Sep 25 (Fri)
Friday gratitude: Thank God for the covenant He gave you! 🙏❤️

It's a gift, not a given! Mal 2:14 💞 What are you thankful for this week? #StrongMarriage #September

Today's reminder: reflect His love 💛

THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD: IMMUTABILITY

God does not become wiser. He does not learn. He does not become stronger. He does not become more loving. He does not improve.

Why?

Because God is already infinitely and perfectly all that He is.

"For I the LORD do not change." (Malachi 3:6)

The God who cannot improve also cannot deteriorate.

God doesn't change His view of sin just because the world does.

His Truth never changes.

Jesus doesn't exist for our agendas, we exist for His mission.

“If the sinless Christ, who is literally God in human flesh and Lord of all, would so humble Himself for us, we dare not denigrate humility or aspire to self-esteem instead of lowliness...” —John MacArthur

One day your career will end. Your possessions will belong to someone else. Your body will return to dust.

But your soul will still exist.

Prepare for eternity. Trust in Jesus Christ today.

September 26: Unexpected Opportunities

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Zechariah 8:1–9:17; Acts 23:23–24:27; Job 30:1–15
When we are busy doing the work of the kingdom, how do we respond to obstacles that get in our way? Do we expect God to blast a path straight through so that we can proceed? We might read the drama of Paul’s life through this lens, waiting anxiously for God to open the way for Paul to continue his spectacularly successful work. Instead, God allows Paul to be imprisoned and put on trial.

But as Paul defended himself before Roman officials, he recognized that God was using him in ways he hadn’t expected. The conflict and rejection Paul encountered from the Jews provided him with the opportunity to share the gospel with some of the most influential Gentiles he would ever encounter.

God used Paul’s trials to expand his ministry from the Jews to the Gentiles. Through Paul’s life, God displayed His power to bring about the growth of the Church and the spread of the gospel message far beyond Israel.


God is working in and among us to bring the good news to those whom we don’t have in our field of vision. We should reconsider our attitude toward the conflicts and disappointments in our lives, instead seeking God’s providential hand in them.


How can you pray for wisdom to see God at work in all the circumstances of your life?

September 26 - An Old Testament Illustration of Salvation

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“‘As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life’” (John 3:14–15).

To emphasize for Nicodemus that there was no excuse for him to be ignorant of the way of salvation, Jesus appealed to a familiar incident in the Old Testament (Num. 21:5–9).

The event took place during Israel’s forty years of wilderness wandering after leaving Egypt and before entering the Promised Land. As a judgment on the people’s incessant complaining, the Lord sent venomous snakes to infest their camp. In desperation, the Israelites begged Moses to intercede on their behalf. And God answered Moses’ prayerful petition by showing mercy to His rebellious people. He instructed Moses to make a bronze replica of a snake and raise it above the camp on a pole. Those who were bitten would be healed if they but looked at it, thereby acknowledging their guilt and expressing faith in God’s forgiveness and healing power.

The point of Jesus’ analogy is that just “as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up” (crucified; cf. 8:28; 12:32, 34). The term “must” emphasizes that Christ’s death was a necessary part of God’s plan of salvation. He had to die as a substitute for sinners. The stricken Israelites were cured by obediently looking to the elevated serpent, apart from any works or righteousness of their own, in complete hope and dependence on God’s Word. In the same way, whoever looks in faith alone to the crucified Christ will be cured from sin’s deadly bite and “will in Him have eternal life.”

Ask Yourself

The use of analogies and common knowledge is most effective in sharing gospel truth with others. What are some of the most compelling ones God has registered in your heart? Be deliberate about getting these down, grounding them biblically, then having them mentally available to share.

DAY 26: How does Psalm 110 exalt Jesus Christ?

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“You can kill us, but you cannot do us any real harm.”—Justin Martyr (martyred A.D. 165)

“[Some people] don’t want to be bothered by the demands of ‘organized religion’ and don’t think they need anyone else. ‘Oh yeah, I’m spiritual,’ they say, ‘I just don’t like church.’ To those folks I say: You cannot grow spiritually in isolation.” —Rich De Vos

He is the author and finisher of your story.

Trust Him with it!

Worshipping Jesus is not just a weekend event. It’s a lifestyle!

Sep 26 (Sat) — RIDDLE-ORACLE
"The Tent Pegs and the Enlarged Place"

Isaiah does not tell the barren woman to shrink her expectations — he tells her to ENLARGE the place of her tent, to lengthen her cords, to strengthen her stakes (Isa 54:2-3), and only THEN does he promise she will spread abroad. This is a strange order for building — most would say secure the stakes first, expand later. But faith builds backward: it drives the pegs deep BEFORE the growth arrives, trusting the promise before the proof. ⛺🔨

Here is the riddle hidden in the tent cloth: a tent with long cords but weak stakes will collapse in the first strong wind — beautiful in stillness, useless in the storm. And a tent with strong stakes but short cords will never shelter anyone beyond its own narrow center — safe, but small, never reaching the ones outside who need covering. Your marriage needs BOTH: deep stakes of daily faithfulness, and long cords of hope stretched toward what God has not yet shown you. 🌬️

And notice who drives the pegs — not the woman alone, striking with her own strength, but the Lord Himself named as her Maker and her Husband in the very next verses (Isa 54:5). The strength for your enlargement was never meant to come only from your own hands. The Craftsman who pitched the first tent in Eden is still the One holding the mallet over yours. 🔥

❓ Where is God asking you to lengthen your cords — hope for something not yet visible — before you feel ready?
❓ Are your stakes driven deep enough in the ordinary, daily faithfulness to hold whatever enlargement is coming?
Let us search the Word together and drive the pegs deeper before the wind comes.
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Dear Christians,
1.) Jesus Christ is risen.
2.) Jesus Christ is coming back.
3.) God will make all things new.

He is always enough. 🩵

Don't just attend church.
Love the church.
Serve the church.
Give through the church.
Invite people to church.
Worship Jesus with the church.
Encourage the church.
Participate in the church.
Pray for the church.

Be the church.

This school year is a great year to encourage students to:

- worship God above all
- read their Bible daily
- pray without ceasing
- tell people about Jesus
- serve in the church
- live on mission
- be discipled by someone
- disciple someone else
- have fun being a Christian