The One Thing - United Faith Church Podcast

Hebrews 12:2

"...looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."

Author and Finisher of our Faith

Hello welcome back to the One Thing Podcast. Today I would like to reflect just for a moment on one of the titles that Jesus carries. When I say title - a name that He's known to be. We know that all throughout the scriptures He is given the name as the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, He is the Son of God, He is the son of David. There so many titles and names that he carries as our wonderful savior and mighty God.

"...the finisher, the one who carries us through the end."

One that I would like to reflect on today comes from Hebrews chapter 12 verse 2 where Jesus is called the author and finisher of our faith. The author, the one who begins our faith as we trust in Him. But not only the one who begins it - the one that initiates it. But He is also the finisher, the one who carries us through to the end.

We know that the word says that the Lord Jesus is able to keep us. He's able to keep as close to the Father as we look to Him and as we trust in his mighty power. What does it mean that He is the author and finisher? Let's think and look even deeper. We know that in order to come into salvation, we know that we must recognize that we are sinful people who have turned away from God. The Bible makes so clear that all have turned away, all have done evil in the sight of God.

"...turn to Jesus and all who look to Him..."

But God has given us the message of hope, that we turn to Jesus and all who look to Him, trusting not only that He would forgive us of our sins but that He would also bring new life within His life. The very life of the Lord Jesus. The divine life that causes us and empowers us to live in glory and power for the kingdom of God as His sons and daughters.

But not only that, what a wonderful message, but God takes it even further. He says, not only do I initiate such a faith, but I will also carry it through. You see when we come to the Lord, we come broken, we come desperate, we come really unable, incapable. But God says it never stops at the beginning, but we continue to live.

"...the same faith that brought us to Christ is the same faith that will also empower us..."

You know not only do we come into salvation in humility and in humbleness and brokenness but we also continue to have faith in the Lord in every step of the way. Maybe today He's calling you to speak about His goodness to somebody. Maybe today he's calling you to go deeper in seeking out His Word. Maybe there's so many different things that He's calling for you to step forward to in His kingdom. Well today, there is good news: the same faith that brought us to Christ is the same faith that will also empower us to do that which he has called us to do.

"You’re the only one that can bring forth truth."

The same faith that says Lord Jesus even as I study your word, you're the only one that can open my deadened mind. This same faith that says Father, I know you're calling me to speak your word to this person, you are the only one that can bring about the right word. You're the only one that can bring forth truth.

So what will it be today? Will we trust the Lord Jesus not only as the initiator, the author of our faith, but will we continue in Him every step of the way. Trusting in Him, hoping that He's the only one that can empower us to live for the kingdom of God in this day of the world. In a world that is dark yet we are the ones who will bring light. Praise God today that we can fix our eyes on Jesus,

Matthew 17:5 (1-12)

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”

Welcome back to the One Thing Podcast, I would like to share with you today from the book of Matthew chapter 17 and really I'm talking from the story of the first 12 verses but focusing really on verse 5 and we're very familiar many of us with this story what's taking place it's called the transfiguration of Jesus...

Matthew 17:5 (1-12)

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”

Pleasing to God

"‘This is my Son whom I love’" Welcome back to the One Thing Podcast! I would like to share with you today from the book of Matthew chapter 17. I'm taking from the story of the first 12 verses, but focusing on verse 5. We're very familiar, many of us, with the story that's taking place- it's called the 'Transfiguration of Jesus'. We know that only a few of the disciples were with Jesus at this time, one including Peter. Now in verse 5, Peter was beginning to speak with Jesus and it says in verse 5 that “While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!’” This is God speaking with a loud voice saying about the Lord Jesus Christ - ‘This is my Son whom I love’.

"Come to Him! Obey His following! Let Him be the one that leads your life!" See, it is the Lord Jesus that the Father loves so deeply and so dearly and He is pleased with his Son and He gives us this command; He says ‘Listen to Him! Listen to my Son!’ In other words, ‘Come to Him! Obey His following! Let Him be the one that leads your life! Let Him be the one that connects you to me, for He is the only one that can truly please the Father!’

