I Serve A God Who Loves!

I serve a God who, despite our lapses in judgment, continues to welcome us into His home. We are the prodigal children and He rejoices with our return (no matter how many times we leave).

I serve a God who hears our cries (the cries of His children) and holds us in His arms until it’s time to let us go. And when that time comes He gives us strength to get up and move forward. Always maintaining a watchful eye – not to condemn us for our mistakes but to support us along the way.

I serve a God who cries with us. He shares in our pain. Our sorrow is His sorrow. A parent hurts when their children hurt – even when the parent knows the pain must take place.

I serve a God who mourns when we turn away from Him. Not because He’s keeping a tally of how many will enter the Throne Room but because we’re His children. He mourns the loss of a child. Rejection hurts!

I serve a God who longs for us and doesn’t sit idly by watching our lives play out. He is actively involved. He participates. And even better - He prays for us to be with Him.

I serve a God who never leaves us alone. He never abandons us. He sent Himself (His Spirit) to live in us - to be our guide and Comforter.

I serve a God who fights for us – whether this means He’s fighting our battles on our behalf or fighting to keep us in His fold. Like a shepherd guarding His sheep or a mama bear guarding her cubs - He is fiercely protective.

I serve a God who demonstrates His love not by always indulging us with our wants but by graciously giving us our needs.

I serve a God who will sometimes give us our wants – simply because doing so brings Him joy. Like a parent giving a child a gift, it warms the heart.

I serve a God who can take the heart of the vilest person and transform him or her into someone beautiful. There is not one who can’t be transformed by the love of God.

I serve a God who allowed His son to suffer like no man ever has or will (by taking on the sins of the world) so that He may become our atoning sacrifice.

I serve a God who loves us enough to pay the debt we could never pay.

I serve a God who loves!

I Serve A God Who Wins!

I serve a God who grants victory to those that serve Him.

I serve a God who stuns and shocks His enemy by His power and faithfulness.

I serve a God who helped a boy defeat a giant with the mere slinging of a stone while everyone who was supposed to fight trembled with fear.

I serve a God who tells an army commander that he has too many soldiers and leads him to victory with a mere 300 men.

I serve a God who won a battle of wills against a tyrant Pharaoh and freed his people from bondage. A God who, when the path was blocked and the fate of His people seemed all but doomed, spread the waters before them and gave them a way out - crushing their enemies behind.

I serve a God who won a battle between Gods when He ignited a fire on a thoroughly water soaked altar in front of a shocked and dismayed audience of Baal worshipers and prophets. Arguably not a hard battle to win since the other gods only existed in the hearts and minds of their worshippers.  The point of His own existence and power was made very clear.

I serve a God who won the battle of territory when he made the walls of Jericho simply collapse after His army marched around the city for seven days listening to the taunts of its residents who thought they were safely protected inside their walls.

I serve a God who fights and wins the battles that sin wages against me so that I have the strength and time to serve Him (not hindered by the evil one's distration of the week).

I serve a God who offers victory when defeat looks ready to be handed down. 

I serve a God who has already won the war against the evil one.  The kingdom is His!

I serve a God who wins! (And it feels great to be on the winning team!)