A Beautiful Day Devotional Podcast

This week, Pastor Jeff tackles the Faith Question: How Can We Be Saved? Discover why salvation is not something we can earn, but a gift received only through faith in Jesus Christ and His substitutionary death on the cross.

Ephesians 2:8-9 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift- not from works, so that no one can boast.

Today is FRI-YAY and Shoutout Day, and Pastor Jeff reminds us that Jesus came so we would not have to be separated from God forever. Even though sin broke our relationship with God, Jesus came to redeem us and bring us back to Him.

Matthew 25:46

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

Pastor Jeff teaches that sin separates us from God, even though we were created to know Him and live in His presence. This week's Faith Question reminds us that only through faith in Christ can we be restored to God forever.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord's presence and from his glorious strength.

Pastor Jeff teaches today that eternity lasts forever without end, far longer than anything we can imagine. Our Faith Question reminds us that the choice we make about Jesus on earth affects our forever.

1 John 1:17

The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

Pastor Jeff reminds us today that every good thing comes from God, and being with Him is the greatest joy because He is perfectly good. Our Faith Question teaches that rejecting Jesus means being separated from God forever — apart from all goodness, peace, joy, and love.

James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

This week, Pastor Jeff answers the Faith Question: What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith? The Bible teaches that they will be separated from God forever.

John 3:33 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who rejects the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.

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Today is FRIYAY and Shoutout Day with Pastor Jeff as we finish learning that only Jesus can save us from sin and bring us back to God. We'll discover that Jesus is the one and only Savior because He is the perfect Son of God who died and rose again for us.

Acts 4:12

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.

This week with Pastor Jeff, we're learning that even though everyone is born into sin, Jesus offers us the free gift of salvation. We'll discover that following Jesus means believing in Him with our hearts, trusting Him completely, and choosing to follow Him every day.

Romans 10:10

One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.

Pastor Jeff reminds us today that Jesus is standing at the door of our hearts, waiting for us to invite Him into a forever friendship with Him. We'll learn that God loves us deeply and gives each person the choice to open their heart and follow Him.

Revelations 3:20

See! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

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Pastor Jeff shares today that while sin affected everyone through Adam, Jesus came to offer forgiveness and salvation to all people. We'll learn that salvation is a gift we receive by believing in Jesus, confessing Him as Lord, and choosing to follow Him.

Romans 10:9

If you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.