This Months Devotional Reading


The Next Time You Are Down In the Dumps!

Struggling with your worth as a person …

Or despairing of life …

Or nursing your wounds over being hurt, shunned, or put down,

Do a reality check as to just who you are in the eyes of God:

•      GOD HAS ALWAYS LOVED YOU FROM ALL ETERNITY:
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.”
(read ) Jeremiah 31:3b) (See Psalm 103:17; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; James 1:18)

•      GOD HAS ALWAYS PLANNED TO CHOSE YOU FOR HIMSELF:
“For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.”
(Read) Ephesians 1:4) (See 1 Peter 2:9; Deuteronomy 7:6, 7; 14:2)

•      GOD THOUGHT ENOUGH OF YOU TO SPILL HIS SON’S BLOOD TO RESCUE YOU:
“You were redeemed from the empty way of life … with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.”
(Read)  1 Peter 1:18b, 19) (See Psalm 74:2; Hebrews 9:12–14)

•      GOD CONSIDERS YOU HIS SOLE POSSESSION:
“(He) gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.”
(Read) Titus 2:14) (See )Acts 15:14; Deuteronomy 4:20; 14:2)

•      GOD HAS INVITED YOU INTO HIS FAMILY TO BE A JOINT-HEIR WITH HIS SON, JESUS:
“We are … heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.”
(Read) Romans 8:17b) (Luke 12:32; Galatians 3:29; 4:7)

So, take heart, my fellow Christians and heirs. True, “we must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.” (Acts 14:22) But take comfort in knowing that Jesus is returning to take you with Him:

“They will see the Son of Man coming … with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place … lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
(Read) Luke 21:27b, 28)

FGMBC/ PAJH/FOTM/KJV/  11/1/2025