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Christ in you, the hope of glory. --Colossians 1:27 The Christian life is not our feeble effort to copy the life of Jesus. That is complete futility. The Christian life is this: Christ in you and me, this is our hope of glory! And we need him so desperately. The Christian life isn’t just hard… it’s impossible in our own strength! So many believers struggle with their faith because they’ve never made the wonderful discovery of the Christ-filled life! But this is the very hope of your strength… Christ in you! Now, you might say, “This all sounds well and good, but how can I live this life?” I’ll tell you. The key is found in Isaiah 40:31, “They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength.” That word “wait” might sound a little nebulous, but in the Old Testament this word often means “trust or hope.” So, to wait on the Lord means to rely on him, to trust in him, to put all your hope in him! You see, no matter how strong we are, or how good we are at what we do, we each eventually come face to face with our own failures and inabilities. And the sooner this happens in our lives, the better off we’ll be! Do you want to live an extraordinary Christian life? Are you weary with failing in your own strength? Wait on the Lord, trust and rely on him. He is your hope of glory! THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ISN’T JUST HARD… IT’S IMPOSSIBLE IN YOUR OWN STRENGTH!

Everlasting Love

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.”
Jeremiah 31:2–4

From the time it appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post on June 11, 1955, Norman Rockwell’s “Marriage License” proved to be one of his most popular and enduring paintings. It depicts a young couple trying to get the paperwork for their upcoming wedding finished before the office closes for the day. For his models, Rockwell used Joan Lahart and Francis Mahoney, a real life couple preparing for their wedding who lived near his studio in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Rockwell touched so many hearts because he captured the genuine love and affection the two young people had for each other—and he later gave them an oil sketch of that painting as a wedding gift.
Human love is wonderful, but it is always subject to the limitations we experience as fallen beings. God’s love is different. It is unlimited and because it is part of His very nature and character, it can never change. No power is able to take God’s love away from His children. “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38–39). We should live in complete confidence rather than with fear or doubt because God’s love for us is everlasting.
 

Today’s Growth Principle: 

The love of God never fails, and nothing we can do will separate His children from His love for them.