You Are Accepted By God
Most of us spend our entire lives trying to earn acceptance. We want to earn it from our parents, peers, partners in life, people we respect, and even people we envy. The desire to be accepted drives...
View ArticleYou Have Direct Access to God
God says that you are a priest. Depending on your background, that may be scary or confusing. Peter is saying that the two benefits that priests have are now available to everyone who is a believer. In...
View ArticleGod Designed Us for More Than This Earth
God created us to live in heaven with him for eternity. Heaven is our home, not Earth. That’s why we sometimes experience discontentment and dissatisfaction in life. We’re not completely happy here...
View ArticlePrinciples for Personal Change: New Thinking
Change requires new thinking. In order to change, we must learn about God’s truth and start making good choices, but we also must change the way we think. We’ve talked about this before: The battle...
View ArticleGod’s Power to Keep Going
The Bible tells us that God always finishes what he starts: “God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished” (Philippians 1:6 NLT). It doesn’t say, “God...
View ArticleGod Blesses Those Who Are Put Down Because of Him
Taking a stand for God won’t just impact you and those you care about in this life. It’ll have an eternal impact. When you’re afraid to speak up for God in your everyday life, that’s natural and...
View ArticleBe Confident in Whose You Are
When Jesus said, “I am the light of the world,” he was defining himself. He was saying, “I know who I am.” At least 18 times in the Bible, Jesus said, “I am” and then gave a description. He described...
View ArticleYou Are the Object of God’s Love
God loves you so much that he sent Jesus on a mission of love with a message of love. The Bible doesn’t say God has love; it says God is love. Love is his nature; God is love. God created the entire...
View ArticleCan I Be Sure I’ll Get into Heaven?
Jesus’ death and Resurrection release us from judgment. You may imagine a day of judgment where you’re standing outside the gates of heaven in a really, really long line, and you’re slowly moving...
View ArticleGod’s Great Gift Isn’t Traditionally Wrapped
The greatest gift ever given wasn’t bought in a store. No cash exchanged hands. It wasn’t even traditionally wrapped—instead, this gift was wrapped in swaddling clothes and placed in a manger. Yet it...
View ArticleYou Have Direct Access to God
“Come as living stones, and let yourselves be used in building the spiritual temple, where you will serve as holy priests to offer spiritual and acceptable sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ.” 1...
View ArticleGod Designed Us for More Than This Earth
“We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)God created us to live in heaven with him for...
View ArticleCan I Be Sure I’ll Get into Heaven?
“Those who hear my words and believe in him who sent me have eternal life. They will not be judged.” John 5:24 (GNT)Jesus’ death and Resurrection release us from judgment. You may imagine a day of...
View ArticleDon’t Just Hope You’ll Go to Heaven
“And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.” 1 John 5:11-12 (NIV)If...
View ArticleGod’s Great Gift Isn’t Traditionally Wrapped
“Out of sheer generosity God put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we’re in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus...
View ArticleGod Designed You for More
“We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV) God created you to live in heaven with him for...
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