Monday, August 17, 2026

Waiting

 

I am still confident of this: I will see
the goodness of the Lord in the land of
the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong
and take heart and wait for the Lord.
—Psalm 27:13-14

Do you have something you hope will happen in your life for which you have waited a long, long time? I ask, because most people yearn for an answer to some great need, the realization of some great hope, or the fulfillment of some great dream for which they have waited an extended period of time.

Maybe you have suffered with a long-term health problem. Perhaps you have a son or daughter who seems to have strayed far away from the principles you lovingly taught him or her during the early childhood years. Possibly you have always wanted to gain success or recognition or a promotion for your hard work and faithful service.

Whatever your particular need, hope, or dream, as you look back over the days, weeks, months, or even years, it just seems to you that you’ve waited a long time for something satisfactory to happen. It’s possible that you’ve even fervently prayed every day and asked God to intervene in your behalf. But sometimes, it seems as if He has stopped listening to your entreaties.

If what I’ve described applies in your life, let me offer you a word of encouragement from none other than King David. If you carefully read the Scripture passage at the beginning of this blog post, you will hear King David’s voice speaking words of encouragement to himself. That’s right! David talks to himself in this Psalm. He has known great blessing in his life. But, David has also known periods of almost unbelievable persecution and despair.

Fortunately, King David—the one known as “A man after God’s own heart”—has learned that the greatest comfort and assurance he can obtain comes directly from the very God he so ardently serves. When David speaks words like these, and he does this quite often throughout the Psalms attributed to him, he reminds himself of the faithfulness and goodness of God. David knows that whatever God may plan to do in his behalf, it will prove very much worth the wait.

So, dear one, I encourage you to follow David’s example and wait for the Lord. I promise you, on the very authority of God’s written Word, that He will not disappoint you.

 

Copyright © 2026 by Dean K. Wilson. All Rights Reserved.

 

Friday, August 14, 2026

Worth Remembering

 

Pay attention and listen to the sayings of
the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
for it is pleasing when you keep them in your
heart and have all of them ready on your lips;
—Proverbs 22:17-19

Do you take notes during the sermon in church? No, I didn’t ask if you wrote notes to the person sitting next to you while you’re supposed to be listening to the sermon. I asked if you take notes during the sermon preached as a part of the church service you attend? Well, do you?

When I was a teenager, back in the early 1960s, we had two outward signs of the depth of our new-found “spirituality”: every day in school, we carried our bright red Youth for Christ Bibles on top of our school books and we always, and I mean always, took notes during the sermon in church.

Now this may seem very foreign to you. In fact, you may well be one of the countless thousands, if not tens of thousands, of believers who attend church each week and never bring your own Bible to church with you. Instead, you gladly use the Bible provided in the pew rack in front of you, or in the book rack beneath your chair. You may reason:

“Why bother to carry my own Bible when I can easily use the one provided?”

I applaud your economy regarding what you carry with you to church. But, I could never do it. I have to have my own Bible. Why? Well, it has all my notes in it. Notes I have taken with great care over almost eight decades of sermon listening.

You see, old habits die hard. Having learned as a kid that taking notes helps focus my attention on what the preacher says in his or her sermon, I simply can’t discard the practice.

But, in the last twenty-five years or so, I’ve come up with a new note-taking procedure. I now take notes after the service. That’s right. About two o’clock on a Sunday afternoon, I spend a few moments jotting down the answer to five questions about the morning’s sermon.

  1. Subject?
  2. Response?
  3. How-To?
  4. How Long?

And, then, just for good measure, I ask one more question:

  1. Key Sentence?

Let me explain a bit. A few hours after hearing a sermon, I ask myself this first question:

What subject did the preacher preach about today?

Let me be clear. I’m not asking, “What Bible text did he or she preach about?” No. I’m asking what subject, topic, or main thrust did the preacher speak about in his or her sermon today.

I then ask myself this second question:

“What response did the preacher ask me to make as a result of hearing his or her sermon?”

In other words, what did the preacher suggest that am I supposed to do in response to the subject he or she preached about today?

I next ask myself this third question:

What suggestions did the preacher give me as to how to respond to his or her sermon?

