You have been chosen to know me, believe in me, and understand that I alone am God. There is no other God— there never has been, and there never will be. I, yes I, am the Lord, and there is no other Savior. First I predicted your rescue, then I saved you and proclaimed it to the world. No foreign god has ever done this. You are witnesses that I am the only God,” says the Lord. “From eternity to eternity I am God. No one can snatch anyone out of my hand. No one can undo what I have done.” —Isaiah 43:10-13 Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would…

This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. —Colossians 1:21-22 Enemy! That is what you were, fellow follower of Jesus (Romans 5:10). We who follow Jesus used to be at war with Him, but now “we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of…

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to this message from the Lord of Heaven’s Armies: ‘The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says the Lord. ‘Some of your very own sons will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon’s king.’” Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “This message you have given me from the Lord is good.” For the king was thinking, “At least there will be peace and security during my lifetime.” —Isaiah 39:5-8 What a selfish thought from Hezekiah!…

I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. —Philippians 3:7-9 You and I have no righteousness of our own. All our works are as filthy rags…

Don’t be selfish. —Philippians 2:3 https://youtu.be/W2zQwXwnLxI?t=1488 Selfishness is so short lived. “And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever” (I John 2:17). Oh, that I would not be selfish, but please Him! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTLGBfv4xaM May I live in the freedom of God’s grace, but may I not use that freedom to indulge the flesh (Galatians 5:13). “Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires. Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were…

I’m torn between two desires: I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me. But for your sakes, it is better that I continue to live. —Philippians 1:22-23 What is your desire? Are you so caught up in this life that you don’t think much of being with Jesus in glory? Or, do you truly desire to be with the Lord Jesus Christ where He is? Is that your desire? https://youtu.be/bo9ZWX1lEKI?t=1025 Oh! To be with Jesus in that perfect place with all who love Him… forever! I want to be where He is! Well, fellow follower of Jesus if you are reading this then…

Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him. Don’t participate in the things these people do. For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true. Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them. —Ephesians 5:6-11 Wow! We are to expose the “worthless deeds of evil and darkness.” How does one do that? We do this by shining…

“Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world… he raised us from the dead along with Christ” (Ephesians 2:1-2, 6). Spiritually dead people cannot do anything to save themselves! It is all by the grace of God that He raised us from our deadness to new life in Jesus. Those of us who know Jesus only know Him because our Father drew us to Jesus (John 6:44). It is only when He drew us to Jesus that we called on Him for…

And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago. The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him. —Ephesians 1:13-14 If you know Jesus then you have been adopted by God! (Ephesians 1:50). The Holy Spirit of God identified us as God’s when we believed the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD6khv6pGkw He…

So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith. —Galatians 6:9-10 How are you serving the Lord Jesus Christ? Be faithful because in due time you will reap a harvest. The key is to not give up. We need to be expectant that the Lord will keep His Word and bring a harvest as we do good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBJJJkiRukY I was told this story at the State Prison small group last night… There are…