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We hear the phrase, “right side of history” fr

We hear the phrase, “right side of history” frequently but the better phrase, the better question is, “Are you on the right side of Jesus?” Or perhaps, put more clearly, “Are your actions and support and choices representative of someone who is acting as God’s friend or as His enemy?

There are plenty of voices right now telling you how to be on the right side of Jesus, instructing you on what Jesus would do and how to be aligned with Him. And don’t misunderstand- aligned with Christ Jesus is what you must be. But it’s because He commands it and it must be as Scripture describes it, not in the way people who have proven to be His enemies demand it.

And when you’re ready to question and criticize and accuse, remember that your blood-bought brothers and sisters may disagree with you on important issues related to things like what goes in and on their bodies, but that does not change their position and value in God‘s family.

The Christian brother or sister that you think the least of right now, that you desperately want to correct, that you are most inclined to be bitter at, belongs body and soul, to their faithful Saviour Jesus Christ. They are clothed in His robes of righteousness and His name is on their heads.

If you stand as their accuser, you are joining the accuser of the brethren, Satan.

THAT is the wrong side of Jesus.

Here’s better news: “Unless the Lord builds t

Here’s better news:

“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭127:1-2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

These two are just the sweetest and my heart is so

These two are just the sweetest and my heart is so excited to watch them grow up cousin-friends. 🥰

Yesterday, one of the pastors we heard preach enco

Yesterday, one of the pastors we heard preach encouraged us to go home and read Psalm 77. He wasn’t referencing the situation in Afghanistan but I found this passage to be so timely, and something to pray on behalf of our brothers and sisters in Christ overseas.

“I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me. In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.

When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah

You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. I consider the days of old, the years long ago. I said, “Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart.”

Then my spirit made a diligent search: “Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable? Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time? Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah

Then I said, “I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High.” I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.

Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God? You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples. You with your arm redeemed your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; indeed, the deep trembled. The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth thunder; your arrows flashed on every side. The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters; yet your footprints were unseen. You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭77 ESV‬‬

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