Having already asked, in Question No. 2, what response the preacher was asking me to make, I now ask what concrete suggestions the preacher gave me as to how I am to respond to the sermon. The second question asks: “What response should I make?” The third question asks: “How do I respond?” This third question is looking for some tried and true suggestions.

For example: if the subject of the sermon was “Showing God’s love to others,” did the pastor give me some concrete steps to take in the week ahead that would prompt me to show love to others. You might call these instructions the “How-Tos.”

For my fourth question, I ask the following:

How long did the preacher suggest it might take before I begin to see results from following his or her advice in today’s sermon?

In other words, as I reflect on the sermon that I heard in church this morning, I am asking myself that if I do what the preacher suggested that I do, will I see immediate results? Will I see results in one week, one month, within a year? The answer to this question will help me know what to expect from my obedient response to the teaching I heard in today’s sermon.

Then, just for good measure, I ask this fifth question:

Can I write, in a single key sentence, the main thrust of today’s sermon and the response I should endeavor to make?

Said another way, can I extract and put into a sentence what the preacher tried to teach me today and how the preacher suggested I should respond? I believe that if I can create such a sentence, then I must have truly heard and understood what the preacher was trying to share with me.

You may wonder what difference my five questions may make to me. Well, I decided long ago that, if I’m going to spend time in church listening to someone share from God’s written Word, I had better remember what the preacher said. In order to remember, I have to have some “hooks” to hang that memory on during the week ahead. Without those “hooks,” I most likely won’t remember what he or she preached about.

You see, I realize that most pastors spend a great deal of time meditating on Scripture, praying, and then writing their sermons. They put a significant effort into crafting a sermon that will communicate the truth of God’s written Word. Since they have spent so much time in my behalf, it behooves me to make certain I listen carefully, understand, and then remember what the pastor said in his or her sermon.

The Psalmist wrote in Psalm 119:11:

I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

Reading this verse makes it seem important that I remember God’s written Word and the teaching and preaching from God’s written Word.

Let me make a suggestion. A few hours after you have listened to the next sermon that you hear, take a few moments to see if you can answer those five questions. Let me review them for you:

  1. Subject?
  2. Response?
  3. How-To?
  4. How Long?
  5. Key Sentence?

If you can answer these five questions, then you will have gone a long way toward remembering what your preacher preached about this weekend. If you can’t answer those questions, give serious thought as to whether you didn’t pay close enough attention to what your pastor said. Or, maybe—just maybe—he or she did not even share with you the answer to these five questions in his or her sermon.

If the latter seems to be the case—and if your pastor is open to some help and you can offer that help without embarrassing him or her—suggest that he or she pay a visit to the “Sermon-Coach Podcast” available by clicking here. By listening to this Podcast, your pastor will find help to create effective, life-transforming sermons that answer those five questions.

Whether you share this tip with your pastor or not, please keep asking the five questions each week. And, more importantly, as the end of the week draws near, please take some time to pray for your pastor. Ask God to give your pastor liberty in preaching the truth that God has laid on your pastor’s heart. That, dear one, is one of the very best things you can do to help your pastor help you.

 

Copyright © 2026 by Dean K. Wilson. All Rights Reserved.

 

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Infinitely Valued

 

God is not unjust; he will not forget your work
and the love you have shown him as you have
helped his people and continue to help them.
—Hebrews 6:10

“Why should I continue to go out of my way doing kind deeds for others? Nobody recognizes the sacrifice involved on my part. They just take what I do for granted!” declares one very frustrated child of God.

Ever feel that way? Or, how about this?

“Week after week, I go to choir practice and show up on Sunday morning to sing. Why I haven’t missed a rehearsal or service in over five years. That’s like 520 times I’ve arrived on time and ready to serve. I doubt if anyone would even miss me if I was gone.”

Or, perhaps you feel like this person:

“I guess I’m foolish to continue giving money the way I do. Because the business has done well, others ask for help as though I owed it to them. Why, if I added up all I’ve given as a Christian during my lifetime, the total would stagger people. No, on second thought, it probably wouldn’t mean a thing to anybody, except me!”

Do any of these heart-cries resonate with you? Or perhaps, you have a situation where you’ve given service that is quite different than the ones used above as examples in this blog post, but that situation evokes a heartbreaking sob within the depths of your being.

