Am I going to heaven?  Some Christians mistakenly look inward for the answer.  Have I really given my life to God?  Have I done enough for God?  Is God on the throne of my heart?    Instead of asking, “Is my faith strong enough,” we should ask, “What did Jesus do for me?”  Jesus paid for our sins in full.  God says he forgave ALL of our sins while we were still dead in sin and incapable of doing any good works...

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   Isn’t it amazing?  The Creator of the universe became human, so that He could take away your sins, by dying on the cross (John 1:3, Colossians 1:16, John 1:14, John 1:29, 1 Peter 3:18).     Our Creator God is the only self-sustaining being.  God needs nothing (Psalm 50:9-13, Acts 17:24-25).  Yet God humbled Himself by becoming human and dying for us! (Philippians 2:7-8).   God defines Himself as love.  In 1 John 4:8-10 God reveals,...

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   Who is a model of Christian faith?  Some today might answer Billy Graham or Mother Teresa.  The Bible commends the faith of Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Rahab (Hebrews 11:1-39).     Jesus was asked a similar question by his disciples.  Jesus said that little children are the example of Christian faith.  We should trust Jesus like a little child does.  In Matthew 18:1-4 we read,  “At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked,...

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   My job, my health, politics, weather, lots to worry about.  God gives us eternal life as a gift, and he cares for us here on earth too.  God asks us to trust Him in all things.     Jesus was speaking to his followers (and to us too) when he said,  “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than...

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