Trusting in God

Isaiah 50:10

"Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant?   Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God."

God's Plans for Us

Jeremiah 29:11-13

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart."
(ESV)

A Sure Hand in a Crisis

Psalm 9:9-10

 ^"The  Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
And those who know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you."

(ESV)

Good Friday

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2, NIV)

Good Friday seems to have suddenly come upon us, yet heaven and earth have been inevitably leading up to this day.

The frigid blasts of winter, the drenching downpours of early spring, then suddenly, everything seems to stand still…waiting, as we wait. We think about what it took for Jesus to do the unthinkable..to allow Himself to be tortured and killed so that we could have a chance at eternal life. What love! What sacrifice! We can never fully understand that kind of love and sacrifice. But we can receive the benefit of Jesus' loving sacrifice and live in the good of it as we draw even closer to God.

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