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John MacArthur explains the Rapture
07/17/2025

John MacArthur explains the Rapture

Life Is Winning: Major Pro-Life Victories Signal a Turning Tide
07/15/2025

Life Is Winning: Major Pro-Life Victories Signal a Turning Tide

In Medina v. Planned Parenthood the Court ruled it was constitutional for the South Carolina legislature to exclude the abortion giant from Medicaid reimbursement. This means the many states that have passed similar legislation can also exclude Planned Parenthood or other abortion facilities.  

THE WORST ANTI-SEMITE IN HISTORYWhen people hear the term, “Anti-Semite”, they often recall the powerful individuals and...
06/30/2025

THE WORST ANTI-SEMITE IN HISTORY

When people hear the term, “Anti-Semite”, they often recall the powerful individuals and nations that hated the Jews and then had the audacity to act-out their hatred on a murderous scale rarely seen in history.

Names like Haman and Hi**er come to mind as prime examples of entities who freely chose to attempt to annihilate every last member of the Jewish population among them.

The reason for these attempts to annihilate an entire race of people?

Because they were JEWISH!

As insane a scenario as this was, it was the bottom line rationale from Haman, Hi**er and so many others like them.

But, just like all liars and murderers, Haman, Hi**er and others cloaked their actual motives under the lying guise of a supposed “threat” which the law-abiding Jews posed to the existence, peace and prosperity of their nation.

Their true motives were irrational, unfounded HATE that was implacable and DEADLY.

Nothing more, nothing less.

When we dive deeper into this saga, we discover that there is truly only ONE person who can legitimately lay claim to the title, “THE WORST ANTI-SEMITE IN HISTORY”.

He has been working overtime behind the scenes from day one to thwart and undermine God’s plan for mankind in general and the Jewish people in particular.

1st, THE WORST ANTI-SEMITE IN HISTORY HATES GOD.

The worst anti-semite in history began his campaign when he attempted a failed attempt to overthrow God’s reign, a coup de tat of unprecedented magnitude.

“ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘You were the seal of PERFECTION, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
You were the ANOINTED CHERUB who covers; I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones. You were PERFECT IN YOUR WAYS from the day you were created … UNTIL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU.” Ezek. 28:12-15

This ludicrously large scale of usurping authority was plotted and attempted by, of all persons, one who was once was the most decorated, powerful, gifted resident in the entire universe!!

Lucifer (Satan) had it all … but, as the lust for more greater and authority always does, it left him unsatisfied and willing to take a risky gamble at undermining and overthrowing God’s design for him and the rest of creation.

In an instant of time sometime eons-past, the angel of LIGHT lost everything to become the prince of DARKNESS!

“How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!” Isa. 14:12

And guess Who was right there to witness this consequential moment of Satan’s ejection out of Heaven?

Why, none other than Jesus Christ!

“Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, ‘Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.’ And (Jesus) said to them, ‘I saw SATAN FALL LIKE LIGHTNING FROM HEAVEN.’ ” Luke 10:17-18

Thus began the age-old battle for control of God’s entire creation.

2nd, THE WORST ANTI-SEMITE IN HISTORY HATES ALL OF HUMANITY BECAUSE THEY ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD.

When someone hates someone else so much, they desperately try to inflict serious damage to the persons and things that mean so much to the object of their hatred.

This was the route the devil took

He could never again get close enough to God to harm Him, so He started his doomed campaign by targeting God’s most prized creation … MAN!

If the devil could get to man and hurt him, he would have succeeded in hurting the heart and plan of God (at least temporarily).

By deceitfully seducing and persuading Adam and Eve to disobey God’s most clear command to abstain from eating fruit from the forbidden tree, the devil won a HUGE victory, a victory that spread death throughout all of Adam and Eve’s descendants, even right down to our present day.

So one might have to reluctantly give the devil a victory in Round One of the cosmic battle for the souls of men.

3rd, THE WORST ANTI-SEMITE IN HISTORY HATES GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE, THE JEWS.

