“My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.” John 10:10 PLEASE NOTE: This article was originally published after the Hawaii missile threat in February 2018. Here again, in 2020 we are facing our mortality as we are once again threatened, this time by the pandemic. How you respond will be largely determined by […]
“I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.” II Timothy 4:6 The apostle Paul’s last farewell has inspired countless followers of Christ through the centuries. Paul’s instruction to Timothy spans the ages to challenge us as well. The letter begins and ends with God’s […]
“O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” I Corinthians 15:55 If we have received Jesus as Savior from our sins, we need not fear facing Him. We will enter into blessed fellowship with God for all eternity, for we will be “absent from the body and present with the Lord” (II Cor. […]
“The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” Deuteronomy 33:27 These words remind us that when believers die, they are safely carried by the Lord to their home in heaven. The everlasting arms of our loving Lord are there to catch and hold us. There’s no safer place of resting than His everlasting […]
“The hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth.” John 5:28-29. Prior to his death the Lord Jesus predicted a future day when He will call believers into a new and glorified existence. Because of Christ’s victory over death, the grave is not final. We […]