Psalm 74: 1 – 2 O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance. Can I be honest with you? I am not in love […]
Matthew 8: 34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; … How do you expect this sentence to end? I expected the whole city to turn out, fall at his feet and praise him. I thought the next line might be “and they marveled at the wonders he performed in their midst.” […]
Romans 15: 7 Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.Yesterday I shared Isaiah 41: 9 and we saw that our Father, God, accepts us and has not rejected us. Today we see from the New Testament that Jesus also accepts us. But look, Jesus also requires that […]
Isaiah 41: 9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from its remotest parts, and said to you, “You are My servant, I have chosen you and not rejected you.” I suppose most people have dealt with rejection or the sense of rejection at some time in their life. […]
1 John 4: 7 God is love. John 14: 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through me.” There is an intersection between truth and love. Perhaps a better analogy would be of a cord or rope that is made […]
Psalm 27: 10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me up. Have your ever felt forsaken? Almost everyone feels some level of abandonment or rejection at some point in their lives. If you have gone through a divorce you may have suffered through feelings of abandonment. Maybe […]
