Psalms 46

1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
3 though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah
4 There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5 God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
6 Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
7 The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
8 Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.
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Need to know.
We have been warned in the Great Controversy that once all secular restraints are removed from the Papacy and Catholicism, there will be a revival of her tyranny and persecution. History will be repeated!

Roman Catholic Church inquisition
Terrifying! Can you imagine living in 1556 under the bloody reign of Queen Mary I, knowing that simply placing your hope in Jesus Christ instead of the government's religion will get you burned alive?

"Under the reign of Mary I...

England's government violently forced its people back under the oppressive authority of ROME.

Faithful believers faced an absolute nightmare simply for believing the Bible!"

Violently dragged before furious authorities, these courageous men and women were heavily interrogated.

The ruthless magistrates demanded they betray their convictions, submit to the POPE, and accept the state-mandated religion.

They were promised complete freedom and mercy if they would compromise their faith and bend the knee to the religious elite!

But they absolutely refused to negotiate a single inch!

Staring down the very men who held their lives in their hands...

They fearlessly declared that their hope was anchored entirely in the uncorrupted Gospel of Jesus Christ...

Not in the Pope or the corrupt traditions of men.

They completely refused to purchase their own lives with a coward's silence!

Furious that their terrifying threats could not shatter this supernatural resolve...

The corrupt tribunal handed down the ultimate sentence.

Bound fast to the heavy wooden stakes in 1556, the fire was lit.

As the raging flames violently climbed around their earthly bodies, they didn't panic, rage, or beg for mercy.

Instead, they peacefully committed their souls to their eternal King!

Their physical flesh was brutally consumed by the fire, but their unshakeable faith left a blazing legacy!

The wicked empire violently silenced their earthly voices...

But they died as absolutely glorious witnesses, proving to a watching world that the truth of Jesus Christ cannot be burned away!

Conflict and Courage.
2 Kings 5:5-14
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8, 9.
Naaman the Syrian consulted the prophet of God as to how he could be cured of a loathsome disease, the leprosy. He was bidden to go and bathe in Jordan seven times. Why did he not immediately follow the directions of Elisha, the prophet of God? ... In his mortification and disappointment he became passionate, and in a rage refused to follow the humble course marked out by the prophet of God. “I thought,” said he, “he will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.” His servant said: “My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash [merely], and be clean?” Yes, this great man considered it beneath his dignity to go to the humble river Jordan, and wash. The rivers he mentioned and desired were beautified by surrounding trees and groves, and idols were placed in these groves. Many flocked to these rivers to worship their idol gods; therefore it would have cost him no humility. But it was following the specified directions of the prophet which would humble his proud and lofty spirit. Willing obedience would bring the desired result. He washed, and was made whole.13Testimonies for the Church 2:309, 310.

Our plans are not always God's plans.... In His loving care and interest for us, often He who understands us better than we understand ourselves refuses to permit us selfishly to seek the gratification of our own ambition.... Many things He ask us to yield to Him, but in doing this we are but giving up that which hinders us in the heavenward way....

In the future life the mysteries that here have annoyed and disappointed us will be made plain. We shall see that our seemingly unanswered prayers and disappointed hopes have been among our greatest blessings.14The Ministry of Healing, 473, 474.

