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The LORD appeared to him from far away.  I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. --Jeremiah 31:3 Did you know that the most incredible love known to man can be yours?  It’s the unconditional, unchanging love of God! The problem with most of us isn’t that we don’t love God enough.  It’s that we don’t let God love usenough. If we could only understand how much God loves us, we could be set free from disappointment in ourselves… and from the slavery of sin and rebellion. God who is omnipotent and all-powerful loves you!  His love is unconditional and unchanging.  In Jeremiah 31:3, our verse for today, He said, “I have loved you with an everlasting love.”      If you ever doubt that God loves you, just look at the cross and remember His love.  Jesus defines and demonstrated the love of God.  Calvary is the heart of God beating for you.  He loved you enough to step out of heaven and offer His sacrificial blood. Did you know that the precious blood of Jesus has the power to cleanse… to wipe away sin… and to conquer death and hell?  The blood gives power for freedom and the power to love others. And not only can the blood place God’s love in us, but it can also share God’s love through us.  Have you experienced that love?  You can.  Just say this prayer: Lord, I know that I am a sinner and separated from Your love.  I believe that You provided a way for me to experience Your unchanging, unending love through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  I believe in and I accept your love today.  If you prayed that prayer of faith, you have just accepted God’s unending love.  Congratulations!   SHARE THE UNCHANGING, UNENDING LOVE YOU HAVE FOUND WITH SOMEONE ELSE TODAY!

Present or Future?

Thursday, June 20, 2019

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?”

2 Kings 20:17–19

Hezekiah was mostly a good king, but after God miraculously healed him and gave him an extra fifteen years to live, he made some serious mistakes. Hezekiah was not grateful as he should have been, but instead became proud. After he displayed his treasures for emissaries from Babylon, Isaiah came to announce God’s judgment. Yet unbelievably, Hezekiah did not seem at all concerned to learn that the lives of his children would be altered forever as God gave victory to Babylon. As long as he had peace for himself, he didn’t care about the future.

Satan has used a short-sighted focus on the present many times to lure God’s children away from obedience. He shows us the immediate pleasure of sin, but conceals the long-term suffering. He shows us the temporary benefit while hiding the lasting damage. Our lives are not just about the years we spend on this earth. They should be about the future and about eternity. Every day we are having an impact on others for either good or bad. Making sure our focus is where it should be is a vital step toward doing right in any situation. And we cannot maintain that focus unless we maintain our appreciation for that which is lasting. Dr. Bob Jones, Sr. said, “Never sacrifice the future on the altar of the immediate.”

Today's Growth Principle: 

We are not meant to live for ourselves alone, but for those who will follow us in following Christ.