"Free to please the Father because it is the Lord Jesus who lives within us!" You see, according to the Word of the Lord - by nature humankind is sinful, by nature we do not please the Father. We are faithless and wicked and evil to the core of our hearts. But praise God today that those who look to the Lord Jesus, who believe in Him and walk according to His ways and walk according to His Spirit, Jesus comes and He lives and dwells on the inside. And because He is pleasing to the Father, we too are able to please Him by the power of the Lord Jesus Christ! You see, as long as we struggle under the law or another way to say it, live according to our own effort, trying to please God, sin will always have a dominion over us and hold us back. But when we step into the Lord Jesus Christ we are free! Not free to do as we please, but simply free to please the Father because it is the Lord Jesus who lives within us!

Pleasing to God As Paul said, ‘For me to live is Christ and to die is gain’. To live in Christ, to live is Christ, He is everything! He is our hope of pleasing the Father. He is the only one that can please God. So may we look to Him today. May we not look to our own effort. May we not be trying to function as Christians by just trying to keep the law within ourselves or trying to please God by our own way. Jesus is the way! The Lord Jesus is the only way! May we look to Him then faith. May we look to Jesus and His promise that He himself would come and dwell within us. Not only forgiving us of our sins, but truly imparting His very nature, the divine nature of Jesus. Causing us to rise up and to live in the glory and the goodness of our God. He said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”

May we beckon to the voice of the Lord Jesus Christ that calls us into faith, into Himself. And may we, together be one with the Son, pleasing the Father, living in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Psalm 91:1-2

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

Hello welcome back to the One Thing Podcast, I'm excited to share with you a scripture from the book of Psalms chapter 91, verses 1 and 2. Its says that whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress my God in whom I trust.

This is a wonderful scripture speaking about dwelling in God's shelter, in the secret place of God where we find stability where we are fixed and kept safe.

"What is the secret place of the Most High?"But what is it that we are kept safe from, how is God a refuge, what does it mean that God is our  fortress?  There are a number of ways, first off we know that apart form God we are perishing in our sin. You know, the true shelter of God is found in faith of the lord Jesus Christ. He is the one that brings us to the Father and covers us in his goodness and in his love. But apart from Christ we are left open.  You see, sin is chaotic, this world is chaotic and unless we are dwelling with the lord Jesus Christ that chaos enters our life.We are not stable.  Sin causes our mind to just be restless, sin causes everything within us too be shaken and to tremble because that's what sin is is. It's not stable it is lost it is broken because sin is simply with out God. "Where do we want to be found when God judges our lives?"Secondly we know that God judges sin and where do we want to be found when God judges our lives, when He judges this world? Do we want to be found in the refuge of the Lord Jesus Christ as He is our fortress or do we want to be found in our own strength which is really no strength at all?

So it says that whoever dwells in the shelter of the most high God... really it is those who put their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We come into the secret place of God. We can find stability, we can find hope, we can find protection.

"He makes His shelter within us..."And as we come to Christ our great hope is this...is that He comes in and He makes His shelter within us.  That's right Jesus alive in me, Christ in me the hope of glory.  You see, when we turn to the Lord Jesus there is hope because God shines His favor down upon us.   His favor is protection, His favor is hope, His favor is renewal...that we no longer live a life of sin apart from God but we come into the new life found in Christ. Where we go from glory to glory we overcome those things that look to hold us back, we overcome this world!

"Will you rest in the shadow of the Almighty?"We are now able to no longer have to live in obligation to our flesh, to our sin, but we can now live in the kingdom of our God over coming in deliverance. And deliverance not only for ourselves but delivering others into the kingdom of light out of the darkness into the light.

So will you find shelter in the most high?  Will you rest in the shadow of the Almighty?   Will you today begin to say He is my refuge and my strength, my God in whom I trust.

May we look to the Lord Jesus Christ today, may we not look on our own shelter our weak shelters that fall under the judgment of God. May we be found in the everlasting shelter of the lord Jesus Christ.

Thank you God that you are the shelter of the most high in which we find refuge.

