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| Ryker's Dream Orphan Ministry and Relief |
| James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. |
Reaching and equipping people for Christ
You are witnesses, and God also, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you who believe; as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children, that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. 1 Thessalonians 2:10-12 Yesterday we saw Paul’s statement that he treated the church in the same manner that a mother would cherish her own children. Today we now find Paul using the analogy of a father. Now I know that not every one of you reading this had a mother or father who loved you in the way Paul describes here. You may not have felt cherished by your mom or encouraged and comforted by your dad, but be encouraged that not only are these descriptions that Paul uses pertaining to the church, but these are also descriptions of the way your Heavenly Father feels about you. As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem. Isaiah 66:13 The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying: "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you." Jeremiah 31:3 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust. Psalm 103:11-14 This devotional message is provided by Horizon Christian Fellowship. © 2007 Mike MacIntosh. All Rights Reserved. |