Category Archives: God’s story

50 Days of Promises (36): Purchased Inheritance

Ephesians 1:7 He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. Ephesians 1:11 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (35): Pursue the Mind of Christ

Philippians 2:4-8 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (34): His Choice of You

1 Thessalonians 1:4 knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you;           I woke this morning with a bit of anxiety. I didn’t know what was going on under the surface but clearly there was … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (33): Rich in Mercy

Ephesians 2:4-6 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in o ur trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (32): Free Indeed

2 Corinthians 3:17-18 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (31): White As Snow

Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.                   Hearing, understanding … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (30): The Apple of His Eye

Deuteronomy 32:10 “He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. This concept of being the apple of … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (29): HIS Workmanship

Ephesians 2:10a For we are his workmanship… The Apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesians can speak volumes of grace and purpose into the life of someone who has been there done that and come up empty. Although taking a single verse, and even … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (28): Ambassadorship

2 Corinthians 5:20a Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us…  My son and his family doesn’t know Christ yet personally. Some of them, as I did for decades, profess a belief in God, but there is no church, no bible, … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (27): What Is It To Be Chosen

 1 Thessalonians 1:4  knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you; Ephesians 1:4  just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 1 Peter 2:9  But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own … Continue reading

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