the greatest love
trustinggodfirst.com is a website founded on hope through Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit You can contact the author at marilynoflower@gmail.com
Category: Blog
Sin Cannot Overcome Those Who Focus on Jesus
God chose Israel, the Jews, and Jesus to show His unworldly love and power to all people. All worldly things are against God and multiply fast. God desires that everyone choose Him and be eternally with Him, but heaven cannot…
Read MoreWhat Does Judaism and Israel Have to Do with Christianity?
People today often discuss the relationship between Judaism and Christianity, two of the world’s major religions, but Christianity’s relationship with Israel, a nation and a parcel of land, is a complicated and more contentious issue. The Bible helps us understand…
Read MoreGod Used the Evil of Jesus’s Death for Humanity’s Good
Our lives are challenging whether they are short or long. Regardless of our circumstances, there are always obstacles to overcome. People can have everything, yet have nothing. They may have endless riches, yet be spiritually blind to what is most…
Read MoreWhat People Intend for Evil God Uses for Good
Some argue that the only good we can be sure of is that which we create ourselves. Others believe that the only good is that which God promises in the biblical new heaven and new earth. Do Christians, then, believe…
Read MoreGod’s Supreme Effort to Bring Everyone Home
What is so special about a brand-new year? A new year is relevant regardless of where people live and the calendars that they follow, because something new always brings hope. Most of the world celebrates the beginning of a new…
Read MoreGod Loved Us So Much That He Came to Earth
Why does Christmas attract so many people? Why is it that so many love it despite the pressures that this celebration causes? And why is it that, beneath the secular layers of wrapping and untruths, God’s truth inevitably shines through?…
Read MoreBeing Confident in Times of Uncertainty
Today’s world is becoming increasingly insecure. Many are apprehensive about their futures. It was not like this a few decades ago. For the majority today, faith in everything lacks stability. Is it possible, then, to have confidence in anything at…
Read MoreWe Will Be Higher than the Angels
My Christian faith is the air that I breathe. It consumes my spirit that the Bible tells me will live forever. I thirst after Jesus, the water of life, as did the Samaritan woman at the well. Bible-believing Christians have…
Read MoreWhat Does Fiction Have to Do with Spiritual Matters?
The adage “mind over matter” concerns the soul’s use of reason to live well in the body. Of far greater importance, though, is the spirit’s use of wisdom to guide the soul. People who love and trust God first through…
Read MoreWith a Heart Filled with Gratitude
Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for all that we have. Christians contemplate God’s goodness because He is so much more than we could ever ask for or imagine. In triune perfection, God is in His own league. We…
Read More
