Stand in the Gap

Daniel 5 tells the story of Babylonian King Belshazzar throwing a drunken party with 1,000 of his nobles. As they were drinking and praising their pagan idols, they suddenly saw the fingers of a human hand writing on the wall. The king himself saw the hand as it wrote, and his face turned pale with fright. His knees knocked together in fear and his legs gave way beneath him. (continue reading…)

‘But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.’ Romans 5:8

I love this verse! It assures us that even at our very worst, Christ loves us enough that He took the punishment for us. Salvation is offered to us as a free gift, not because we are deserving, but just because God loves us. (continue reading…)

We must never forget that everything in the world is copyrighted to God: a devotion at Freedom in Jesus by Joanne Lowe.

“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10

Blake Coffee’s Church Whisperer blog has some excellent thoughts about what Christ intended our Churches to be.

Isaiah 43:13: “From eternity to eternity I am God. No one can snatch anyone out of my hand. No one can undo what I have done.” (why I feel perfectly safe) (continue reading…)