we understand what we did was wrong and out of line. When we do, he forgives, and gets us back on track.

Most likely we need to offer a few more apologies than we do. Most certainly we need to offer far more forgiveness than we do. Why? Because Jesus said so, that’s why! Also Matthew 6:14-15 is pretty clear that if we won’t forgive others, God won’t forgive us.

It’s not that we have to fear dying without offering someone forgiveness, but rather we should fear being outside of God’s will for any length of time because we are harboring unforgiveness. It’s good to know we have a very forgiving God!

Signed OOHF & Ms. Alice Marlar (For her help on this blog)

05/06/2026

An OG Word With A Powerful Meaning: Longsuffering
If you grew up in a home where the King James Bible was read you know this word. If not, hear me out. My Aunt put it this way, “As a fruit of the spirit, longsuffering involves enduring difficult people or circumstances for a long time without retaliating, as well as showing self-restraint when we are stirred to anger.” That’s good!

One of the most impressive traits of God is his longsuffering towards us. We tend to think God is like an umpire itching to shout, “You’re Out!”, and send us back to the bench. To the contrary, God is like a third base coach. He’s the one standing near the foul line waving his arms like a windmill, telling us to round third and head for home.

The problem is sometimes we don’t see his signals or follow the basics rules of base running. We lose focus, get picked off, or fail to tag up on a fly ball when there’s less than two outs. It’s baseball jargon, but you get the picture. God is our ultimate coach, even when we repeatedly strike out looking.

Unlike some actual coaches, God doesn’t give up on us. He’s always excited to see us reach base and give us every instruction needed to advance, and eventually score a run for the team.

The Jesus POV of longsuffering is he is patient, enduring the suffering of the cross, all the while waiting for us to come to the plate and receive his signal. The signal from Jesus is the same for us all. Trust in me, follow my lead, make me your Lord, and I’ll save you from your sin and give you eternal life.

I often think Jesus has suffered enough from this old world and cry out for him to step out on a cloud shaped like a third base coach’s box and wave us home. One day he will, and hopefully soon. Until then, know he’s not only longsuffering with the world, but with us as well.

Signed OOHF & Debbie Rogers (For her help on this blog)

This blog is in conjunction with Donnie Foster (Author of The Jesus POV and pastor of Keystone Bible Church FW) and his messages entitled “The Attributes of God”. To enjoy these messages they can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577047131189&sk=reels_tab.

05/04/2026

The Request That Always Gets God’s Attention...
Think about it, if there was one thing we could say that would get God’s attention every time, without fail, that would be great...right? Of course!

Who wouldn’t want to know God’s favorite trigger word. Well, what if I told you there is a phrase that always grabs God’s ear and causes him to focus in on our needs? Do you want to know? Do ya, do ya, do ya?

OK, I’ve teased it long enough. The phrase is found in Mark 10 and Luke 18 when a man cries out from the crowd and says, “Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me!” He doesn’t just say it once, he repeats it so much the crowd tells his to shut up. He also shouts it from a true state of need. The man was blind and his only way of being productive was to sit at the gate of his city and beg.

Normally he begged for food or money, an acceptable lifestyle for a blind man in first century Jericho, but on the day Jesus came to town he cried out from the heart and asked for something far more valuable than silver or gold. He asked for mercy, mercy from Jesus, the descendant of King David, whom he believed to be the Messiah.

Jesus simply asked, “What do you want from me?” The response was immediate, and so was the healing. The man would never need help navigating a crowded street again.

There are times in scripture when people either cry out or attempt to engage with Jesus when they needed mercy. The woman with the issue of blood in Matthew chapter nine, who didn’t even speak initially, she just wanted to touch a piece of Jesus’ clothing. A touch of mercy if you will, that resulted in healing. Then there’s Matthew chapter eight, full of people in need of God’s mercy, and the results are all the same.

The Jesus POV of us crying out for mercy in our time of need is to always respond perfectly. He knows what we need, but he still asks, “What would you have me to do for you?” If and when we ask for what we truly need, he always provides. He’s not a genie in a bottle, nor is ‘mercy’ the magic word, but to ask Jesus for mercy when we need it most is the purest and most powerful way to interact with the God of the universe.

My mom shared this with me, “Mercy is what we receive from God when we come to him in a time of need, because he is waiting and able to provide.” So, if Jesus asked you today, “What do you need from me?”, what would be your response?

Signed OOHF & Nita Foster (For her help on this blog)

This blog is in conjunction with Donnie Foster (Author of The Jesus POV and pastor of Keystone Bible Church FW) and his messages entitled “The Attributes of God”. To enjoy these messages they can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577047131189&sk=reels_tab.

05/01/2026

The Omni God & His Omniness
Omni means everything, everywhere, and always. That’s our God. He is everything (Powerful enough to be everything we need), everywhere (At the same time), and always (Always in the know). We don’t need any other gods, or lesser manifestations of God, nor do we need mistics or wizards to intervene. We only need The One True God because he is ENOUGH!

Truly this makes God awesome, but I like to say it reveals the Omniness of God. Now don’t go googling ‘omniness’ because it’s a brand new word. I just made it up. It really should catch on because it describes our God perfectly. ‘Omni’ meaning all, and ‘ness’ meaning the state of being, unites to say that God is always in the state of being all we could ever want or need. We serve and Omni God who is awesome in his omniness!

The Jesus POV of this is for us to embrace the omniness of The Father. He said over and over to his disciples, “If you have seen me you have seen the Father.” To know Jesus is to know The Father. To know the Father through The Son, Jesus, is to have the indwelling spirit of God. Thus, we can absolutely abide within the Omniness of our Omni God!

If that sounds confusing, my bad... Here’s what it means. Our God is all we need and wants us to know he is available for all who put their trust in Jesus. It’s that simple.

We live in a world that complicates everything! Seriously! But God, in his omniness, is very logical and easy to understand. Just read Genesis Chapter One and let the narrative speak to you. Read John chapter fourteen and allow Jesus to speak to you. Then read Romans chapter ten and surrender to God through prayer. You will immediately find God to be all you ever needed and will need for all of eternity.

Signed OOHF (One Of His Followers)

This blog is in conjunction with Donnie Foster (Author of The Jesus POV and pastor of Keystone Bible Church FW) and his messages entitled “The Attributes of God”. To enjoy these messages they can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577047131189&sk=reels_tab.

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