Category: A Faith in Process

Baptist minister Francis Bellamy (1855-1931) wrote the Pledge of Allegiance in August 1892, wording it for use by any country. It read: I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The original Bellamy salute began with a military salute (right hand…

Praise the Eternal!It is good to sing praises to our God,    for praise is beautiful and pleasant.Our Lord is great. Nothing is impossible with His overwhelming power.    He is loving, compassionate, and wise beyond all measure.Psalm 147: 1, 5 The Voice *** “God is completely sovereign. God is infinite in wisdom. God is perfect in love. God in His love always…

By entering through faith into what God has always wanted to do for us—set us right with him, make us fit for him—we have it all together with God because of our Master Jesus. And that’s not all: We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already…

This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going…

God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we…

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to…

God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives…

Consider the kind of extravagant love the Father has lavished on us—He calls us children of God! It’s true; we are His beloved children. And in the same way the world didn’t recognize Him, the world does not recognize us either. My loved ones, we have been adopted into God’s family; and we are officially His children now. The…

What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it—we’re called children of God! That’s who we really are. But that’s also why the world doesn’t recognize us or take us seriously, because it has no idea who he is or what he’s up to.1 John 3:1The Message *** Oh, it is…

Consider the incredible love that the Father has shown usin allowing us to be called “children of God”—and that is not just what we are called, but what we are.Our heredity on the Godward side is no mere figure of speech—which explains why the world will no more recognize us than it recognized Christ.1 John…