I’ve attended many funerals that were downright celebrations. Because the deceased loved Jesus (and it was obvious), friends and family grieved for themselves but rejoiced because their loved one was Home. With Jesus. I’ve attended other funerals that were … well, awkward. No one wants to speak ill of the dead, so efforts are made… Continue reading Why Religion and Being Good Are Not Enough
Tag: The Love of God
The Lord Is Good And Filled With Unfailing Love
The Lord is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray. Psalm 25:8 Have you given any thought to what the Lord offers us compared to what we have to offer Him? It seems rather lopsided, doesn’t it? David, in Psalm 25, offered God something He wanted. He began… Continue reading The Lord Is Good And Filled With Unfailing Love
Man Created in God’s Image
“God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…” This is Genesis 1:26. In 1:11-25 God made the plants, fish, birds, and animals each according to its own kind. But God did not make man “according to man’s kind.” God made man in God’s own image and likeness. “Image” refers to God’s attributes.… Continue reading Man Created in God’s Image
What Is Enduring Love? – Today Can Be Different
Jesus left a perfect existence to live among us in a wicked world. In the face of rejection, threats, and jeers, He healed the sick, preached the gospel and expressed the Father’s love to and for humanity. Even moments before His death, as He hung on the cross, bleeding and struggling for every painful breath,… Continue reading What Is Enduring Love? – Today Can Be Different
The Good Father
God loves us with an everlasting love and there is nothing that we can do or will ever do to remove his love from us. God is not unkind but is faithful and merciful. God wants what is best for us and he created us in his image and likeness in order to love us… Continue reading The Good Father
Does God Love Me? | Good News Unlimited
Does God Love me? The Bible says that “God is Love” (1 John 4:8). In fact, the Bible could be said to be the story of God’s love for the people he has created. “I have loved you with an everlasting love,” God says in Jeremiah 31:3, “Therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” The… Continue reading Does God Love Me? | Good News Unlimited
God’s Power in Christ
Read Ephesians 1:15-23 Three things stand out in these passages: The Lord gives us something unattainable by the “once born”. We’re given the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that we may know Him. We’re granted enlightenment with the eyes of our heart. The secret things of God are better seen from the heart. Power The… Continue reading God’s Power in Christ
Discovering True Love – Psalms 103
The Psalms has always been my book of prayer and the way I begin each day. The Jews referred to the book of Psalms as “The Book of Praises,” But, I didn’t know that the LORD would take me to a certain psalm to show me His love — an enduring love in even the… Continue reading Discovering True Love – Psalms 103
Maundy Thursday Love: What’s So New About The Old Command?
Today is Maundy Thursday. “Maundy” is from the Latin word “mandatum” which means “command.” Maundy Thursday Love We could say it is Commandment Thursday, because of John 13:34: “A new mandatum, a new mandate, I give to you that you love one another: just as I have love you, you also are to love one another.” The… Continue reading Maundy Thursday Love: What’s So New About The Old Command?
A Love That Conquers Death | Good News Unlimited
A Love that Conquers Death Mar 3, 2024 10 For as long as humanity has left its imprint on planet earth, in clay and in stone, in monuments as well as in writing, music, and in art, we have tried to defeat death. But so far, it would appear that death has won. In all likelihood, unless… Continue reading A Love That Conquers Death | Good News Unlimited