continuation chapter two 2.2
Now, don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying you don't need the knowledge. You absolutely need it. Without knowledge, you'd jump in and try to breathe underwater like a particularly optimistic fish. The knowledge gives you faith in the process. It tells you that the water can, in fact, hold you up, that these awkward, flailing motions have meaning and might eventually become graceful. It gives you a reason to keep spluttering. But you still need to practice. You still need to drill. You still need to drown a little before you can swim a lot. You'll drink so much pool water that you'll be able to taste the chlorine in your dreams. You'll cough, you'll gag, you'll question why you ever left the shore of theoretical comfort where the books were dry and the certificates were safe. The righteous life is not a certificate on your wall; it's a rhythm in your limbs, a muscle memory of the soul. And muscles don't grow by reading about protein; they grow by lifting something heavy and then feeling sore the next day and complaining to everyone about it.
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‎So it is with righteousness. One can study the Scriptures until their eyes cross and they've developed a permanent squint. One can quote verses on grace with the speed and precision of an auctioneer on caffeine. One can recite the doctrines of justification and sanctification forward, backward, and in the original Hebrew while juggling concordances. One can intellectually affirm with perfect, shining orthodoxy that Christ is the living water, and say "Amen" so loudly that the person in the next pew spills their coffee. But that, my friend, is merely reading about water. It is studying the molecular structure, the boiling point, the freezing point, the historical significance of water in the ancient Near East. It is all accurate, all true, all very impressive in a Bible trivia competition. But your throat is still parched. You are dying of thirst while holding a library card to the well. To be free from sin, you must dive into the discipline. You must practice patience when every fiber of your being wants to scream and throw a chair through a window—preferably the window of the person who is currently testing your patience. And not patience with gritted teeth and a twitching eye—that's not patience, that's just anger in a corset, anger with a fake mustache and glasses, anger doing a very poor impression of a calm person. No, you must steadily come to be in love with patience, to find it a fascinating companion, to court it like a shy lover, choosing it freely and wantonly, not because you have to but because you genuinely prefer it. You don't practice patience to make the Old Man in the Sky nod approvingly and slide a gold star across the heavenly counter. That would be theatre, a performance, a pretence, a dinner party where everyone is polite and no one is real. It would be you watching yourself be patient, which is the fastest way to become impatient with your own patience, which leads to a meta-crisis of infinite regress: you're angry that you're angry about being angry about trying to be patient. The work is not a bribe. The work is the transformation of your own taste buds.
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‎And this brings us to the great confusion, the grand misunderstanding that has produced more theatrical saints than a Hollywood casting call. Some say, with great authority, "You must practice self-control when temptation whispers." But let's examine that. Let's put it on the operating table and poke it with a scalpel. What is mere self-control? Isn't it often just controlling the evil that is inside you, making sure it doesn't leak out and stain your shirt? Isn't it just hiding the monster in the closet when guests come over, shoving it behind the winter coats and the old photo albums, while it continues to growl and scratch at the door and probably eat your shoes? A man who is seething with rage but has "controlled" himself, presenting a placid smile to the world while his internal organs are staging a violent coup, has not practiced righteousness at all. He has practiced concealment. He has become a beautifully decorated tomb, full of very active dead men's bones—which is, coincidentally, exactly what Jesus called the Pharisees in Matthew 23:27. He hasn't dealt with the rage; he's just soundproofed the room. The rage is still in there, doing squats, getting stronger, waiting for the guests to leave so it can come out and redecorate the living room with thrown lamps. This is not the practice of righteousness. This is spiritual stage management. It's a war tactic, hiding the dangerous artillery under a tarp and wheeling it out again when the truce is over. The bitterness is still there, polishing its weapons, writing passive-aggressive letters, keeping a detailed list of every offense ever committed against you since kindergarten.
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‎What, then, is this work we must do? It is not the suppression of the symptom. It is the re-training of the heart. It is the long, sometimes tedious, often unglamorous work of learning to love what is good, not just performing it for an Audience of One who, by the way, can see backstage and knows you're wearing a wire. It is the work of taking the anti-malarial tablet when you don't feel like it, when the pill seems bitter, when your flesh wants to spit it out and go back to the fever dreams. It is the work of getting into the water of discipline when the shore of theoretical knowledge is so much more comfortable, so much drier, so much less likely to expose your flailing limbs. It is the work of raising the sail—pulling the rope one more time when your arms are tired, when the wind seems absent, when the harbor looks so inviting with its stationary boats and its non-sailing people who never have to worry about storms. It is the work of not generating the wind, but cooperating with it.
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‎And if you will do this work—this unsexy, unglamorous, nobody-is-watching, nobody-is-clapping, nobody-is-writing-a-worship-song-about-your-effort work—you will find one day, to your utter and complete astonishment, that you are no longer acting patient. You simply are patient. The role you played has become the self you are. The costume has become your skin. The habit has become your heartbeat. And that, my friends, is not a lightning bolt. It is a sunrise. Slow, silent, and absolutely unstoppable. And when it comes, you won't even notice at first. You'll just be drinking your coffee one morning, and someone will cut you off in traffic, and you'll wish them well—genuinely—and then you'll catch yourself in the rearview mirror and laugh out loud, because the thing you were striving for has become the thing you are. The swimmer has become the swimming. The patient one has become the patience. And God, the Great Physician, the Master Swimming Instructor, the Captain of the Wind, will smile and say, "Finally, you got in the water. I've been waiting. Now let's go a little deeper."
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One of the greatest prophecies of Scripture is found in Psalm 110:1 where David wrote: “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou at My right hand until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.”
In Matt. 22:41-46 our Lord explained that this was a prophecy about Himself, David’s Son and Lord. Men might hate Him and cry “Away with Him!” They might nail Him to a tree and laugh and sneer at Him, but God the Father responds by saying: “Here, come sit at My right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.”
We should never forget that according to Bible prophecy God’s response to man’s rejection of Christ was to be judgment and wrath. In Psalm 2 the question is asked why the nations rage and the people of Israel imagine a vain thing: that they can get along without the One whom God has anointed to be King. The Psalm depicts God laughing at their attempts to thwart His purposes and predicts that “the Lord shall have them in derision” and “speak unto them in His wrath.”
At Pentecost all was ready for the judgment to fall. Christ had been crucified and “the last days” had begun, as Peter declared in Acts 2:16,17, quoting from the prophet Joel. But strangely, while some of Joel’s prophecy was fulfilled, or began to be fulfilled, at that time, the rest of it was not, for God did not — and has not yet — sent the prophesied judgment.
Thank God, in infinite grace He interrupted the prophetic program, delayed the remainder of its fulfillment and revealed to the Apostle Paul His secret purpose to offer to His enemies everywhere salvation and reconciliation by free grace, through faith in the crucified, risen Savior. In His Ephesian letter the Apostle asks whether they have heard of “the dispensation of the grace of God, which is given me to you-ward; how that by revelation He made known unto me the mystery” (Eph. 3:1-3). Now, thank God, His eternal purpose in Christ is no longer a secret. While the day of grace lasts we may be “justified freely by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 3:24).

