God Sees You

Are you going through something right now?

It seems like everyone I’ve talked to recently is going through some kind of struggle.

Friends – we shouldn’t be surprised.

This is the nature of living in our fallen world.

No doubt, the evil one is working overtime.

Troubles and frustrations are a part of life, but through it all, God is with us.

Nothing is a surprise to Him.

When your life seems out of control

God sees you

When people lie and gossip about you

He sees you

When you’re laid off from your job

He sees you

When your marriage falls apart

God sees you.

When you’re afraid to leave your house

He sees you

When your illness lingers

God sees you

Please don’t feel discouraged.

There’s so much more to God’s love for you than you could ever imagine.

He understands what you’re going through and the frustrations that wear you down.

This may not be easy to accept, but our troubles serve a purpose.

If our lives were an easy ride – how would we ever appreciate the qualities of perseverance, compassion, humility, and resilience?

God sees you

When we understand and value the glory that awaits us, we are better able to endure whatever comes our way in this life. We can give God praise even during trials because we have His guarantee that we will receive all He has promised: “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all” (2 Corinthians 4:17). – Got Questions.org.¹

God Sees You – Your Inheritance is in Christ

⁹But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; ¹⁰for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. –1 Peter 2:9-10, (NASB).²

He Sees You While You’re Waiting

Have you heard Terrian’s new album, “Give it Time” from Gotee Records?

She’s a talented vocalist I’ve featured before.

Anyway, this seems like the perfect time to share one of her latest songs, “He Sees You.”

In the song, Terrian speaks to keeping the faith while waiting on God to make us whole again.

Waiting brings our lack of trust in God, our insecurities, our pride, our fears and worries all to the surface. Sometimes, we don’t realize all of that is hiding in us. Yet, The Lord uses it to show us that while we’re waiting, it’s not just the outcome He’s concerned with, it’s seeing us whole. Seeing us fully surrendered to Him. Seeing us lay down sins we’ve held on to for too long. Seeing us healed. Seeing us free before we’re ready to receive what comes next. Let the Holy Spirit transform you while you wait. Give it time, friends. He sees. He most certainly knows. – Terrian, Christian artist and co-songwriter. ³

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¹Quotation from gotquestions.org, from “What is our inheritance in Christ? n.d., para. 10. Web. Accessed February 2, 2024. Inheritance in Christ.

³Terrian quotation, {Facebook post}, November 1, 2023. Accessed February 3, 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.facebook.com/iamterrian/

Our Exceptional God

What Happened To Sin?

Have you ever heard the expression, “Give ‘em an inch, and they’ll take a mile”?

It reminds me of the compromises taking place in some modern churches.

These ungodly distractions enter into a church and pretty soon the whole Gospel message takes a tumble.

How sad it is when we read news items like:

Churches wanting to remove gender pronouns in their teachings.

More churches are letting the culture dictate what’s taught in God’s house. Messages about sin, forgiveness, the end times, and salvation are bumped for more “feel good” sermons about what nice people we all are.

You can’t make this stuff up. It’s really happening.

As discerning Christians, we need to be aware of deceptions like these, and not fall for them.

That’s some downer news for our faith, right?

But God is with us, no matter what.

What happened to Sin

No one knows His divine timeline, but we do have the triumphant return of our Savior, Jesus Christ, to look forward to.

No secular movement, false gods, or future political agendas will ever be able to change or delay His return.

Praise the Lord!

All Sin Is Against God

As Christians – we must be discerning.

Changing the gospel message to satisfy cultural movements is a deception.

Can you believe the depth of the disrespect and irreverence towards God this all is? Changing God’s inspired Word?

Thoughts about the news items mentioned above prompted me to write a poem called “What Happened To Sin?”

It’s been on my heart and I was finally able to put pen to paper.

What Happened to Sin?

Who is Man to twist God’s Word?
Oh, haven’t you heard?

“The Bible’s too convicting,
let’s put it away, or we won’t grow our church,”
the false teachers say.

“Let’s only preach Love, and helping the poor
Just forget that Hell is real with an open door.
Talking about Sin will just turn them off
We must grow our church at any cost.”

“So what if our sermons are not “sound” preaching?
Our coffee is good and our influence far-reaching.”
We exclude parts of Scripture, so people feel good,
Jesus came to make us happy, right?
Don’t you think we should?”

“Why give a sermon about God’s Final Judgment?
The church will empty, they’ll find the message repugnant.

Keep it lighthearted and throw out the hymns
Crank up the amps, keep the lights dim.”
Light some incense to set the mood,
Leave the End Times out of it,
It will all be good.”

To those preachers, I say,
“Do you know what you’re doing?”
Those external trappings aren’t what churches should be pursuing.
We’re to share the Gospel and reach the lost.
Our salvation as sinners came at such a high cost.
Jesus came to save us – a Ransom for you and me,
His Word is absolute truth — just…let…it…be.

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