Real Love

"Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the …

I Run to You

 I run to you, God; I run for dear life.    Don’t let me down!    Take me seriously this time!Get down on my level and listen,    and please—no procrastination!Your granite cave a hiding place,    your high cliff nest a place of safety.You’re my cave to hide in,    my cliff to climb.Be my safe leader,    be my true mountain guide.Free me from hidden traps;    I …

Our Safe Place

God is our safe place and our strength. He is always our help when we are in trouble. So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken and the mountains fall into the center of the sea, and even if its waters go wild with storm and the mountains shake with its action.There is …

Blessed (Part 2)

“You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God. He’s food and drink in the best meal you’ll ever eat.“You’re blessed when you care. At the moment of being ‘care-full,’ you find yourselves cared for.“You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the …

Blessed

When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed, climbed with him. Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions. This is what he said: “You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there …

God Is In Control

Psalm 53The fool says in his heart,    “There is no God.”They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;    there is no one who does good.God looks down from heaven    on all mankindto see if there are any who understand,    any who seek God.Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;    there is no one who does good,    not even one.Do all these …

The Heart of God

John 3:14-18Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,  that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into …

His Love Endures Forever

Psalm 1361 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.His love endures forever.2 Give thanks to the God of gods.His love endures forever.3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords:His love endures forever.4 to him who alone does great wonders,His love endures forever.5 who by his understanding made the heavens,His love endures forever.6 who spread out the earth upon the waters,His love endures forever.7 who made the …