“Some of the best years of my life I gave to those people. But now that I’m older, they act as though I never existed. When I was younger, I think we respected age more than they do now-a-days. I guess I feel as though the contribution I made in my time should entitle me to at least a sense of dignity during these, my closing years.”

Or, if you’ve ever volunteered in Christian Education, maybe you will identify with this person’s lament:

“Because I do a good job teaching Sunday School, people just assume it comes easy for me. I wonder if they realize how many Saturday nights I’ve stayed up making sure my words would be clearly understood the next morning, or the numerous times my family has not gone somewhere on Saturdays to protect my lesson preparation, or the hours I’ve invested in prayer? But lately, I have a feeling the class is getting a lot more from me than I am from them, and their response makes me wonder if it’s really worth all the effort I put into it!”

Do you identify at all with the kind of things these dear folks are saying? Having invested a great deal in ministry of one kind or another, you’re now wondering if anyone even notices what you do. Please allow meto offer an illustration:

Many years ago, in October of 1978, when I lived in a suburb of Hartford, Connecticut, I attended a banquet sponsored by the local Christian radio station, where I worked as the Saturday morning on-air host. The speaker for that event was Rev. Dr. David R. Mains, the host of a daily radio broadcast, The Chapel of the Air. That evening, Dr. Mains preached a sermon based on the passage of Scripture you will find at the beginning of this blog post. He gave example after example of occasions when God reminded His people that He remained fully aware of all they did on His behalf.

I came away from that night greatly encouraged. I also came away from that night with the beginnings of a new friendship that, I am grateful to say, has continued over these intervening 48 years. In fact, for the three years prior to that night, I had faithfully prayed, asking God to please bring someone into my life who could serve as a trusted spiritual mentor for me. I had met many prominent Christian leaders through my work with various Evangelical organizations, and especially through my work in radio broadcasting. But, I often found these individuals to have so many obvious flaws that I did not feel they could help me in my own spiritual formation.

That night in October of 1978, God answered my prayers. The more that I got to know Dr. Mains in subsequent months, the more I realized that he was a genuine individual who was totally sold out to God. Yes, like all humans, he was not perfect. But, his flaws were quite minor compared to my own, and compared with those of most religious leaders I had met. The genuineness of Dr. Mains commitment to Christ and His Kingdom was inspiring. Plus, Dr. Mains seemed willing to invest in me in a way that others had not been willing.

Over the intervening 48 years, I have learned much from Dr. Mains. Fifteen years ago, in my retirement from a full-time career, Dr. Mains welcomed me to become a part of his ministry, where I continue to serve today. The genuiness that I detected 48 years ago has only strengthened, as I have observed Dr. Mains face many life challenges over the years. But, the first lesson I learned from him on that chilly October night in 1978 has remained as one of the most profound and life-enhancing truths.

During his sermon that long-ago night, Dr. Mains told this short story as an illustration for his sermon. This illustration certainly mirrored my own experience. These are Dr. Mains’ words:

Twice now, I’ve read through J.R.R. Tolkien’s massive three-volume set, The Lord of the Rings. And, each time I’ve made it all right through the thousand-plus pages of excitement and adventure as little Frodo Baggins and his company perform superhuman exploits while saving Middle Earth from the dark cloud of the evil Lord Sauron. But, when Frodo returns home to the simple shire from which he came, and none of his fellow Hobbits appreciate, or are even aware of, his heroics, I have to confess, both times, tears came to my eyes as I tried to read.

“Frodo dropped quietly out of all the doings of the Shire, and Sam Gamgee was pained to notice how little honor his master had in his own country. Few people knew or wanted to know about his deeds and adventures,” writes Tolkien.

And, in those words, I’m afraid the author describes the experience of too many faithful, but unsung, Christian warriors.

So, dear friend, if you, like me, can identify with those who feel that no one even notices what they do for Christ and His Kingdom, I encourage you to join me in memorizing Hebrews 6:10:

God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.

By memorizing this verse, we will plant a seed in our minds and hearts that God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, can bring to our awareness whenever we’re tempted to feel unappreciated.

