High Calling of God Ministries

06/08/2026

06/04/2026

This week’s Chapel Service at Heritage Manor Stratmore!!🇺🇸

Featured are David and Susan Carnline leading in Praise and Worship with the hymn, “Just a Closer Walk With Thee.”

Charlie McClintock then brought a stirring message entitled “With All My Heart” from John 6:29.

Also pictured are Mary Lou in her cheery baseball cap and Leslie and Mary Frances Cornelius with granddaughter, Ella.

Many thanks to all who came to help and be a part of our chapel service!

05/30/2026

Romans 5:8

The word commendeth in Romans 5:8 feels weightier than the words we often replace it with. “Shows” can sound casual. “Demonstrates” can sound clinical. But commendeth carries the sense of presenting something worthy, setting it forward with intention, even offering it with favor and approval.

God did not merely display love from a distance. He commended it to us. He placed His love before humanity through the cross of Christ and said, in effect, “This is My heart toward you.”

And what makes the verse astonishing is when He did this: “while we were yet sinners.” Not after repentance. Not after improvement. Not after we became lovable by human standards. Christ died for us when we were still broken, resisting, wandering, and undeserving.

The cross is more than proof that God loves. It is God earnestly presenting His love to the world, openly, sacrificially, and without reservation.

When you wonder whether God’s love is real, remember: He did not hide it. He commended it.

05/29/2026

John 3:16–17

God’s love is not distant, cold, or conditional. John 3:16 reminds us that His love moved Him to give. He gave His ONLY Son so that we could have life instead of separation, hope instead of despair, and forgiveness instead of condemnation.

So many people live believing God is angry with them, waiting to punish every failure. But verse 17 reveals the heart of God: Jesus did not come to condemn the world, but to save it. Conviction draws us to repentance, but condemnation pushes us into shame and hiding. Jesus came to rescue, restore, and bring us back to the Father.

When we fail, struggle, or feel unworthy, we can remember this truth: God already knew every weakness we would have, and He still chose love. The cross was not God turning away from humanity, it was God reaching toward humanity.

Today, rest in the assurance that you are deeply loved by a Savior who came to save, not destroy.

Prayer:
Lord, thank You for loving me enough to send Jesus. Help me to receive Your love fully and to walk in the freedom of salvation instead of condemnation. Teach me to trust Your heart toward me and to share that same love with others. Amen.

05/28/2026

Psalm 23:5 — “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.”

God could have prepared the table after the enemies disappeared. He could have waited until the battle was over, the voices were silent, and the pressure was gone. But instead, He prepares the table in the presence of our enemies.

Why?

Because the table is not about the enemies, it’s about His presence.

The table represents fellowship, provision, peace, and intimacy with God. And sometimes the greatest testimony of faith is not that God removed every enemy, but that He sustained you right in front of them. The enemy wants you distracted by fear, bitterness, insecurity, and offense. But God invites you to sit down, rest, and trust Him.

One of the enemy’s greatest strategies is to convince us to pull up an extra chair and give him a seat at our table. We do this when we entertain lies, rehearse fear, dwell on rejection, or constantly listen to shame and accusation. Before long, the enemy is speaking into places only God was meant to occupy.

But the table belongs to the Shepherd.

You do not have to give the enemy a seat at your table. His presence may be near, but his voice does not have to be welcomed. You can choose to feast on God’s truth instead of feeding on fear.

The enemy may surround the table, but he does not sit at it.

That seat is already taken by the goodness and faithfulness of God.

05/26/2026

Psalm 16:8 is such a steadying verse because it reminds us where true security comes from. David didn’t say life would never shake him, he said hewould not be shaken because the Lord was at his right hand.

We often look for stability in circumstances, people, plans, or outcomes. But those things can change overnight. This verse gently redirects our focus back to God’s presence. When we keep Him before us, in our thoughts, decisions, prayers, and daily lives, we find an anchor deeper than fear or uncertainty.

Being “unshaken” doesn’t mean never feeling anxious or overwhelmed. It means that even in difficult moments, we are not abandoned. God remains near, steady, and faithful.

Today, whatever feels uncertain around you, remember this: the One who holds all things is still holding you too.