This Is Good News Week
Who are you listening to? Are
you listening to the pundits that are convinced that catastrophe is just around
the corner unless you listen to them? Are you listening to the voices that tell
you that you are a failure, that you will never accomplish anything in your
life and that you will always be a day late and a dollar short. This American English idiom epitomizes a
troubling thought in the world. Much of
the economic gains in the last thirty years have gone to the upper upper class
and many of us feel that, “You can't win, you can't
break even, and you can't get out of the game!”
Moreover, this thinking is not limited to the economically
disadvantaged minorities. In Psychology
Today, May 6, 2013, an article is entitled, “White, Middle-age Suicide Spiked
40% in the Last 10 years.” These are terrible
statistics but we need to focus on what the Bible says about our life. God so loved us that He gave Jesus to the
world (John 3:16). No terrible
headlines, no terrorist acts from across the globe, no strange and exotic
diseases, or no financial crises can separate us from the love from God to us through
Christ (Romans 8:38-39). Since we have
that love through Christ, we have an abundant life (1 John 5:12, John 10:10).
Our reality is God truly loves us and wants the best for us. Our reality is that He will take care of our
needs as we obey His will for our lives.
Of course, this is not to say that we should do negative or foolish
things, but our reality is nothing that begins to form against us will
accomplish our destruction (Isaiah 54:17).
We just celebrated Easter weekend.
Jesus is risen in the world! He
is risen in us! We should listen to and
rejoice in the positive message that God says about us!
John 3:16
New
International Version (NIV)
13 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
13 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Romans 8:38-39
New International Version (NIV)
New International Version (NIV)
38 For I am convinced that neither death nor
life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any
powers,
39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 John 5:12
12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does
not have the Son of God does not have life.
John 10:10
Amplified Bible (AMP)
Amplified Bible (AMP)
10 The thief comes only in order to steal and
kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it
overflows].
Amplified
Bible (AMP)
17 “No weapon that is formed against you will
succeed; And every tongue that rises against you in judgment you will condemn.
This [peace, righteousness, security, and triumph over opposition] is the
heritage of the servants of the Lord, And this is their vindication from Me,” says the Lord.
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