FROM THE KEYBOARD

It doesn't matter what people say about you. It only matters what God says to you. And He says, "You are forgiven in spite of what you've done, for you are redeemed solely because of what I've done. And what I've done has forever covered you because of the sacrifice of My Son. You are mine and you are worth it; this is My doing, and no devil can undo it.”

Sometimes one of the fastest ways to get to where God needs you is to be still. You see, stillness before God often progresses you quicker than movement for God. Therefore, "Be still and know that He is God" (Psalm 46:10).

When we see God in everything, He brings perspective and purpose to everything we see. Perhaps the circumstances you are in may not change, but to see God is to surrender to His unchanging sovereignty and that most certainly changes you.

It is better to fail over and over again at being faithful than to succeed over and over again at things that are faithless. "The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again" (Psalm 24:16).

Unity without the Gospel is actually worthless. People may be drawn together for a common purpose, but there is no such thing as true unity without Jesus. You see, any cause that does not elevate the God of eternity is only fulfilling the divisive plan of the enemy. "How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity" (Psalm 133:1).

Faith and works are bound up in the same bundle. He that obeys God trusts God; and he that trusts God obeys God. He that is without faith is without works; and he that is without works is without faith. (Charles Spurgeon)