Though parents love their children this love can often run contrary to God’s agenda for them. But when we recognize how we have been formed by a broken love, we can begin to understand how our love for our own children needs to be redeemed.
“The Anchor of Hope”
The soul cannot survive without hope and God’s desire is that we anchor our ultimate hope in Him, who will one day make all things new.
“Steadfast and Immovable”
Are you investing your life in things that will last? Your work for the kingdom and your maturity in Christ on this earth will not be in vain but will echo for eternity.
“Thy Kingdom Come”
The ultimate hope of the believer is to experience resurrection. Once we receive our new resurrection bodies, we are going to live in those bodies with God for eternity in a new physical earth. Until then, God invites us to experience a foretaste of his nearness and power in our present lives.
“Covenant Love” – 2 Samuel 9
The story of David is the story of a person growing more and more alive to God and his love for Mephibosheth demonstrates a heart that is growing in its pursuit of God.
“Defined by Love”
Love is central to our identity as Jesus’ disciples—it is the defining quality a Christian, but we must first receive God’s love for us, before we can truly love others.
“The Faithful Son” – various texts
It’s not until we realize how utterly impossible it is to meet God’s demands through our own strength that we begin to truly understand why we need God’s grace in order to be saved. As our Champion, Jesus not only paid the penalty for our sins, but also lived the perfectly righteous life that we couldn’t live and credited it to …
“God in a Box” – 2 Samuel 6
Superstition attempts to manipulate God’s power through our actions but the fear of the Lord is the only proper foundation for a life of faith.
“Israel’s Shepherd” – 2 Samuel 2-5
In the chaos of life, God does not call us to take control of what we believe His plan for us to be, but to yield control to Him and grow in our faith through a posture of patience, waiting and trusting in Him.
“The Journey of Lament” – Psalms of David (Steve Lee)
How has your faith played a role in processing your pain? Do you know how to lament in the Lord? To lament is to honestly acknowledge and express our emotions to God and seek God’s understanding and help in processing the pain of our past.