The Ark of the Covenant represented the presence of God. Thus God was asking them to commit to these things. Be obedient, be humble and be totally

When we take steps of faith, we can be assured that God will go before us preparing the way. Often in ways that we could never imagine but He always

Baptism for You and Me

Most Jewish people presumed that they were right with God because they were Jews. But John’s message was that God was about to do a new thing (“the kingdom of heaven is near”) and that “having Abraham as your father” (making you an ethnic Jew) was not enough.

Jesus’ baptism was not about repentance. He had nothing to repent of. But it was about commencement and inauguration. It was like the appointing of a new prime minister after an election. They have a new role; a new calling. By being baptised, Jesus was indicating his availability to God to do whatever was needed. Through his baptism, Jesus indicated that he was committed to bring in God’s new kingdom

The bad news is that you are still going to fight against sin while you live in this world. One day when God finally intervenes, this will not be the case. However, while God will continue to shape you and grow you here, you won’t completely escape the temptation and pressure of your broken human condition. It will feel like a battle at times, but every Christian is in the same boat. But when we come to Jesus, admit our sin we receive the forgiveness of Jesus that comes through his sacrificial death. That’s grace! You will continually be forgiven.

Jesus has already taken our sin and he keeps reminding God of this, so there is just no charge to consider, the case has already been thrown out of court. Jesus just keeps on loving us. We go through some very difficult times. Jesus keeps loving us. We are weak and broken, Jesus keeps loving us. We are worried about the future. Jesus keeps loving us. We feel worthless. Jesus keeps loving us. No matter what happens in our life, Jesus keeps loving us. Nothing, nothing can separate us from the love of our gracious big Brother (and our loving Father). It’s a family thing.

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Nothing about you comes as a surprise to him. You are an open book. He knows every weakness, every flaw, every attitude, every fear, every insecurity. And still he has decided to adopt you into his family. Out of all the people in the world, in his grace he has chosen you. This really is incredible and so reassuring. No wonder Paul (the author of Romans) says that we are no longer slaves to fear (8:15). We’re in the family forever.

The grace of God is incredible, isn’t it? God loved you so profoundly that despite your deeply entrenched rebellion which was killing you and spoiling everything, he brought you to spiritual life through Jesus and gave you a significant place in his coming rule. He saved you. And you didn’t have to do anything good or right or godly. This new life in Jesus has come as a surprising and wonderful gift

The Gospel message is a wonderful reality check that enables us to overcome pride and arrogance, it helps us to be eternally grateful. The Good News controls our lives and our thinking, and in so doing, we just want to pour out our love for God. He has forgiven us and saved us and all this as a gift of grace, as a result of faith and faith alone. All this, given without any obligation, an amazing gift of love to his children.