For centuries Satan has personally led his furious yet futile campaign to utterly destroy the Lord’s people, the Lord’s chosen, first by enslaving and killing them in Egypt, then attacking and killing them via the evil tribes possessing the Promised Land, and then through the discriminatory and deadly efforts of Anti-Semites like Haman in Persia.

Satan’s baseless, totally irrational hatred for the Jews can be seen in a Biblical snapshot where the devil is seen attempting to annihilate the Jews via a centuries-long “flood of persecution” …

“And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it WAS BORN. She bore a MALE CHILD who was to RULE ALL NATIONS with a rod of iron. And her Child was CAUGHT UP TO GOD AND HIS THRONE.” Revelation 12:3-5

Here we see an all-out declaration of war as the devil recruits and rallies his forces to short-circuit God’s plan to send a Redeemer Who would die a substitutionary death to pay man’s sin debt.

This was what Satan saw as his checkmate move to put an end to God’s people once and for all … and, thanks be to God, it also completely failed.

Jesus Christ WAS born, He DID die for our sins, and He DID Rise from the grave and ASCEND into Heaven … and He WILL RULE THE NATIONS!

4th, THE WORST ANTI-SEMITE IN HISTORY HATES GOD’S ELECT PEOPLE, CHRISTIANS.

One would think Satan would “get it” that he’ll never win and give up while he’s “ahead”.

Yet his hatred for God knows no boundaries, even if it’s clear as crystal that his defeat and doom are more than sure.

Enter the newest “apple of God’s eye”, God’s beloved Body of Christ.

While the devil continued and still continues to pour out His uncontrollable, unmitigated hatred for God’s people, he also added the Church to the high value targets on his hit list.

Recall how he didn’t stop his war against God’s people, but instead, ramped it up by persecuting the Church in previously unimaginable ways.

Satan didn’t waste any time prosecuting his “take-no-prisoners” war on the Church.

No sooner had the Church been born, he unsuccessfully attempted to END her internally by infiltrating her ranks with sinfully compromising brethren. (Acts 5:1-11)

Following this he tried to end the Church externally by taking out (by way of public, brutal ex*****on) Stephen, one of the Church’s earliest, boldest and most articulate spokespersons.

“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”
When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said, ‘Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!’
Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.’ Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, ‘Lord, do not charge them with this sin.’ And when he had said this, he fell asleep.” Acts 7:51-60

Not content with the significant damage inflicted upon the membership of the infant Church, he declared “all-out war” on Christ’s Body, arresting, imprisoning, torturing and even murdering any and all who professed the Name of Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

A wholesale persecution of the Church broke out, led by Herod, and expanded by none other than one of Judaism’s poster boys, the Pharisee named Saul of Tarsus.

“Saul made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison … Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.” Acts 8:3 ; 9:1-2

Next Satan went after the “big fish”, namely its chief leaders, the apostles Peter and James.

“Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. Then HE KILLED JAMES the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread. So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover.” Acts 12:1-4

Beginning in the first century and continuing on to our present day, Satan’s lethal campaign to destroy the Church has left countless lives of God’s people dead in its merciless wake.

Having fully accomplished His payment for all of our sins, Jesus exited the world stage and sent the Holy Spirit to birth and begin the existence of His new people, the Church, the Bride of Christ.

And, most interestingly, just GUESS “WHO” that Church includes?

Messianic JEWS!

Indeed, a whole grand band of similarly saved Jews in the end times will one day lead the final and greatest gospel harvest our world will ever see!
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“Saying, ‘Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.’ And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the TRIBES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL were sealed:
Of the tribe of JUDAH twelve thousand were sealed;

Of the tribe of REUBEN twelve thousand were sealed;

Of the tribe of GAD twelve thousand were sealed;

Of the tribe of ASHER twelve thousand were sealed;

Of the tribe of NAPHTALI twelve thousand were sealed;

Of the tribe of MANASSEH twelve thousand were sealed;

Of the tribe of SIMEON twelve thousand were sealed;

Of the tribe of LEVI twelve thousand were sealed;

Of the tribe of ISSACHAR twelve thousand were sealed;

Of the tribe of ZEBULIN twelve thousand were sealed;

Of the tribe of JOSEPH twelve thousand were sealed;

Of the tribe of BENJAMIN twelve thousand were sealed.” Rev. 7:3-8

While the book of Revelation does have its share of symbolism, this particular text is as plain and clear as the Holy Spirit could make it!

