“Without question our status before God was settled at the moment we turned from our sin and ourselves and trusted in Jesus as Savior and Lord. But our lives are based on the love relationship we enjoy and experience every moment of every day as God our Father saturates us as His children with His affection.” – David Platt
I think one of the most comforting things as a Christian is the relationship we have with the Creator of the universe. No other religion offers an intimate relationship with their god as Christianity does in the Lord. The Lord is forgiving, our provider, our leader, our protector, our sustainer, our comforter, our director, and so much more! Even if your earthly father didn’t provide all of these for you, God can and will. Have you trusted him as your Lord and Savior?
“So this garden paradise where Adam and Eve lived wasn’t a place where humans had no needs or desires. Rather, it was a place where all of their needs and desires were met by the God who’d created them.” – David Platt
“The tragedy of this story is that Adam and Eve believed the lie that their desires could only be fulfilled apart from God – that they had to disobey God and act in secret in order to experience true pleasure. Sadly, in Adam and Eve’s quest to fulfill their stomachs, they ended up running away from the only One who could fulfill their souls. Even more sadly, all of us have made the same mistake.” – David Platt
“To come to Jesus, or to believe in Jesus, is to look to Him to satisfy your soul forever. To come to Jesus is to taste and see that He is good (Psalm 34:8) and to find in Him the end of all your desires.” – David Platt
“The solution isn’t to abandon our search for pleasure – it’s to search for more pleasure. We must seek the kind of happiness and joy that come from truly delighting in Christ and allowing Him to change our affections.” – David Platt
“I’m afraid many followers of Jesus have incorporated a number of religious chores into their daily Christian lives. They believe there are certain tasks every Christian must perform even if they lack the motivation – even if they honestly dislike performing them.” – David Platt
May we strive to make Him first in all that we do!
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Jamie Tomkins says
Looks like a great study – thanks for the info! 🙂