1. The lesson of Malachi reveals God’s love for his people. When the people ask for proof of God’s love, he reminds them of their election.
  2. We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
  3. It all starts with God; and it all ends with God. He is the alpha and omega of giving and generosity.
  4. The Church stands firm on the word of promise that Christ will one day return to change what we know by faith into sight.
  5. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  6. This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022), written by Kathy Morales and Kyle G. Jones.
  7. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  8. Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
  9. Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
  10. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  11. The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.
  12. To say that whoever loves has been born of God is also to say that those who are born of God are recipients of love. They do not have God because they love but because they are loved.