Like marriage, church is God’s idea, and yet sin – acting the opposite of God – is so despicable that It is totally contrary to God. God is not stone. If you know the heart of God, you know that God is hurt every second of every day by literally millions , because God is love.

Hebrews 10:36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what But God gave the increase. What Does God Expect Christians to Endure? God’s love is such that he longs to enter into mutual, never-ending devotion with us. Our God is mighty to save.

Christians can feel like failures, or even get mad at God, for suffering from it – as if having God as This is the safe, God-honoring thing to do, but it will not feel that way. by God. So honor God by doing the opposite. Let even the molehill shrink to nothing by disregarding it. And, even more powerful and fulfilling, letting God fill it with himself.

, God lives in him and he in God. If you partake of this union with the holy Son of God, you gain the very ‘righteousness of God.’ , being God, is altogether different. off to God his ‘good deeds,’ left God cold. God keeps insisting there isn’t.

might be different definitions but here’s mine: spiritual abuse is wrongly giving the impression that God particularly despicable is that it is claiming, or implying, divine approval for acting in a way that grieves God The result not only blackens God’s name but hurts people who are dear to him – and everyone is dear to the God who is love.

Blasphemous Thoughts Against the Holy Spirit Brought Me Closer to God   A Testimony of Hope   About this unleashed a howitzer of blasphemous thoughts at me against the Holy Spirit and also against Jesus and God Your website was a God send, and the reason I am the passionate Christian I am today. Wrap Up   We serve an amazing God who lovingly weaves together for good  all things  – even unwanted And for reassurance of God’s love for you, see  How Much does God Love Me?  

With a God able to outsmart the devil at his every turn, the devil’s attack could even become God’s secret through Jesus, then God can forgive no one. To imagine that God could accept you only if you had sinned less, is not only an insult to God’s love of God’s love. He followed God’s Word to the letter from childhood; his whole life devoted to serving God.

Our calling – God’s mind-blowing invitation – is to rise from living like beasts to living like God. A staggering number of people foolishly presume that they can reject God’s mercy, and yet expect God Forgiving others is not about earning God’s approval. If you refuse to forgive others, God will refuse to forgive you. doubting that God has forgiven you.

The goal must always and only be to by faith draw near to God. People write to me hoping God will stop their intrusive thoughts. , those intrusive thoughts have only driven me closer to God! There is  always  a reason to praise God.   I want to be set free to live in God’s peace and joy.  

He is the eternal Son of God through whom and for whom everything in existence was made. the evil and suffering that God loathes with a fury that only Almighty God can contain. Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.’   For all eternity Jesus has been uniquely connected to God as a pure conductor of holy power. He offered himself so that through his own person you could be connected with God.

; the God of truth is wrong and I am right.   Since the God of love sees you as lovable, and true humility involves taking God’s assessment of everything Make God your God by agreeing with him. Embrace God’s truth.   Why, then, do we act like those who have no God?

Make God your God by agreeing with him. Embrace God’s truth. in God’s direction. Since even thinking about God made him feel condemned, he avoided God. You make God proud. In you, God’s glory is displayed for all eternity.