Seize the Moment – Day 336
The Promise of Joy!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday, February 16.
A quick update: Due to the impact of the winter storm the church office is closed today. Additionally, the Celebration of Life Service for our beloved sister Sharon Meade has been postponed to this Saturday at noon, with the calling from 11-12.
If you trust someone and know their heart, it is easy to give them the benefit of the doubt or to lovingly read between the lines on what they are saying. That is why I love reading the Bible, and especially the letters of John. His heart is beautiful and his desire for us is so clear in all that he writes.
John expresses his motives for writing his first letter in 1 John 1:3, “These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.”
John is writing his letter to us so that we may experience the fullness of joy promised by Jesus Christ. Listen to the promise of Jesus from John 15:9-11,
Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
Seize the moment and trust the heart of God for you and your life. Jesus wants our joy to be complete so let’s obey Him!
Let’s recite this week’s memory verse, Romans 8:38-39: “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”