If I re-state in my own words what the writer of Hebrews has penned, it comes out like this: “Be reminded that God is aware of all your efforts on His behalf.” I hope those words will encourage you today, as much as they have encouraged me over the last 48 years.

 

Copyright © 2026 by Dean K. Wilson. All Rights Reserved.

 

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

What's Inside?

 

Now I rejoice in what was suffered for
you, and I fill up in my flesh what is
still lacking in regard to Christ’s
afflictions, for the sake of his body,
which is the church. I have become its
servant by the commission God gave me
to present to you the word of God in
its fullness—the mystery that
has been kept hidden for ages and
generations, but is now disclosed to
the saints. To them God has chosen
to make known among the Gentiles the
glorious riches of this mystery, which
is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

We proclaim him, admonishing and
teaching everyone with all wisdom,
so that we may present everyone
perfect in Christ. To this end I labor,
struggling with all his energy,
which so powerfully works in me.
—Colossians 1:24-29

I hear lots of talk about “hope” these days. I imagine that’s because it seems as if we live in somewhat hopeless times. Quite often, hope seems very elusive. It’s almost as if hope has become a great mystery.

In the Scripture passage at the beginning of this blog post, the Apostle Paul talks about “the glorious riches of this mystery.” I’ve noticed that Paul writes a lot about “mystery” in his letters to the fledgling churches of the first century A.D. In fact, one electronic search through the text of the New Testament discloses no less than 15 references to the word “mystery” in Paul’s letters.

Notice, in the passage above, that the Apostle makes a clear explanation of the particular “mystery” he writes about to the church at Colosse. He describes the mystery as “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” In other words, our hope of spending eternity with God rests on the Presence of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, dwelling within us by the power of the Holy Spirit. That means the source of our hope, which seems like a great mystery, really isn’t so mysterious after all.

 

Copyright © 2026 by Dean K. Wilson. All Rights Reserved.

 

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Comforting, as God Comforts Us

 

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and
the God of all comfort, who comforts us in
all our troubles, so that we can comfort
those in any trouble with the comfort we
ourselves have received from God. For just
as the sufferings of Christ flow over into
our lives, so also through Christ our
comfort overflows. If we are distressed,
it is for your comfort and salvation; if
we are comforted, it is for your comfort,
which produces in you patient endurance
of the same sufferings we suffer. And
our hope for you is firm, because we know
that just as you share in our sufferings,
so also you share in our comfort.
—2 Corinthians 1:3-7

Unless you are quite unusual, you’ve known some trouble in your life. Maybe you have suffered through the death of a spouse, or a child, or some other loved one. Maybe you have experienced a debilitating disease. Maybe your life’s partner has abandoned you for someone else. Maybe people you counted on and thought were your friends have turned their backs on you. Maybe you have seen your career tumble into shambles because someone at work decided to treat you unfairly. Maybe you have watched your financial security evaporate in a falling stock market, or a bad investment scheme of some kind. Maybe you’ve allowed some pattern of addiction to take you down.

I just don’t know what you have experienced in your life. But, I know this for sure: we’ve all had afflictions in our lives and we’ve had trials in our lives. For what purpose does God allow troubles to come into our lives? Have we ever considered that He may allow these trials in order to teach us that we can rely on His grace to see us through? Even more startling, have we considered that God may allow difficulties in our lives so that we can receive His comfort and, thus, learn how to extend His comfort to others?

In the Scripture passage at the beginning of this blog post, it seems as if the Apostle Paul shares this very concept with the Christians at Corinth. He writes,

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

Imagine that! When God comforts us in our trouble, He also teaches us how to extend His comfort to the people who cross the pathway of our lives and who need His comfort, too. This puts all kinds of difficulties into an entirely different perspective.

No one wants to have troubles assail his or her life. But, to experience the comfort from God, and to learn how to pass that comfort on to others, seems like something we should consider the next time we find some troubles busting into our lives.

 

Copyright © 2026 by Dean K. Wilson. All Rights Reserved.

 

Monday, August 10, 2026

Reconcile with Your Enemies

 

“You have heard that it was said to the
people long ago, ‘Do not murder, and
anyone who murders will be subject to
judgment.’ But I tell you that
anyone who is angry with his brother
will be subject to judgment. Again,
anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’
is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But
anyone who says, ‘You fool!’
will be in danger of the fire of hell.

