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Monday, September 14, 2026

The Unshakeable Attributes Of God’s Word

Sustained and Unmovable In Jesus Christ

1 Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

Established Until The End

Paul’s prayer reaches beyond the circumstances of the present and looks toward the day when Christ will return. His desire is that your heart would be established, made firm, strengthened, settled, and secure so that you might stand before God in justified when Jesus Christ comes.

The Christian life is not simply about beginning well; it is about being established until the end.

There will be moments when your faith is tested, moments when you are weary, disappointed, tempted, or uncertain. There will be seasons when everything around you seems to be changing. But Paul prays that, through all of it, God will establish your heart.

The Purpose of Establishment

The phrase "to the end" signals Godly purpose and intention. God's work in stabilizing your heart is not accidental or incidental to your faith; it is the very aim and direction of His grace. Just as a builder drives pilings deep into the earth to withstand storms and earthquakes, God works to establish your heart so that you might remain unmoved by the shifting uncertainties of life by doubt, by fear, by the deception of this world.

Unblameable in Holiness

Notice the standard the Holy Ghost sets: your heart is to be established "unblameable in holiness." This speaks to integrity and spiritual devotion.  It is the holiness of genuine transformation, not mere outward performance.


Your Name Is Written There

Listen to what the Holy Ghost is really asking you to hear: God is actively at work to make you unshakeable. Not someday not just in heaven but now, in this very moment of your life, even as you read these words. That anxiety that grips you? That failure you can't forget? That whisper of doubt that says God could not possibly love someone like you? These do not have the final word over your soul.

Christ has already secured your salvation. His blood has already washed you clean. Your name is already written in the Lamb's Book of Life. And the Holy Spirit, who dwells within you, is even now at work firming your resolve, deepening your roots, anchoring your soul in truths that cannot be shaken. You have been established. Not by your own strength or willpower, but by the power of Jesus Christ who spoke the universe into being and who loves you with an everlasting love.


The Change

You no longer have to carry the crushing weight of wondering if you are enough or if your flaws have disqualified you from grace. The shaking in your soul has stopped because Jesus Christ has anchored you in a love that cannot be moved. This is the miracle of your salvation: that you are being shaped into something steady, held fast by a hand that will not let you go. One day, the horizon will break open and the wait will be over. You will be changed, at the sound of the last trump of our Lord Jesus Christ, translated alongside all his saints.

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

The Faithful Finisher Who Is Writing Your Story

About The Author...

Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Jesus as Author and Finisher of Our Faith



The verse presents Jesus Christ with two complementary roles: author and finisher. As the author, He is the source, originator, and writer of your faith. An author does more than start a story—He conceives the plot, shapes the characters, chooses the words, and gives purpose to every chapter. In the same way, Jesus is not a distant initiator of belief but the One who authors faith in you: He calls, informs, forms, and models the life you live. Your faith is not a human invention or an accidental impulse; it is rooted in His person, His promises, and His revealing work. 


Every actor asks, "What is my motivation?" For Jesus, the motivation for the most brutal scene in human history—the Cross—was "the joy that was set before him." Despising the Shame: To an actor, "shame" is the fear of a bad review, the sting of mockery, or the vulnerability of being exposed. Jesus looked at the ultimate public humiliation of the Cross and focused on the prize. 


He Is the Word — The Perfect Author

To call Jesus the author is also to recognize something deeper: He is not merely a writer of faith — He is the living Word, the word made flesh. He is the expressed image of God, the perfect communication of truth.

An author chooses the words; Jesus is the meaning.
An author shapes the plot; Jesus is the purpose.
An author completes the story; Jesus declares, “It is finished.”

The Perfect Script

There is a joyful peace in realizing that you are not the primary author of your own soul. You have likely exhaust ed yourself trying to "ad-lib" your way through trials, terrified that a single missed line will ruin the story.

But Jesus is The Word—the living, breathing articulation of God’s perfect will. He is the Perfect Author because He never writes a character He isn't willing to die for. He doesn't just give you a role to play; He stepped onto the stage Himself to show you how the Lead should be played. Looking unto Jesus — the perfect Author, the faithful Finisher, the eternal Word — and trust the One who is still writing, still sustaining, and still bringing every redeemed story to glorious completion.

Monday, March 2, 2026

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name

 All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name

All hail the power of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all!


The Same Power That Keeps the Universe Together


It is a proclamation. A thunderous declaration that at the centre of all creation stands a Name charged with all authority, unstoppable power, and eternal preeminence…The name of Jesus Christ

The power of God is not abstract. It is not distant. It is not theoretical. It is alive—embodied in Jesus Christ.

When we say “All hail,” we are calling heaven and earth to attention. We are summoning angels, nations, kings, and broken hearts alike to bow before the King of kings that cannot be shaken. The name of Jesus carries the weight of eternity. It commands storms to cease. It calls the dead to rise. It breaks chains forged in the darkest valleys of despair.

Every miracle recorded—water turned to wine, the blind receiving sight, the dead are raised—testifies to a power that knows no boundary, no law, no limit.

The hymn does not merely proclaim His power—it invites participation. “Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all.” This is a call to surrender. To “hail” His power is to bow willingly. It is to lay down pride, fear, control, and declare that His authority is good, just, and filled with love. God’s power is not tyrannical; it is redemptive. It does not crush the humble—it lifts them.

There is something deeply humbling about the realization that the One who commands heaven’s armies also knows our names.  The power of God is not distant lightning in the sky—it is near, personal, and transformative. 

The Peace Found in Crowning Him Lord of All

And so we hail—not with empty words, but with the weight of eternity behind them. You hail the power of Jesus' name because you have seen it work. You have witnessed it in the lives of those who were lost and are now found. You have felt it in our own hearts, transforming our deepest wounds into sources of wisdom and compassion. This name represents the ultimate victory: not of force over force, but of love over hate, life over death, hope over despair.

In this name lies the power that will ultimately restore all things. Every injustice will be answered. Every tear will be wiped away. Every broken heart will be made whole. When you hail this power, you are not merely reciting ancient words—you are declaring your trust in a future where suffering ends and the Lord reigns over the universe. You are acknowledging that despite the chaos of your present, you serve a God whose power is absolute, whose love is infinite, and whose promises are sure.

This is why we hail. This is why you bow. This is why, across all the ages and all the earth, countless voices rise in unison: All hail the power of Jesus' name. In those words lives your deepest longing, your greatest hope, and your truest assurance.


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