Words of Encouragement
Hebrews 3:13-14; Hebrews 6:13-20, Hebrews 10:22-25 MSG
Now that we have began the year 2025, the word of God instructs us to:
… watch your step, friends. Make sure there’s no evil unbelief lying around that will trip you up and throw you off course, diverting you from the living God. For as long as God’s still calling it Today, keep each other on your toes so sin doesn’t slow down your reflexes. If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we’re in this with Christ for the long haul.
Remember that God gave his word When God made His promise to Abraham, He backed it all the way, putting his own reputation on the line. He said, “I promise that I’ll bless you with everything I have—bless and bless and bless!” Abraham stuck it out and got everything that had been promised to him. When people make promises, they guarantee them by appeal to some authority above them so that if there is any question that they’ll make good on the promise, the authority will back them up.
When God wanted to guarantee His promises, He gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee—God can’t break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable.
We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It’s an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek.
So let’s do it—(step into 2025) full of belief, confident that we’re presentable inside and out. Let’s keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. God always keeps his word. Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping others, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching. For Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him” (Hebrews 9:28).
Prayer.
Father, we thank you for your presence, love, blessings, provisions, and protection upon us. May we your children fulfil your purpose and plans through the power of the Holy Spirit in what we have been called for in your Kingdom as we step in to 2025.
Father, I pray for your people who have fallen away and have hardened their hearts that they will repent and come back to their first love, Jesus Christ, that they will be full of faith and keep a firm grip on your promises for you are a keeper of your word. In Jesus name. Amen
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