God has finished the work of salvation

“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much…

Ask God whatever you wish

There are many verses of Scripture that invite us to ask God for whatever we wish. We tend to rush by the “whatever you wish” part. Our disappointments in life color our view of God’s heart and that’s why we are inclined to ignore invitations to ask God for whatever we wish. Here are some…

God’s love – He is the initiator!

“In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (atoning sacrifice) for our sins” (1 John 4:10). “In this” conjured up an image of a huge box that can hold a great amount of stuff. It’s as if God said, “In here is real love.…