The Better! Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. —Psalm 84:10 Do you long for heaven to be with Jesus in that perfect place? I surely do and I hope you do as well. It is not to escape the work the Lord has for me here. I love to serve Him, but I so look forward to not being in a sin infested world anymore. Yes, I look forward to myself never to fail the Lord Jesus again, never to sin against Him again. Why…

RESCUE Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. —Psalm 82:3-4 We are to be concerned for the weak and needy and they are all around us. How are we helping them? Surely there are orphans all around us. How are we helping them? Surely there are poor all around us. How are we helping them? Surely there are oppressed all around us. How are we helping them? We need to be about rescuing them just as Jesus rescued us! For he has rescued us from the dominion of…

RIGHTEOUSNESS CREDITED What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” —Romans 4:3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjLlLPZderk However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness. David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: “Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.” —Romans 4:5-8 The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will…