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Welcome! My name is Richard Templin Hancock and I am a senior citizen who has found great peace in his old age in the forgiveness that Jesus Christ offers to sinners. I enjoy reading my Bible and recording short Devotional podcasts with the aim to encourage us all to have faith in God and follow His Son Jesus Christ every day.
I hope the following blog posts will be an encouragement to you:

There is no one who can deliver out of my hand

 I was reading in my Bible this morning about the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in Deuteronomy 32:39: “See now that I myself am he. There is no god besides me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is none who can deliver out of my hand."


Along this same theme, it is recorded in Isaiah 46:9-10: Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me; declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

God's rule over all is also presented in Daniel 2:21: He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.

Now think of this. God, in all His power and supremacy over all creation, had you very much in mind before you were even born! Psalms 139:16 says: Your eyes saw my body. In your book, they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

We can't even come to God unless He wills it: John 6:44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

And John 6:65: He said, “For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”

Your life has an origin and a purpose from the One who said "Let there be light!"

Think about it. And thank God you are loved so much that God sent His Son to take the punishment for your sins. And God has an eternal home for His children too! Wow. You can't beat that! Thank God!

Have a wonderful day thinking about how much you are loved by your Heavenly Father.


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Behold the day of the LORD comes

If you are a fellow follower of Jesus then be encouraged that Jesus has saved you from the wrath to come.

Isaiah 13:9 tells us: Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it.

Matthew 3:7  John the Baptist said to the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism: “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?"

The Apostle Paul wrote about the hope of Christians in First Thessalonians 1:10  "and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come."

Revelation 6:17 reads:  "for the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?”

Jesus said in John 5:24  “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgement, but has passed out of death into life."

And the great news for followers of Jesus is from: First Thessalonians 5:9  "For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,"

If you are not sure of your future then seek Jesus in prayer and ask for His forgiveness and place your faith in Him.  I can assure you on the authority of God's Word in Romans 10:13  For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”


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Follow Me

Jesus commands us to follow Him. Listen to the Word of God:

Matthew 8:22
But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

Matthew 4:20
They immediately left their nets and followed him.

Matthew 8:1
When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

Matthew 9:9
As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.

Matthew 10:38
He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.

Let us pray: Lord we clearly hear your command to follow you. We ask for your help in doing so. Our spirit's are willing but our flesh is weak. Help us to avoid the pitfalls around us and stay on course following you, Amen.

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You are on God's mind

God is thinking of you.

Psalm 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

And let's remind ourselves again of Psalm 139:17  How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

We can trust God's wisdom: Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. [9] For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

And Romans 11:33  reads: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Don't despair. God is thinking and planning good things for you.


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