When life gets challenging or scary, we may be tempted to doubt God’s love for us—we may think, “Maybe God doesn’t care enough to help me.” Or we may question whether He is able to help us: “Maybe God can’t do anything about this.” When doubt sneaks into our minds, let us remind ourselves of...
This is the second article in a series based on my book The Guilty Soul’s Guide to Grace. This article is based on chapter 5. 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. (John 3:16) This passage tells us...
Consider some of the beautiful phrases Paul uses to describe God’s grace: God is “rich in mercy,” and he has “incomparable riches” of grace. God’s grace is abundant—he has more to give than we could ever use! And best of all, it is free. ...
This is the sixth in a series of encouraging articles about “The Blessings and Joy We Receive From God and Jesus.” It is amazing how God and Jesus help us in our weaknesses trials, and temptations! In the passage below we will see how Jesus, the...
This is the fifth in a series of encouraging articles about the Blessings and Joy We Receive From God and Jesus. As we have seen in the past four articles, we receive great blessings from the love God and Jesus have for us, and from sharing that love with others. One of the most powerful ways we share God’s love...
This is the fourth in a series of encouraging articles about The Blessings and Joy We Receive from God and Jesus. Jesus encourages us to love one another as God has loved him, and as he loved us: “As the Father has loved me, so have I...
This is the third in a series of encouraging articles about “The Blessings and Joy We Receive from God and Jesus.” One of my favorite songs from the 1980s was “The Power of Love” by Huey Lewis and the News. Love is truly powerful, and one...
Do you ever find it difficult to have faith? Sometimes I think, “If I could only see God and Jesus with my own eyes, it would be so much easier to have faith!” But that is not how faith works. Hebrews tells us, “Now faith...
Being published today and in coming days and weeks is a series of encouraging articles based on “The Blessings and Joy We Receive From God and Jesus”. This is the second article done on this topic. In our first article we discussed the great love of...
This is the first in a series of encouraging articles about The Blessings and Joy We Receive from God and Jesus. As Jesus was preparing to go to the cross to save us, he spoke about God’s love for him, and his love for us: “As the Father...