THE BIG IDEA: Because God loves us He has made known to us His plans and provisions to save His people through the atoning work of His Son Jesus Christ.

THE BIG IDEA: The Bible should guide our prayers which should be filled with humility, confession, repentance, and petition, with a heart to see God’s name glorified.

You can trust in God because He knows all things and all powers that be must ultimately submit to Him.

We need to be careful to not read things into the Scriptures that God has not clearly stated.

No matter what obstacles you face to deter you from remaining faithful, always remember that non-believers are watching, and their eternity may be influenced by your actions.

The Lord is always willing to forgive our failures, but so often we won’t forgive ourselves, and we wind up living passionless, purposeless lives.

We avoid the judgement of God by walking in submission to His sovereign plans and purposes, beginning with our redemption through Christ.

In our world of “self-made” men and women, we all need to be reminded that every person that ever existed has what they have because the God of all creation has allowed it.

THE BIG IDEA: God is able to, and He will, ultimately deliver His faithful from the furnace of affliction and judgment.