The apostle John’s description of this spiritual “band of brothers” certainly doesn’t require the services of a rocket scientist to decipher the identities of the people named in this passage.

WHO ARE THEY??

Well, a simple glance at their spiritual ancestry as stated in the text reveals that THEY ARE JEWS !!!!! (HELLO???)

5th, THE WORST ANTI-SEMITE IN HISTORY WILL SEE HIS CAMPAIGN AGAINST GOD AND ALL OF GOD’S PEOPLE COME TO A FINAL AND FIERY END.

God has reserved a one –way ticket reservation to Hell for Satan …

“Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the EVERLASTING FIRE PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS.” Matt. 25:41

Once in hell, the devil will no longer be able to harass, persecute or kill ANY of God’s people, and that includes the Jews He will have so gloriously redeemed!

And that, my friend, can be the wonderful epitaph on your own tombstone!

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matt. 11:28-30

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be SAVED.” Acts 16:31

For additional info call 1-800-NEED HIM.

This free gift of salvation is for ANY and ALL who repent of their sins and receive Christ as their Lord and Savior, God is also preparing a place that’s the polar opposite of hell …

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you ... I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU (fill in the blank with YOUR name). And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.” John 14:1-4

“But I saw no temple in it, for the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY and THE LAMB are its TEMPLE.
The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the GLORY of God illuminated it.
The Lamb is its light.
And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their GLORY and honor into it.
Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE).

And they shall bring the GLORY and the honor of the nations into it. But THERE SHALL BY NO MEANS ENTER IT ANYTHING THAT DEFILES OR CAUSES AN ABOMINATION OR A LIE, BUT ONLY THOSE WHO ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE.” Rev. 21:22-27

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matt. 11:28-30

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be SAVED.” Acts 16:31

For additional info call 1-800-NEED HIM.

LET’S HELP POPULATE HEAVEN!One way of viewing Jesus’ Great Commission is to see it as recruiting as many as possible to ...
06/29/2025

LET’S HELP POPULATE HEAVEN!

One way of viewing Jesus’ Great Commission is to see it as recruiting as many as possible to inhabit Heaven.

God makes it abundantly clear that He wants a “full house” of guests to join Him in His Heavenly Home …

“Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that MY HOUSE WILL BE FULL.” Luke 14:23

While we aren’t responsible for the actual salvation of a person’s soul (since only God can do that), we ARE responsible for sharing the gospel invitation that will help them choose Heaven over Hell.

Like spiritual doorkeepers, we are called to do everything possible by life and lip to hold open the door of salvation and encourage them to enter in.

Truth be told, Heaven WILL be an extremely heavily populated place.

And when all’s said and done, we’ll want to be a part of the process that adds new residents to Heaven.

To anyone who makes the old and lame objection that God isn’t into numbers, please consider the fact that God uses some VERY BIG numbers when He describes Heaven’s population, just as the following passages indicate.

But it’s not about numbers just for the sake of numbers.

Each and every individual among those huge numbers is an eternal soul whom God created, Christ died for, and the Holy Spirit eternally dwells inside of.

That said, please join me as the Apostle John walks us through Heaven’s corridors and see for yourself just how POPULATED Heaven is going to be; and a small foretaste of what all of these Citizens of Heaven will be doing up there!

HEAVEN WILL BE POPULATED BY A VAST NUMBER OF PEOPLE!

“There before me was a GREAT MULTITUDE great multitude THAT NO ONE COULD COUNT…” Rev. 7:9

Some years back I was given a booklet designed to inspire intercessory prayer for the top 31 unengaged cities of China.

Most of these 31 cities boast citizens in the multiplied MILLIONS.

