Showing posts with label Salvation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salvation. Show all posts

Hope Springs Anew




Sunday Scripture



and a



Song






 "See, I am doing a new thing!
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland." 

Isaiah 43:19 NIV


Anyone who attended my Women's Winter Retreat saw this scripture on the cover of our event folder. It's truly one of my favorites. It reminds me that the joy I know in my life is all because God has made me new, over and over again. 

The life-giving energy of a spring bubbling up through to the surface of the earth is a beautiful analogy for the love of God breaking through the barriers we place in our lives. Only God can bring life when hope has died.

When we finally realize that we can't navigate this life alone, and our hearts feel like a wilderness, God's life-giving force can fill us with hope and give us the will to keep trying. 

Water carves through the crust of the earth, creating small creeks, which grow into raging rivers. Water is a life-giving force, and Jesus is the living water in our lives, giving us life and energy and forward motion.

Drink from the well of Salvation. Know His peace. Be well, my friends.

Enjoy our song today, by Matt Maher. Come to the Water.
 
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Who I Am


Sunday Scripture

and a

Song



“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 can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”  Ephesians 2:8-10 (NLT)







The Song "Who Am I?" by Casting Crowns was the song that defined me and called me into my music ministry. Through the words in this song, Mark Hall describes how temporary and insignificant this life is compared to the great gift from God through His Son, Jesus Christ that allows us to know we are God's children and we are loved.


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