Psalm 91:1-2

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

Hello welcome back to the One Thing Podcast, I'm excited to share with you a scripture from the book of Psalms chapter 91, verses 1 and 2. Its says that whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress my God in whom I trust.

This is a wonderful scripture speaking about dwelling in God's shelter, in the secret place of God where we find stability where we are fixed and kept safe.

"What is the secret place of the Most High?"But what is it that we are kept safe from, how is God a refuge, what does it mean that God is our  fortress?  There are a number of ways, first off we know that apart form God we are perishing in our sin. You know, the true shelter of God is found in faith of the lord Jesus Christ. He is the one that brings us to the Father and covers us in his goodness and in his love. But apart from Christ we are left open.  You see, sin is chaotic, this world is chaotic and unless we are dwelling with the lord Jesus Christ that chaos enters our life.

We are not stable.  Sin causes our mind to just be restless, sin causes everything within us too be shaken and to tremble because that's what sin is is. It's not stable it is lost it is broken because sin is simply with out God.

"Where do we want to be found when God judges our lives?"Secondly we know that God judges sin and where do we want to be found when God judges our lives, when He judges this world? Do we want to be found in the refuge of the Lord Jesus Christ as He is our fortress or do we want to be found in our own strength which is really no strength at all?

So it says that whoever dwells in the shelter of the most high God... really it is those who put their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We come into the secret place of God. We can find stability, we can find hope, we can find protection.

"He makes His shelter within us..."And as we come to Christ our great hope is this...is that He comes in and He makes His shelter within us.  That's right Jesus alive in me, Christ in me the hope of glory.  You see, when we turn to the Lord Jesus there is hope because God shines His favor down upon us.   His favor is protection, His favor is hope, His favor is renewal...that we no longer live a life of sin apart from God but we come into the new life found in Christ. Where we go from glory to glory we overcome those things that look to hold us back, we overcome this world!

"Will you rest in the shadow of the Almighty?"We are now able to no longer have to live in obligation to our flesh, to our sin, but we can now live in the kingdom of our God over coming in deliverance. And deliverance not only for ourselves but delivering others into the kingdom of light out of the darkness into the light.

So will you find shelter in the most high?  Will you rest in the shadow of the Almighty?   Will you today begin to say He is my refuge and my strength, my God in whom I trust.

May we look to the Lord Jesus Christ today, may we not look on our own shelter our weak shelters that fall under the judgment of God. May we be found in the everlasting shelter of the lord Jesus Christ.

Thank you God that you are the shelter of the most high in which we find refuge.

John 15:5

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."

Hello welcome back to the one thing podcast. Today I would like to share with you a verse coming from a sermon that was preached this past week. It's in the book of John chapter 15 verse 5 and it says I am the vine you are the branches, if you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit. Apart from me you can do nothing, and this last section of the verse apart for me you could do nothing is something I was really reflecting on today.

"May we not settle to have a little bit of time with God and call it a day."

And so this is Jesus speaking to his disciples and He's saying, listen if you remain in me, if I am your everything if you are seeking Me with all of your heart to be close with me to feed from me literally in your soul you know you're going to bear fruit. But if you decide to live apart from me you can do nothing.

So as I thought about this, what does it mean that we can do nothing? Does it mean that if we're not in communion with Christ or close to him that we literally can do nothing? We can't get out of bed, we can't drive our car? No, we know that we can still function you know on a worldly level per se. We can still do our jobs, we could still get our education but we know that this is not what God is speaking about.

"without the Lord Jesus Christ, none of it means a thing...it is nothing" But He's saying that apart from me you can live your life, you can go about, you can you know work and and look to build up all your possessions and your accomplishments. But you know what, without the Lord Jesus Christ, none of it means a thing...it is nothing.

Simply because one day we will all stand before God and He's gonna look at us and say: have you born fruit not for yourself but fruit of My kingdom? You see when we remain in Christ we're walking with Him, we make a difference for God, we make a difference for his kingdom. Although we're in our classroom, in the classroom were bringing light, we're bringing others to Christ, we are praying, we're conquering and taking literal land and and over coming and doing something for His kingdom!

