by MJR | Feb 27, 2024 | Genuine Hope
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For...
by MJR | Feb 26, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did...
by MJR | Feb 23, 2024 | Genuine Hope
My hands have made both heaven and earth; they and everything in them are mine. I, the Lord, have spoken! “I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at my word.” Isaiah 66:2 When I first read the verses above, it took a moment...
by MJR | Feb 22, 2024 | Genuine Hope
“Turn to me and be saved,all the ends of the earth!For I am God, and there is no other.By myself I have sworn;from my mouth has gone out in righteousnessa word that shall not return:To me every knee shall bow,every tongue shall swear allegiance.’ Isaiah 45:22-23 This...
by MJR | Feb 21, 2024 | Genuine Hope
I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.I said, “Here I am, here I am,”to a nation that was not called by my name. Isaiah 65:1 In Genesis, God promised Abraham that “all the families of the...
by MJR | Feb 20, 2024 | Genuine Hope
“See, I will create new heavens and a new earth.The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create,for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. I will rejoice over...