“Therefore, if you are offering your gift
at the altar and there remember that your
brother has something against you, leave
your gift there in front of the altar.
First go and be reconciled to your brother;
then come and offer your gift.

“Settle matters quickly with your
adversary who is taking you to court.
Do it while you are still with him on
the way, or he may hand you over to
the judge, and the judge may hand you
over to the officer, and you may be
thrown into prison. I tell you the
truth, you will not get out until
you have paid the last penny.”
—Matthew 5:21-26

“How does a believer handle a situation where he or she has become an adversary of another brother or sister in Christ?”

Mostly we ignore this question. It’s just too painful, or too embarrassing, or too annoying. And, most of us think this question doesn’t really apply to us.

But, hold on for a moment. Think about the span of your own life. How many enemies do you have?

“Now wait just a minute,” you may respond. “I don’t have any enemies! I get along with everybody!”

If you really believe that, you’re just kidding yourself. Everybody has enemies.

Oh, I will grant you that you may not choose to use a term as harsh as the word “enemy.” But, over the course of your life as a Christian, you have certainly had run-ins with particular other Christians. You may describe your relationship with them in terms like:

“I don’t really get along with ______________.”

Or, you may say:

“____________ does things I don’t particularly like, so I avoid (him or her).”

No matter how genteel your language, let’s face it, you have enemies. And, if you don’t acknowledge that you have enemies, I imagine that out there in the Christian world there exists at least one person who thinks of you as his or her enemy.

Now, I grant you that you may have taken a tact similar to the one I have held to tightly for many years. I assert, with some precision, that I have never chosen to make someone my enemy. In other words, I consciously choose to not hold enmity in my heart toward someone. I refuse to allow myselt to “hate” someone. I do so because I learned long ago that if I hold hatred in my heart toward someone, the only person who becomes damaged by that hatred is me.

However, I acknowledge that there are numerous people who have crossed the pathway of my life who—judged by the way that they talk about me to others, or treat me directly or indirectly—have apparently chosen to label me as their enemy. It was their choice, not mine. They have chosen to make me their enemy.

So, I declare again, no matter how genteel the language you may use when you talk about other people in your life, let’s face it, you have enemies—whether you have chosen to make them your enemies or not. And, if you don’t acknowledge that you have enemies, I imagine that out there in the Christian world there exists some people who think of you as their enemy.

No longer can the body of believers—the church—ignore the fact that virtually every person who claims to belong to Jesus has at least one person that he or she can label as an “enemy.” Instead, it’s time to choose to become obedient to what Jesus has instructed His followers to do when they find themselves at odds with fellow Christians.

In the Scripture passage at the beginning of this blog post, Jesus tells His disciples—in those marvelous three chapters that Bible scholars call “The Sermon on the Mount”—to always work toward reconciliation. Let me state that again, so you have no chance of misunderstanding my point: Jesus expects His followers to always work toward reconciliation. Please allow me to illustrate from a personal example:

Back in 2011, I sat on the sidelines watching the church I had attended for ten years destroy itself. I won’t presume to waste your time with a long recitation of what took place because I know that somewhere, in the sphere of your own world at one time or another, you are quite likely having—or have had—to deal with a similar, if not exact, issue in your life. Let me simply say that the seeds of a significant church split were planted, watered, and bloomed into a horrific disaster. The lives of hundreds of individuals were significantly damaged, especially the lives of the young people in the church. Only one process could have turned the tide: complete and absolute obedience to the instruction of Jesus to reconcile.

Now, most naturally, I have my own very strong opinion on what had brought about the conditions that led to this disaster. And, I take no comfort in the fact that, repeatedly over the three years prior to the split, I issued warnings of what would happen if no one took early and decisive action. Nevertheless, the solution for that situation, and for all similar disagreements within a church, remains: obedient reconciliation.

To effect reconciliation, both parties would have to have come humbly to the foot of the cross and lay every issue at Jesus’ feet. Individuals would have to have acknowledged and confessed their sins, asked for forgiveness, repented of their sins, provided restitution, and began the process of reconciliation.