The content in the summary of each country includes something of their history, culture and economy. Talk about a huge field for harvesting!!

World class cities boast population numbers that can seem staggering … but they pale in comparison to the innumerable population that will reside I Heaven!

Communities, cities, states and nations take pride in announcing the results of a census taken of their citizens.

But let not anyone even begin to think that a census of Heaven is even a possibility.

When John uses words indicating that heaven’s population is beyond tabulation, he’s not “fudging” the numbers … he means it literally!

HEAVEN WILL BE POPULATED BY A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE!

“From EVERY nation, tribe, people and language …” Rev. 7:9

Every single culture, nation, language that currently exists and those that have ever existed on earth will be represented in Heaven!

Picture a heavenly version of a gathering of all the United Nations ambassadors, but instead of loyalty to their singular nation and its people, Heaven’s occupants will be red hot for God alone, a great host of ambassadors for Christ!

HEAVEN WILL BE POPULATED BY A VICTORIOUS PEOPLE!

“They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.” Rev. 7:10

The white robes worn by those in this heavenly throng are symbolic of the fact that they have won the ultimate victory of victories.

They have done so by their undying faith in Jesus’ shed blood as payment for everyone one of their sins.

They have made it through the Great Tribulation, having done so by being faithful to Christ to the point of death…

“Then one of the elders asked me, ‘These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?’ I answered, ‘Sir, you know.’ And he said, ‘These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.’ ” Revelation 7:13-14

HEAVEN WILL BE POPULATED BY A VIBRANTLY JOYFUL PEOPLE!

“And they SANG a new SONG saying: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.” Rev. 5:9-10

People only sing from their hearts when they are brimming over with pure joy.

Heaven’s occupants will be permanently occupied with singing eternal songs of praise to the One and Only Lamb of God who willingly and freely allowed Himself to die on the Cross so that they might live!

“And HE DIED FOR ALL, that those who live should no longer for themselves but would LIVE FOR HIM who died for them and was raised again.” 2 Cor.5:15

They will also sing songs of deepest gratitude to God for the amazing privilege He has granted them to serve Him and even co-reign with Him on a redeemed, sin-free planet …

“You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.’ ” Rev. 5:9-10

HEAVEN WILL BE POPULATED BY A VOCAL PEOPLE!

“And they CRIED OUT in a LOUD VOICE: ‘Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” Rev.7:10

There will be no lack of enthusiasm present in the souls of these choir members … they will be singing from the tops of their lungs!!

Crying out to God, they will strain every one of their vocal chords as they worship Him for all eternity! (But unlike our current vocal chords, our heavenly bodies will possess vocal chords that will be incapable of wearing out.)

Like a touchdown scored inside a huge pro football stadium filled with a vast throng of shouting, cheering fans, Heaven’s portals will resound with the loud shouts of exuberant spectators voicing their 100% appreciation and approval to God for all the “spiritual touchdowns ‘ He scored for them on the Cross!

“Then I heard what sounded like a GREAT MULTITUDE, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, SHOUTING:

“Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” Rev. 19:6-8

Like guests at a wedding, believers will be expressing their irrepressible excitement as they anticipate the WEDDING OF THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR to His Bride!!

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PREVIEWS OF HEAVEN’S POPULATION … and just like any preview, the actual full reality won’t be grasped until we see it for ourselves.

Now if you have yet to punch your ticket to Heaven, here’s the travel info you need to do so..

Here’s how YOU can experience and enjoy a personal relationship with Jesus Christ …

ADMIT YOUR SIN: Sin separates us from God. The Bible says, "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23) The only way back to God is through His Son, Jesus Christ.

ABANDON SELF-EFFORT: If we could save ourselves, Jesus didn't have to die! Salvation is by God's grace alone. "For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is a gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)

ACKNOWLEDGE CHRIST'S PAYMENT: Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died for your sins. "But God commends His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8) Jesus died in your place and your sin debt has been paid for by, "The blood of Jesus Christ." (1 John 1:7)

ACCEPT CHRIST AS SAVIOR: Put your faith in Jesus Christ and Him alone for your salvation. Receive Him by faith. The Bible says, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." (Acts 16:31) Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no man cometh unto the Father but by Me." (John 14:6)

PRAY THIS PRAYER FROM YOUR HEART TO GOD TODAY:

“Heavenly Father, I'm a sinner.

