If you are living with family conflict, God understands your feelings. God has been there. He cares about you—yes, and about your family as well.
If you are living with family conflict, God understands your feelings. God has been there. He cares about you—yes, and about your family as well.
Have you ever been completely in the dark—darkness so complete that you could see nothing at all? There is nothing safe to do but sit down
He will not desert you either, no matter what you are facing. He knows what is coming, though you may not know yourself yet. He cares for you.
God knew what He was doing when He called you to be His dear child—to trust in His Son Jesus, your Savior, to be forgiven and made new and clean.
God is doing a new thing in the world-taking the old, sinful human race and injecting new, pure, divine, holy life into it.
Jesus has started His life with us and for us—the life He will lay down for us at the cross, and then take up again in His resurrection.
God was finally sending John, who would prepare the way for the Messiah—and right after him, Jesus, our Savior, who would give Himself up for us all to bring us back to God. What better news could there be?
Sometimes just the fact that someone is “there” for you is the best gift of all, beyond anything they can do for you.
No matter what happens to us, God isn’t taken by surprise. He knew what was coming. He knows how you feel. He will not leave you to deal with it on your own.
“How shall I know this? Give me some proof. I’m too old to have a baby, and my wife is, too.” Man, did you forget you’re talking to an angel? What more proof do you need?