mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made But if you tell someone who is all too aware of their debts and struggles to make payments every month , wondering if they’ll ever see the end — their reaction might be slightly different since they know

Push back on your tendency to make God something He's not. 20: The Justice and Mercy of God in Christ We believe that God— who is perfectly merciful and also very So God made known his justice toward his Son, who was charged with our sin, and he poured out his goodness Yet one thing your prayers - and not just our prayers, but every aspect of your life - must have is a That's because we keep reading the very same words as we work through our Confession: God is both merciful

tongues have difficulty properly pronouncing Dordrecht , it's been shortened to 'Dordt' (some people make of the glory of God , rather than the more familiar fallen short of the glory of God , which almost every And that's exactly how Jesus used the very same word as well in the parable of the Prodigal Son: he was

virgin Mary, a truly human nature so that he might become David’s true descendant, like his brothers in every Jesus knows first hand the difficulty you face every day, but yet He doesn't just leave you to try and If Jesus had descended from Adam, as every other human being has, then He would have inherited Adam's sin, just as every other human being has.

That we in no way make any image of God nor worship him in any other way than he has commanded in his That golden calf was made by their hands after God had given them the Ten Commandments. We are forbidden from making an idol of any object. It may not look like a man or woman. We are not to make an idol of the sun, moon or stars. God has created all of these things, and we are not to make an idol of any of them.

Awaken your might; come and save us. 3   Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be ; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. 8  You transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name. 19  Restore us, LORD God Almighty; make But Asaph didn't write this by himself; he was inspired by the Holy Spirit, who very much meant to point armies); A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray the refrain of Psalm 80: Restore us, LORD God Almighty, make

yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.” 6   Joshua said to the priests, “Take they'd been promised was currently inhabited by people who were bigger and stronger than they were in every But in a very similar fashion, the LORD comes to you every seven days and tells you to set it aside. He commands that you rest and be consecrated - cleaned, purified and made holy - not by the means of The best way for you to do this is to deliberately set the ever-present busyness aside and gather with

They lie in wait for the church and every member of it like thieves, with all their power, to destroy As we take a look at the short letter of Jude, Jude takes up a discussion about judgment for those who This connects us with the section of the Belgic Confession we are taking a look at today. corrupt that they are enemies of God and of everything good,” and “they lie in wait for the church and every being “enemies of God and of everything good,” and even seeking to “lie in wait for the church and every

What difference does it make to believe these tenets of the Christian faith? This whole passage is dripping with praise for how our Triune God has blessed us in Christ with every

Take a moment to be reminded of the Good News. Dig Deeper   The first thing Paul makes clear as he begins to remind us of the gospel is that he didn't make it up. If just a handful of closely intertwined people had claimed to witness Jesus alive, it might make sense But since this world and your sinful nature seek to obfuscate these simple truths, make sure that you're