"God is going to look and measure what we have done in His kingdom"

So you know we either are doing nothing or we are doing something for the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. And so to remain with Him makes a tremendous difference and one day again as I said we will stand before God and He's not going to say you know your education was great so everything is well. He's not going to say well you saved up a lot of money and you were really good at your job. No, He's going to simply see and look and measure what we have done in His kingdom.

Did we submit to Him, did we love Him with all of our hearts, did we not allow other gods you know sports, money things to be before Him, people? Did we seek Him with all of our heart do we seek to remain with him so that we would bear much fruit for the sake of His glory?

Hallelujah today if you realize that you've done maybe...nothing. Hallelujah today if you realize thinking you know what there has not been much fruit, you know I've lived for myself, I have not lived with Christ in communion. Then praise God we can turn from our sin, we can turn from our empty lives and now begin to do something and that something flows from faith in the lord Jesus Christ.

That those who turn to Him shall be saved and not just saved and set apart for heaven, but literally save from the the craziness of this world. Saved from from doing nothing and brought into the kingdom even now to bear fruit for the glo...

John 15:5

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in Me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing."

Stay Connected To The Vine

Hello, and welcome back to the One Thing Podcast. Today I would like to share with you a verse coming from a sermon that was preached this past week. It's in the book of John chapter 15 verse 5 and it says, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in Me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing.” And this last section of the verse “apart for Me you could do nothing” is something I was really reflecting on today.

"May we not settle to have a little bit of time with God and call it a day."

And so this is Jesus speaking to his disciples and He's saying, ‘Listen if you remain in Me, if I am your everything if you are seeking Me with all of your heart to be close with me, to feed from me literally in your soul, you know you're going to bear fruit. But if you decide to live apart from me you can do nothing.’

So as I thought about this: What does it mean that we can do nothing? Does it mean that if we're not in communion with Christ or close to Him that we literally can do nothing? We can't get out of bed? We can't drive our car? No, we know that we can still function, you know, on a worldly level per se. We can still do our jobs, we could still get our education, but we know that this is not what God is speaking about.

"...without the Lord Jesus Christ, none of it means a thing... it is nothing." But He's saying that, 'Apart from Me you can live your life, you can go about, you can work and look to build up all your possessions and your accomplishments. But you know what, without the Lord Jesus Christ, none of it means a thing... it is nothing.'

Simply because one day we will all stand before God and He's gonna look at us and say: ‘Have you borne fruit not for yourself, but fruit of My Kingdom?' You see, when we remain in Christ, we're walking with Him, we make a difference for God, we make a difference for His kingdom. Although we're in our classroom, in the classroom we’re bringing light, we're bringing others to Christ, we are praying, we're conquering and taking literally land and overcoming and doing something for His kingdom!

"...He's [God] going to simply see and look and measure what we have done in His kingdom."

So, you know, we either are doing nothing or we are doing something for the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. And so to remain with Him makes a tremendous difference and one day again, as I said, we will stand before God and He's not going to say, ‘Your education was great so everything is well.’ He's not going to say, ‘Well you saved up a lot of money and you were really good at your job.’ No, He's going to simply see and look and measure what we have done in His kingdom.

Did we submit to Him? Did we love Him with all of our hearts? Did we not allow other gods: sports, money, things, to be before Him, people? Did we seek Him with all of our heart? Do we seek to remain with Him so that we would bear much fruit for the sake of His glory?

Hallelujah! Today, if you realize that you've done maybe...nothing. Hallelujah! Today, if you realize thinking, ‘You know what, there has not been much fruit, you know I've lived for myself, I have not lived with Christ in communion.’ Then praise God we can turn from our sin, we can turn from our empty lives and now begin to do something and that something flows from faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

That those who turn to Him shall be saved and not just saved and set apart for heaven,

1 John 5:11

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Welcome to the One Thing podcast! Today, I’m reading from the scripture in 1 John 5:11. It says, “God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.”