I'm lost and I need to be saved.

I know I can't save myself.

I trust You to save me.

Come into heart, forgive my sin and save me.

I give you my life, I don't look for a sign or ask for a feeling.

I trust only in You to save me.

Begin now to make me the person You want me to be.

Help me never to be ashamed of You.

Thank You for saving me, Jesus.

In Your name I pray, Amen.”

If you sincerely make this your heartfelt prayer, God will save you!

And you will be eternally grateful that you discovered Jesus Christ; God's greatest Love worth finding.

For further info call toll-free, 1-800-NEED-HIM!

THIS TRACT GETS MY VOTE FOR BEST TRACT EVER!Father's Love LetterBy Barry AdamsThe words you’re about to read are true, a...
06/27/2025

THIS TRACT GETS MY VOTE FOR BEST TRACT EVER!

Father's Love Letter
By Barry Adams

The words you’re about to read are true, and they will change your life if you let them.

This letter comes from the heart of God to tell you that he loves you, and that he is the Father you’ve been looking for all your life.

The promises God makes in these words from the Bible are directed to his children—those who have placed their trust in God’s Son, Jesus, as their Savior.

And the good news is, you too can become a child of God! Be sure to read the last page of this pamphlet to find out more.


My Child,

You may not know me, but I know everything about you (Ps. 139:1).

I know when you sit down and when you rise up (Ps. 139:2).

I am familiar with all your ways (Ps. 139:3)—even the very hairs on your head are numbered (Matt. 10:29–31).

You were made in my image (Gen. 1:27).

In me you live and move and have your being, for you are my offspring (Acts 17:28).

I knew you even before you were conceived (Jer. 1:4–5).

I chose you when I planned creation (Eph. 1:11–12).

You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book (Ps. 139:15–16).

I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live (Acts 17:26).

You are fearfully and wonderfully made (Ps. 139:14).

I knit you together in your mother’s womb (Ps. 139:13), and brought you forth on the day you were born (Ps. 71:6).

I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know me (John 8:41–44).

I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love (1 John 4:16).

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you, simply because you are my child and I am your Father (1 John 3:1).

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could (Matt. 7:11), for

I am the perfect Father (Matt. 5:48).

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand (James 1:17), for I am your provider and I meet all your needs (Matt. 6:31–33).

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope (Jer. 29:11), because I love you with an everlasting love (Jer. 31:3).

My thoughts toward you are as countless as the sand on the seashore (Ps. 139:17–18), and I rejoice over you with singing (Zeph. 3:17).

I will never stop doing good to you (Jer. 32:40), for you are my treasured possession (Ex. 19:5).

I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul (Jer. 32:41), and I want to show you great and marvelous things (Jer. 33:3).

If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me (Deut. 4:29); delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart (Ps. 37:4), for it is I who gave you those desires (Phil. 2:13).

I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine (Eph. 3:20), for I am your greatest encourager (2 Thess. 2:16–17).

I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles (2 Cor. 1:3–4).

When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you (Ps. 34:18).

As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart (Isa. 40:11).

One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes, and I will take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth (Rev. 21:3–4).

I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my Son, Jesus (John 17:23).

In him, my love for you is revealed (John 17:26).

He is the exact representation of my being (Heb. 1:3).

He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you (Rom. 8:31), and to tell you that I am not counting your sins against you.
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled (2 Cor. 5:18–19).

His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you (1 John 4:10).

I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love (Rom. 8:31–32).

If you receive the gift of my Son, Jesus, you receive me (1 John 2:23), and nothing will ever separate you from my love again (Rom. 8:38–39).

Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen (Luke 15:7).

I have always been Father and will always be Father (Eph. 3:14–15).