Acts 4:

"And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.
23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet."

Matthew 15:10-20

Jesus's repudiation of the Pharisees in the previous passage regarding the commandments of men continues here. The ritual handwashing they were demanding obedience on was never actually in God's word. And Jesus is rebuking their attitude that an added tradition to God's word is an affront to God especially when that teaching affected another person's approach to God.

He said basically what your putting in gets eliminated but what's coming out of their mouth, their false teaching their rejection of His Messiahship, all of that comes from a corruptness inside, and that corruptness defiles the man.

Now here, the disciples must have been “reading the room” and came to Jesus concerned that He had offended the Pharisees. Now why that question? Why now and not previously? It means the reaction of the Pharisees must have been one of absolute rage. They were getting concerned for His safety. But Jesus doesn't dismiss their concern He may even be adding to their anxiety with His reply.

These people, he says, who present themselves as righteous leaders of God were not put here from Him, and are not a part of Him and will be eventually torn out of His kingdom and discarded. He compares their leadership to a blind man guiding a blind man into a ditch. Now at this point you would think Peter and the gang would understand but no, he asks Jesus to explain what He had just said.

Jesus’ question seems a little sharp, but keep in mind He wasn't rebuking Peter, but He was likely expressing disappointment in their understanding. That teaching that a certain ritual be performed that God never prescribed was anathema to God, even if it had been excused as maintaining holiness.

That is the danger of any group of fallible men who claim to have the authority to add to God's word or take from His word by unbiblical means. The disciples probably worried as prior to Jesus's teaching they held them in high esteem. And Jesus's teaching exposed the source of their traditions as being from a murderous heart.

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, if you are a part of a church where it is frowned upon to question their authority or traditions, run. That church is not of God or the truth in any way. If you are part of an organization claiming to be Christian but then claims extra biblical authority, or scriptures, get out of there!

The genuinely good reasons these traditions and teachings are irrelevant. It will be God's word that will be your judge on the final day, not your best intentions.


[10] After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear and understand! [11] It is not what enters the mouth that defiles the person, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles the person.” [12] Then the disciples came and *said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?” [13] But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted. [14] Leave them alone; they are blind guides of blind people. And if a person who is blind guides another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.” [15] Peter said to Him, “Explain the parable to us.” [16] Jesus said, “Are you also still lacking in understanding? [17] Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? [18] But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and those things defile the person. [19] For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, acts of adultery, other immoral sexual acts, thefts, false testimonies, and slanderous statements. [20] These are the things that defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐧
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦;
𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯.”

We are surrounded by endings. Funerals. Goodbyes. Shattered dreams. Broken relationships. Job layoffs. Everywhere feels like a battlefield. Pain strikes, sorrow lingers, and tears seem to have no end. Whether you are grieving a loss, nursing a wound, or simply weary from the fight, the question is not whether the battle is difficult—but whether we already know how it ends.

