04/18/2025
Two of favorite words BUT GOD
Your struggles today are not the end. Your Lord has a plan for you. His grace guarantees a future for you.
Rest in his grace, trust, and obey. His plan marches on. You are wise to build your life, hope, and dreams on the sure foundation of God’s amazing grace.
No hope after Adam,
but God.
No grand redemptive plan,
but God,
No surviving a global flood,
but God.
No descendants for Abram,
but God.
No future for Joseph,
but God.
No Passover freedom from Egypt,
but God.
No journey through the Red Sea,
but God.
No mana in the wilderness,
but God.
No tabernacle of worship and forgiveness,
but God.
No crumbling walls of Jericho,
but God.
No defeat of the Midianites,
but God.
No victory over Goliath,
but God.
No new beginning for Jonah,
but God.
No walking out of the fiery furnace,
but God.
No safety in the lion’s den,
but God.
No prophets, priests and kings,
but God.
No hope for the line of Judah,
but God.
No Messiah born to Mary,
but God.
No Word becomes flesh,
but God.
No Living Water,
but God.
No Bread of Life,
but God.
No Passover Lamb,
but God.
No cross of forgiveness,
but God.
No victorious resurrection,
but God.
No royal ascension,
but God.
No gift of the Holy Spirit,
but God.
No forgiveness for Peter,
but God.
No rescue on the road to Damascus,
but God.
No written revelation,
but God.
No great and precious promises,
but God.
No new life in Christ,
but God.
No community of faith,
but God.
No reconciling mercy,
but God,
No rescuing conviction,
but God.
No heart transformation,
but God.
No fresh mercies for each day,
but God.
No endless love,
but God.
No hope in the valley,
but God.
No humility on the mountain,
but God.
No strength in weakness,
but God.
No enduring faith,
but God.
No willing obedience,
but God.
No fight against temptation,
but God,
No final defeat of sin and Satan,
but God.
No second resurrection,
but God.
No destiny secure,
but God.
No forever kingdom,
but God.
No glorious wedding feast,
but God.
No victory songs of the redeemed,
but God.
No new heavens and earth,
but God.
No peace and righteousness forever,
but God.
Paul Tripp
“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
But God,
being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:1-10