“When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy.” Psalm 126:1-2 There are moments in life when restoration seems impossible, when the weight of delay, disappointment, or devastation feels like a permanent state. […]
“The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving, and the sound of singing.” Isaiah 51:3 Have you ever walked […]
“Till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.” Isaiah 32:15 There are seasons in life that feel like deserts, dry, fruitless, and silent. Dreams stall, strength fades, and everything around us feels barren. […]
“So when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was two more days.” John 11:6 To our human minds, delay often feels like denial. When Jesus heard that His dear friend Lazarus was sick, it would have made sense for Him to rush to Bethany. But instead, […]
“The Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’”* Romans 8:15 Sonship is not merely a status, it is a relationship wrapped in love, secured by grace, and clothed in belonging! One of the most vivid pictures of its beauty is found […]
“So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.” Ephesians 2:19 Our Sonship in Christ is not only about the rights that we enjoy. It is also about nearness! It’s about belonging. In […]
“So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are His child, God has made you also an heir.” Galatians 4:7 Sonship in Christ is not just a spiritual status, it is a posture, a new way of being in the world. Many believers live like […]
“But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12 There is no greater identity, no deeper belonging, than to be called a child of God. John 1:12 reminds us that sonship is not earned, it is given. It is […]
“what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” 1 John 3:1 Before we took our first breath, before we could earn or achieve anything, He chose us Ephesians 1:4-5. This truth dismantles our performance-based religion. […]
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28 When we think of God’s goodness, we often imagine comfort, peace, and answered prayers. But Job’s life challenges that picture. He was upright […]
“But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.” Job 23:10 One of the most stunning revelations of God’s goodness in the book of Job is not merely seen in Job’s suffering, but in God’s confidence in him. When Satan […]
“But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.” Job 23:10 When Job spoke these words, he was in a dark place, confused, afflicted, and seemingly unheard by God! Yet, from within the silence and suffering, Job clung to one […]
“Though He slay me, yet will I hope in Him…” Job 13:15 In the midst of unimaginable suffering, Job utters one of the most astonishing statements of trust in the goodness of God. He is not saying God is cruel, he is saying, even when I don’t understand His hand, […]
Shall we accept good from God and not trouble?” Job 2:10 Job’s story is a hard one. He lost everything, children, wealth, health, and yet, even in unimaginable pain, he refused to curse God. His response to his wife’s plea to “curse God and die” was this: “Shall we accept […]
“Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands…” Job 1:10. Before Job ever lost anything, Satan acknowledged something powerful: God’s goodness had surrounded Job like a hedge. His life was protected, preserved, and prospered, not […]