Prayer ~ Lord God, I trust You to keep Your word…Your
Promises. You’ve told us that You cannot lie—so it is with eager anticipation
that I look forward to being welcomed into Your Holy Place…Your home one
day—whether it is when I die…or when You call for each believer to come up
there to You. I trust You.
And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly
enter heaven's Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. By his death,
Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy
Place. And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God's house, let us
go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For
our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ's blood to make us
clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. Let us hold tightly
without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his
promise. Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and
good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but
encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing
near. Hebrews 10:19-25 (Underlined for emphasis.)
Meditate. Remember how the curtain in the Holy of Holies tore when Jesus died on the cross?
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| Just as we can count on trees to change color in the fall... we can trust God in all we do! |
Who do you trust? The author of Hebrews told us that we can trust the Lord. It is repeated more than fifty times throughout the Bible. We just have to rely on our
Trust in the LORD
with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5
This passage in Hebrews goes on to encourage us to think of ways to
motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our
meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now
that the day of his return is drawing near.
Think! Think! Think! How can you encourage others? Let us
think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let
us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one
another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
It is never too early or too late to consider the feelings
and needs of others. Love God. Love others. It reminds us of the Golden Rule
which says to treat others the way you want to be treated. Good advice.
Additionally, this passage today directs us
to meet with other Christians. Fellowship is a good thing—that gives us another
opportunity show God’s love, to share, encourage, and serve others. Since Covid
kept everyone home for a while, some of us just got out of the habit of going
to church. We’d just watch church on YouTube or Facebook. Worship is just not
the same on a video as it is in person. No interaction before or after the
service to “fellowship” and get to know others. It is good to be back in person—learning
and growing with those who attend together.
Do you see the “day of His return
drawing near?” Someday that day will come. We need to be prepared…and to trust
God. He can be trusted.
Verse of Salvation ~ Jesus replied, "I assure you,
no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.
Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to
spiritual life. So don't be surprised when I say, 'You must be born again.' The
wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can't tell
where it comes from or where it is going, so you can't explain how people are
born of the Spirit." John 3:5-8
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