It’s funny when we think, as Christians, we speak a lot about life. We read a lot about life, and this scripture talks about eternal life. It speaks of the life that is found only in the Son of God, in The Lord Jesus. We read about the abundant life, and so many different aspects of life.

"He says 'eternal life', a life that is found in the Lord Jesus." Normally, when we think of the world’s description of life— to be alive— what does it mean? The world will simply say, “We’re alive. We’re breathing. We’re walking around. We’re born. We go through school. We get a job. We have a house. We do the best that we can. We raise a family the best that we can.” This is the simple idea or definition that we find as “life” with the world. It means that we’re breathing, we’re living, we’re here.

"...a life of excitement, not a normal life, but an extraordinary life!" But, is it the same thing with God? You see, when we read about the life that God speaks about, He says “eternal life,” a life that is found in the Lord Jesus. He speaks about abundant life. But, is it only the life that we receive when we, as Christians, live faithfully to God? When we receive His salvation and we go to Heaven, is that the only aspect of life that God is speaking about? No. We know that it is so much more.

You see, what would it be worth if we just simply consider being alive just walking around like everyone else, just having jobs, and breathing and living like the rest of the world? That is not what being alive in Christ means. It means that we have the life of God in us and we are alive to God.

What’s the difference with being alive simply in the world or alive with God? - The difference is what moves us.

You see, when we’re just alive to the world, we can still yet be dead to God. We could be dead to the things of God— dead to His voice, dead to His Word, dead to the hope that He brings, dead to the will of God being done in our lives. What a miserable way to live!

But, see, to be alive in God is when our heart beats for His voice, when our ears are so open and attentive to hear His will and to walk, and to live a life of excitement, not a normal life, but an extraordinary life. This is the life that God offers us today! Will we turn to Him?

Again, the scripture says that God has given us eternal life. It is a life that comes from the Lord Jesus.

"Are you alive to the things of God?"You see, Jesus is eternal. He lives forever. His life is a life that is everlasting. It is a life that causes a man or woman or a child to move at the call of God. It is a life that cannot be conquered. It is a life that cannot be destroyed, but a life that lives in the glory of God, not just in Heaven, but even now, walking and living in His power— where we go to the store, where we may be in our job, we may be at school, but we are living not the life of those around us, but the life being drawn from the Son of God Himself. Where crazy things may happen, even in the midst of trials, we draw from that life. Even in the midst all craziness, even in the midst of of celebration, we are celebrating and drawing from the very life of the Son of God Himself.

Are you alive today? Are you alive to the things of God? Are you alive to the scriptures? Are you alive to the voice, moving and obeying and walking in the goodness of The Lord?

May we think about this today, and if you have not life,

1 John 5:11

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Welcome to the One Thing podcast! Today, I’m reading from the scripture in 1 John 5:11. It says, “God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.”

It’s funny when we think, as Christians, we speak a lot about life. We read a lot about life, and this scripture talks about eternal life. It speaks of the life that is found only in the Son of God, in The Lord Jesus. We read about the abundant life, and so many different aspects of life.

"He says 'eternal life', a life that is found in the Lord Jesus." Normally, when we think of the world’s description of life— to be alive— what does it mean? The world will simply say, “We’re alive. We’re breathing. We’re walking around. We’re born. We go through school. We get a job. We have a house. We do the best that we can. We raise a family the best that we can.” This is the simple idea or definition that we find as “life” with the world. It means that we’re breathing, we’re living, we’re here.

"...a life of excitement, not a normal life, but an extraordinary life!" But, is it the same thing with God? You see, when we read about the life that God speaks about, He says “eternal life,” a life that is found in the Lord Jesus. He speaks about abundant life. But, is it only the life that we receive when we, as Christians, live faithfully to God? When we receive His salvation and we go to Heaven, is that the only aspect of life that God is speaking about? No. We know that it is so much more.

You see, what would it be worth if we just simply consider being alive just walking around like everyone else, just having jobs, and breathing and living like the rest of the world? That is not what being alive in Christ means. It means that we have the life of God in us and we are alive to God.

What’s the difference with being alive simply in the world or alive with God? - The difference is what moves us.

