Paul gives every believer great insight on how to "Press On" with very practical things we should be doing. In spite of living in a fallen, broken world, we can live faithfully in following Jesus until our very last breath as we keep our eyes on that finish line. May this message encourage you today to walk and know that He will keep you until that moment.

There is no where we can go and hide from God's presence. Take these moments to listen to the end and ask God to speak to your heart. He sees, He knows, and His promise is to always be with those who put their trust in Jesus, or, to pursue those that may be running away from Him. To know Jesus and trust Him is to know the power of His forgiveness and the power of a NEW LIFE in CHRIST JESUS (the Messiah).

Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
    your right hand will hold me fast.
Psalms 139:7-10
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Matthew 7:21-23
​ ​21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day,‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

John 16:22 “So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and NO ONE will take your joy from you!”

Psalm 16:11 (NLT) - "You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever."

PEACE is the calm assurance or the trust within us that what God is doing is best.

...You keep him in perfect PEACE whose mind is stayed on you, because he TRUSTS in YOU.    4Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock. Isaiah 26:3-4(ESV)

This Christmas Advent season, we can choose HOPE that will not be shaken. Jesus is our sure "anchor" in these uncertain days.
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Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 1:13

Romans 15:13  May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Luke 17:11-19 11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”
14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.
15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.
17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

Matthew 6:25-3425 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.