My question is: will you be my child (John 1:12–13)?

I am waiting for you (Luke 15:11–32).

Love,
Your Dad
(Almighty God)

Tracts available at https://www.amazon.com/Fathers-Letter-American-Society-25-pack/dp/1682164349, as well as other outlets.

“OH FOR GRACE TO TRUST HIM MORE!”If that phase sounds familiar, that may be because it’s a prayer that’s part of the lyr...
06/27/2025

“OH FOR GRACE TO TRUST HIM MORE!”

If that phase sounds familiar, that may be because it’s a prayer that’s part of the lyrics of the old gospel song, “Tis So Sweet To Trust in Jesus”.

Composed by hymn writer Louisa M.R. Stead in 1882, the song expresses both the sweet blessings of trusting God in any and all of life’s situations, as well as the heart-longing to grow in our ability to trust Him in an ever increasing way.

Most if not all of us struggle with trusting God (also known as worry) at one time or another and to one degree or another.

In recent days I have found myself revisiting such a place.

While thinking and praying about my situation of trusting the Lord for a critical need, I recalled a very moving account in Mark 9:17-27 where an extremely distraught father brought his deaf, mute, demon-tortured son to Jesus for healing.

Perhaps due to the fact that the boy’s condition was so severe and its duration continued unabated for so many years (since childhood), the father expressed his partial confidence about the possibility/probability that Jesus’ was capable of such a powerfully miraculous deliverance of his beloved son …

“IF YOU CAN do anything, take pity on us and help us.”

With possible chagrin, Jesus responded, “ ‘If (I) can’? Everything is possible for one who BELIEVES (trusts)”.

The issue was not Jesus’ capability but the father’s trust in Christ’s to meet his son’s deep need.

Jesus assures this understandably desperate father (and us) that anything, indeed, everything is ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE when we entrust our situation to Him.

And that truth-promise included the deliverance of his son.

The father then spoke these words of honest confession …

“I DO believe; help me OVERCOME MY UNBELIEF!”

If there was ever a moment when a person was totally transparent with Jesus, this was one of them.

Being all-knowing, Jesus was already aware that the father’s faith was incomplete.

So the father needed to openly admit this to Jesus for his own spiritual good. (“Confession is good for the soul.”)

Somewhat like when a medical doctor can only assist in healing us when we clearly and candidly describe our condition, so we need to be totally honest with God when we’re struggling with trusting Him to meet our need.

Truth be told, when it comes to trusting God, we ALL struggle right along with this father over the quality and depth of our faith in Him to help us in our times of desperate need.

Sometimes we feel a strong confidence in God, while at other times not quite so much.

It seems at times that the greater the need, the greater the struggle.

Yet, because of His great mercy and compassion, God’s ability to intervene and help us is never limited by any “imperfect” trust in Him on our part.

We see this in the fact that Jesus didn’t disqualify the father nor reject his urgent plea for his son’s healing.

Instead, Jesus graciously opted to fully and unconditionally grant this father’s request and completely delivered his son …

“When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the impure spirit. ‘You deaf and mute spirit,’ he said, ‘I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.’ ”
The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looked so much like a co**se that many said, ‘He’s dead.’ But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up.”

In just a word Jesus answered the father’s prayer and restored his multi-disabled son to perfect and permanent health!!

And for all we know, that answer may well have healed the father of his spiritual disability of limiting God’s ability to do what to him seemed unlikely at best and maybe impossible at worst!

The lesson?

The key to overcoming weak faith is to honestly acknowledge it to God and ask Him to strengthen our faith.

While God is most highly pleased and honored when we implicitly trust Him (Hebrews 11:6), He’s also merciful and faithful to recognize our spiritual shortcomings and come to our aid in time of need when our faith seems weak.

Just as Psalm 103:13-14 states …

“As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
for He knows how we are formed, He remembers that WE ARE DUST.”

So let’s come to Him, whether our faith is weak or strong, with full assurance that He loves us, has great compassion on us, and is there to help us in any way and at all times!

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