🕮 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟏:𝟒 declares, “𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯: 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺.” This is the promise of Almighty God. Death, sorrow, crying, and pain are not merely reduced—they are removed forever. What sin has introduced into the world, God will completely erase.

Imagine a soldier returning home after the war has ended. The weapons are laid down. The alarms are silent. The danger is gone. The battle is remembered, but it is no longer being fought. In the same way, God’s children are marching toward the day when every spiritual battle will finally cease.

Scripture points us to that glorious victory. “𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺” (𝟏 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟏𝟓:𝟓𝟒). “𝘖 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘖 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺?” (𝟏 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟏𝟓:𝟓𝟓). “𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵” (𝟏 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟏𝟓:𝟓𝟕). The Christian life is not moving toward defeat—it is moving toward complete and eternal victory.

Too often we live as though today’s struggles are the final chapter. We become consumed with temporary battles and forget the eternal triumph God has already promised. “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦” (𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟐:𝟑). The curse of Eden—reversed. The battle is not endless—it is already won. Don’t live like a soldier fighting a war that Christ has already finished. We are just waiting for the celebration.

Jesus Christ secured this triumph at Calvary. Through His death He defeated sin. Through His resurrection He conquered the grave. Through His return He will establish His everlasting kingdom. The risen Saviour will not merely improve this broken world—He will make all things new. Because Christ lives, sorrow has an ending, death has been defeated, and victory belongs to every believer.

What battle has left you weary? What sorrow has made you wonder if joy will ever return? You don’t need Christ merely to help you fight today’s battles—you need Him because He has already won the final victory. Hold on to His promises. The battle may still rage today, but the outcome has never been in doubt. In Christ, the battle is won.

𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫: Heavenly Father, we grow weary of the battle. Forgive us for living as if sorrow has the final word. Strengthen our hearts to endure until the day when You wipe away every tear. Thank You that Christ has already secured the final victory over sin, death, and sorrow. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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Ephesians 4:31-32 BSB
[31] Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice. [32] Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

https://bible.com/bible/3034/eph.4.31-32.BSB

𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧
“He left with a promise no grave could ever break;
He’s coming again—and He comes for our sake.”

Every generation has wondered what the future holds. Wars rage, nations tremble, evil increases, and headlines fuel uncertainty. Many people spend their lives trying to predict tomorrow, yet ignore the greatest event God has already promised. Whether the world seems peaceful or chaotic, the question is not if Christ will return, but whether we are ready when He does.

🕮 John 14:3 declares, “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself...” On the night before His crucifixion, Jesus comforted His troubled disciples with a promise. He did not merely promise heaven—He promised Himself. The certainty of our future rests not in world events, but in the unbreakable words of the Saviour: “I will come again.”

Imagine a bride waiting for her bridegroom. She does not know the exact hour of his arrival, but she lives in joyful expectation because she trusts his promise. In the same way, believers do not know the day or the hour of Christ’s return, but we faithfully watch, work, and wait because His Word cannot fail.

Scripture repeatedly affirms this blessed hope. “This same Jesus... shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11). “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout...” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). “Be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh” (Matthew 24:44). Christ’s return is not symbolic, imaginary, or uncertain—it is a guaranteed promise.

Many live as though this present world will continue forever. They postpone repentance, delay obedience, and invest everything in what cannot last. Yet every passing day brings us one step closer to His appearing. Don’t live like a traveler who unpacks all his luggage in an airport terminal. This world is not our destination—it is only our departure lounge. Live ready, because the King may come sooner than you think.

Jesus Christ came the first time as the suffering Saviour to bear our sins upon the cross. He is coming again as the reigning King in power and glory. The empty tomb proves His first coming fulfilled every promise. His ascension guarantees His second coming will fulfill the rest. The same Christ who said, “It is finished,” also declared, “I will come again.”

If Christ returned today, would you welcome His appearing with joy or meet Him unprepared? Are you living as though He could come at any moment? You don’t need Christ merely to improve your future—you need Him because He is your blessed hope. Lift up your eyes. Stay faithful. Live expectantly. The next great promise on God’s calendar is not another prophecy to be written—it is the return of the Promiser Himself.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for the sure promise that Your Son is coming again. Forgive us for becoming distracted by this passing world and living as though eternity were far away. Keep our hearts watchful, our lives faithful, and our hope fixed on Christ until the day we see Him face to face. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Remember, a dose of God’s Word a day will keep you going all day!
𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐝...
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