While this did not happen in this particular case, I wonder if this will happen when other such situations arise? Frankly, I don’t know. Looking at the track record across the horizon of God’s people in most churches today, I would say that the chance for reconciliation seems slim. Fortunately, God remains the “God of the Great Surprise.” He has the power, through the intervention of the Holy Spirit, to bring about reconciliation. He, and He alone, can melt hardened hearts. He alone can convict of sin and promote forgiveness. He alone can move those who have sinned to make restitution. He alone can bring about reconciliation.

A very significant reason for church discipline is to promote reconciliation. That’s right. Church and denominational judicial processes do not exist to punish. To the contrary, they exist to bring parties together, expose all the hidden facts in a situation, help identify where some may have committed sins, and provide a structured forum for confession, forgiveness, repentance, restitution, and reconciliation. In the situation at that church where I attended, a judicial process began to move toward that end, but the leadership of the denomination ultimately did not have the courage and fortitude to see the process through to its proper conclusion.

Truthfully, it remains far better to head off such sinful disagreements by following the process that Jesus outlines in Matthew 18:15-17. Over the years that I have posted on this blog, I have written about these verses many times. In those blog posts, I have shared, in great detail, the importance of this far-too-often-neglected portion of Jesus’s teaching.

So, what about you? Do you have someone in your life with whom you need to begin the process of reconciliation? If so, please, do so. You will reap tremendous benefit in your own spiritual life if you do. And, most importantly, God will make it clear to you how very pleased He is with what you have chosen to do.

Just one more time, here’s the key sentence for this blog post: Jesus expects His followers to always work toward reconciliation.

 

Copyright © 2026 by Dean K. Wilson. All Rights Reserved.

 

Friday, August 7, 2026

The Power of Hope

 

His pleasure is not in the strength of the
horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man;
the Lord delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in his unfailing love.
—Psalm 147:10-11

In the midst of chaos on every side, one quality helps keep people on track. That quality? Hope!

If you peruse the pages of various professional journals devoted to Applied Psychology, you will find that, over the past three decades, a new interest has arisen in what creates and sustains motivation. Quite a large number of studies have sought to ascertain the elements that will help individuals become motivated to complete defined tasks. The studies also examined the elements that will help sustain the motivation, so that people will actually succeed. In virtually every study the quality of “hope” has emerged as one of the most important sustainers of motivation.

Think about the last time you started a project around your home or place of work. Maybe the task was one you had put off for some time. You dreaded even beginning this loathesome pursuit. But, you knew that you eventually had to complete the job. So, you decided: “Why put it off any longer?”

With no small amount of determination, you began the task. As you had suspected—based on your past experience with such matters—once begun, the task grew harder than you had wished. Soon, you felt mired in the work. You felt surrounded by nearly insurmountable barriers. You questioned your wisdom at ever having started. You wanted to quit. But, something grabbed you and kept you striving to complete the job at hand. Perhaps that “something” that helped you sustain your motivation was “hope.”

Hope is often the light at the end of the tunnel that we can almost see. Hope is the recognition that we are making progress toward the goal of completing the job. Hope allows us to look backward for a moment and see how much progress we’ve made. Hope gives us the nudge of knowing that, if we stop, to get going again will take far more energy than the effort needed to complete the task, now.

Every day, in many ways, job after job, task after task, hope gently nudges us forward. Hope helps us sustain the motivation we need to do what has to be done. Yet, the question remains: “In what do you put your hope?”

For those who belong to God—that is, for believers in God through the resurrection power of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ—the Psalmist has given us a very clear statement of the source of our hope. In the Scripture passage at the beginning of this blog post, the ancient songwriter insists that:

“the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.”

How wise, indeed. God’s love never fails.

All throughout Scripture, we read about the depth of God’s love for us. The most magnificent example of His love comes from His willingness to send His one and only Son to die on the cross of Calvary to pay the penalty for our sins. And, to raise Jesus from the dead that we may know we will spend eternity with Him.

God has clearly proven His love for us. He stands ready every moment of every day to have us put the entirety of our faith, trust, and hope in His unfailing, undying, matchless, magnificent, protective, and enduring love. So, when we need hope to sustain our motivation, look to God’s love. He will, most assuredly, not disappoint us.

 

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