May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you. Psalm 33:22 NIV
One thing that stands out to me when I read the Bible is how often the words “unfailing love” appear. In these times, we don’t often experience “unfailing.”
But God’s love never fails. Continue reading →
Lately, we have been talking about God’s character. He is always the same and never changes. God is Love. He is gracious and compassionate toward you. Today, I want to offer a little encouragement that God loves you, accepts you, and has made you righteous. Sometimes we find this hard to believe, but anytime you look at yourself and think it can’t be true, just stop and think about the Apostle Paul.
You may know Paul as the preacher to the Gentiles, the apostle Jesus appeared to on the road to Damascus, or the author of more than half the New Testament. In other words, a spiritual giant. And he was. All those things are true. But he wasn’t always that way. Continue reading →
Last time we talked about the fact that God is Love. He loves you with Agape, which is a conscious, unchanging choice to love you no matter what. Today I want to tell you about more of God’s character; specifically that He is gracious and compassionate. Psalm 145:8, 9 says, “The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. The LORD is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made” (NIV). Another version of the Bible says, “The LORD is gracious and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The LORD is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all His works” (KJV). Continue reading →
Last time we talked about the sameness of God, a part of His character. It’s important for you to know that God is always the same and never changes. When you are firmly established in this fact, you will never doubt His greatest attribute: His love. The Bible says, “God is love” (I John 4:8 NIV). Most of us have heard that sentence before, but what does it mean for you? Continue reading →