See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like Him, for we … Continue reading

“You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:6-8 Continue reading

I know not why God’s wondrous graceTo me He has made known,Nor why, unworthy, Christ in loveRedeemed me for His own.But I know Whom I have believèd,And am persuaded that He is ableTo keep that which I’ve committedUnto Him against that day. I know not how this saving faithTo me He did impart,Nor how believing in His WordWrought peace within my heart.But I know Whom … Continue reading

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said … Continue reading