7 Prepositions of Gospel Goodness God’s glorious favor resting on us Judgment Day already behind us Our loving Father rejoicing over us The Spirit of Christ living in us God’s powerful angels all around us Our Good Shepherd always with us The Lord Jesus returning for us

During "October pastor appreciation month," I'm grateful for pastors who are more notorious for their kindness and servanthood than their giftedness and speaking, who love to pray more than be platformed, who’d rather share the Gospel with the lost than hang with the found.

Three Things Precious to Me 1. God has never been more sovereign, good, and trustworthy than he is in 2026. 2. Abba feels no pressure for awful things to make sense to us this side of heaven. 3. When hard providences compel us to cry out, “Why?” and “How long, O Lord?,” Abba comes near, validates our pain, and reveals more of Jesus to us.

7 Things Our Father Is Mighty to save Lavish with love Abounding in mercy Overflowing with joy Extravagant with grace Without equal in kindness Always at work for our good

God's kindness leads us to repentance. My critical spirit leads to crushed spirits. My withholding encouragement is lousy leading. My prayer-less-ness leads me to living like a spiritual orphan. Abba, I want to be a conduit of your kindness today, not this other stuff.

· Jesus loves me, this I know—for the Bible Tells me so and the Spirit bears witness to it. Nothing is more essential, freeing, and transforming. · Jesus knows me, this I love—for it frees me from posing, preening, and pretending.

At the end of the day when our morning devotions have evaporated, our energy is spent, the Adderall has worn off, the power nap was powerless and traffic was demonic… we can be less sweet and caring with our loved ones. Let’s keep this in mind this evening!

The Wait and Weight of Grace: The current challenging, painful, and/or confusing chapter isn’t the final one in our Story.  We’re not in a dentist’s office for a root canal; we’re in Abba’s love and becoming 100% like Jesus.

Finish today as merciful and kind as possible.

· "In acceptance lieth peace." Amy Carmichael · In the Gospel lieth all we need. · In resentment lieth heart decay. · In worry lieth sleep and joy thievery. · The devil only and always "lieth." · In Christ we truly “liveth.”

Can you imagine what a disaster it'd be if God said “Yes!” to every prayer we pray, gave us everything we whine about or “claim,” never overruled our “free will,” and lent us his sovereignty for 15 minutes? Friends, God is God and we are not. Hallelujah 10,000 times over!