You see, when we’re just alive to the world, we can still yet be dead to God. We could be dead to the things of God— dead to His voice, dead to His Word, dead to the hope that He brings, dead to the will of God being done in our lives. What a miserable way to live!

But, see, to be alive in God is when our heart beats for His voice, when our ears are so open and attentive to hear His will and to walk, and to live a life of excitement, not a normal life, but an extraordinary life. This is the life that God offers us today! Will we turn to Him?

Again, the scripture says that God has given us eternal life. It is a life that comes from the Lord Jesus.

"Are you alive to God?"You see, Jesus is eternal. He lives forever. His life is a life that is everlasting. It is a life that causes a man or woman or a child to move at the call of God. It is a life that cannot be conquered. It is a life that cannot be destroyed, but a life that lives in the glory of God, not just in Heaven, but even now, walking and living in His power— where we go to the store, where we may be in our job, we may be at school, but we are living not the life of those around us, but the life being drawn from the Son of God Himself. Where crazy things may happen, even in the midst of trials, we draw from that life. Even in the midst all craziness, even in the midst of of celebration, we are celebrating and drawing from the very life of the Son of God Himself.

Are you alive today? Are you alive to the things of God? Are you alive to the scriptures? Are you alive to the voice,

Matthew 5

5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them. He said: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

"What are we mourning for? That is the real question"Hello, and welcome back to the One Thing podcast. Today, I'm inviting you to read with me from the book of Matthew, chapter five. This is known as the Sermon on the Mount, the first chunk of verses here. I encourage you— we're gonna read one verse today, but I'm encouraging you to read the entire chapter if you can. It’s just such a blessing. We know that all of Jesus' words are life; all of his words are such a blessing, but the Sermon on the Mount is an incredible place to begin. So, I'm reading verse four, and verse four is very simple.

It says, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted,” and this truly gives a description of the life of a true Christian.

Now, what does mourn mean? Does it mean that Christians are going about mourning all day long, that we’re a sad people that are always crying and in tears? No, that's not necessarily what it means, but it says, “blessed are those who mourn...”

What are we mourning for? That’s the real question.

For the life of a Christian, you see, we are brought into the Lord Jesus by the fact that God has opened our eyes. He opens our eyes to see the injustices done against Him, to see that man has completely sinned against the Lord, that we have chosen our own way.

"He opens our eyes to see the injustices done against Him..."Today, many people, even so called Christians, go about without recognizing the will of God for their lives, without ever recognizing that it is God that has given us everything, and He is worthy of our full devotion and nothing less. He is worthy of excellence and everything above. But, how many, including maybe ourselves today, have never stopped to recognize God for the true gift that He’s given us? His Son. How many of us have stopped to literally mourn for maybe the sins that we've done against Him, for the simple ways that we have chosen against Him? We can go on, and on, and on.

But, if we read this full verse as well, “blessed are those who mourn,” who come to God in repentance for their sins, recognizing our wickedness against Him, for they will be comforted. Praise God for the comfort that He gives us. Yes, we may mourn over our darkness toward the Lord, we may mourn for the things that we've done against a holy God, but in that mourning, hallelujah! The mourning shall be turned to dancing. Our hearts will leap as He reveals the Son, as Jesus comes and the one who comforts, the one who cleanses us from our sin and brings restoration back to God. Hallelujah!

"Be comforted today, and may we continue to pursue the Almighty God."

The book of Ecclesiastes even says, furthermore, that I'd rather sit in the house of mourning than at the table of fools. It simply means I’d rather walk in humility before the Lord. I’d rather recognize God as the holy God, as the one who rules and reigns over all — and may I mourn and repent and turn — than to live with the rest of the world in foolishness, to go on and on as though things are okay without ever recognizing the holiness and the goodness of God.  For they will be comforted.

I pray that you would find comfort in the name of the Lord Jesus today. I pray that as you turn to God, as I turn to God, as we as one join together in seeking the King, that we will find comfort— a comfort that cannot be robbed, a comfort that goes on and on, a peace that comes only through the blood and the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Be comforted today,