Happy Mother’s Day!
Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
— Proverbs 31:30 (NKJV) —
Month: May 2016
A Love That Is Incomprehensible.
In dying for sinners, Christ manifested a love that is incomprehensible; and as the sinner beholds this love, it softens the heart, impresses the mind, and inspires contrition in the soul.
— Steps to Christ page 27 —
Digital Discipleship Article
Peace for the Storm was recently profiled in an article by Digital Discipleship, a ministry whose vision is “telling the story of Jesus in a digital age.” You can read the article at http://digitaldisciples.info/2016/04/28/peace-for-the-storm/.
To learn more about Digital Discipleship, visit their website or their Facebook page.
The Heavens Declare.
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork.
— Psalms 19:1 (NKJV) —
Plans of the Diligent.
The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, but those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.
— Proverbs 21:5 (NKJV) —
His Promise.
Photography by Joe Krygier.
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
— 2 Peter 3:9 (NKJV) —
God’s Word has many promises in it! Whenever I see a rainbow, I’m reminded of the promise in Genesis 9:8-17. God had instructed Noah to warn the people about the coming flood, but they ridiculed him. In the end, only Noah and his family were saved. The rainbow was given by God as a symbol of His promise never to destroy the earth by a flood of water again.
Jesus came to earth to save us from the flood of sin created by the devil. Today we don’t have to physically get on an ark to be saved, but we do need to get on board with Christ and His Word! One of my favorite promises is 2 Peter 3:9. As Lindsey was making the Peace for the Storm designs for this week, she connected the idea of the rainbow promise with today’s verse. “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”
I’m reading the book Christ’s Object Lessons right now, and the author Ellen White writes that “if there had been but one lost soul, Christ would have died for that one.” Isn’t that an incredible thought? Jesus loves you so much that if you were the only sinner on the planet, He still would have gone through all the anguish and suffering to save you. Ultimately the decision to follow Christ is up to each one of us, but He wants more than anything for us to be saved. He literally gave up heaven to come to earth and rescue us!
The next time you see a rainbow, I hope you remember the promises in God’s Word, especially the promise of eternal life to all who believe in Jesus!
