Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Saving faith cherishes being forgiven by God, and from there rises to cherishing the God who forgives.

All the wrongs that have been done against us by believers were avenged in the death of Jesus. Look to the cross of Christ.

No one has ever lived who was more worthy of honor than Jesus; and no one has been dishonored more. But he triumphed by entrusting himself to God.

Your very soul is in danger if you hold onto an attitude of unforgiving bitterness. Leave it to the wrath of God.

Imagine being able to enjoy what is most enjoyable with unbounded energy and passion forever. That is not our experience now, but it will be one day.

God’s glory consists much in the fact that he is happy beyond our wildest imagination.

Pray that our infinitely great God would incline your heart, and open your eyes to see him as fully as you can and seek to know him more.

Jesus aims to defeat our fears that God is not the kind of God who really wants to do good for us.

The unwillingness of others to repent will not hold the saints hostage. Hell cannot blackmail heaven into misery.

Faith in God’s promises must be so real that the love it produces proves the reality of the faith.

What can sustain the will to die for others, when you are innocent? Jesus banked on love and future joy.

The experience of future grace often depends on whether we will take refuge in God, or whether we will run for cover to other shelters.

There is a fear that is slavish and drives us away from God, and there is a fear that is sweet and draws us to God.

What’s at stake in fleeing covetousness and fighting for contentment in future grace is eternal life.

Paul’s contentment flowed from his faith in the future grace of God’s infallible provision.