# Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love

Key Passage: Romans 8:35-39
Date: June 7, 2024

Chapter 8. I wanted to say a word more about Jewish mission, just so you understand. There’s a successful businessman, and I think he’s Jewish. I’m not sure about that part, but he has a burden, of course, to reach the Jewish people. And, of course, he believes in the promise: If you bless them, God will bless you.

And so he pays some of these Bible college students to go to New York and witness to Jewish people. Of course, that money goes to their college. It’s very tough to reach a Jewish person. God can do it; with man, it’s impossible. God can do it. Brother Trey was very good last time about, okay, not all the Jewish people. Listen, I’ll try, but if there’s somebody else along the line, hey, I’m going to reach them. And praise the Lord, a lot of them get saved.

I’m glad he’s focused on that, just getting people saved, and that you’ll be praying for him while he’s there in New York City this summer and preparing to go to Bible College. I appreciate that testimony.

Romans chapter 8. We’re going to start in verse number 35, Romans 8 and verse number 35 of God’s word. Please stand just to show respect to God’s word tonight. Romans 8, verse number 35.

The Bible says, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” I ask you the question: Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Excuse me, as it is written—that’s, by the way, he’s quoting from Psalm 44:2 here in this part—“For thy sake, we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

Now he’s answering who shall separate us from the love of Christ. He’s put some things in there, and now he’s answered: Nay, these things are not going to separate you from the love of Christ. In all these things, we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

Wow, I like that. All these things—tribulation, persecution, famine—these things aren’t going to separate you. We are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities—that principalities is the devil’s hierarchy.

We had men’s prayer meeting just a bit ago in my office back there, and Brother Frank and Brother Stoner started telling us stories from the Vietnam War that they were both involved in, and how Brother Frank killed—I think he said 37 North Vietnamese—and Brother Stoner had a .50 caliber. He was just shooting from the hip with that. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a little bit on these war stories here, all right? But they were telling us a little bit about that. They’re telling some stories. In the military, and I won’t get it right, the private, and then the sergeant—I don’t know all the rankings, the captains, and so on, up to the colonels and so on—but that’s a little bit of what he’s talking about here in the devil’s rankings.

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord.

How many have ever heard this said: As Christians, we work from victory, not for victory? How many ever heard that statement? Sure, it’s a wonderful statement. And this verse wonderfully illustrates it. What does that mean to you personally? I want you just maybe think about that. I’ll try to list some things. A good chance I won’t list many things that will mean much to you. I want you to think about that statement this week. What does that mean to you personally?

We work not for victory, but from victory. Christ already won the victory on the cross. He’s defeated the devil. But there’ll be some days that may be a little battle, a little firefight we have with the devil; we will get shot, and it hurts.

That truth really will not mean anything to us if we’re not careful, even when you get shot. I used to know the bus driver on a bus route in Alabama. He was in Vietnam and he had gotten shot in the shoulder by friendly fire. He’s a big fella, and I was younger. Everyone would harass him a little bit. He was big. If he got a hold of me, I’d be all finished. I mean, I’m already missing fingers; I don’t want to miss more parts. If I had to, I’d get him, I’d pinch his shoulder a little bit, “Leave me alone,” you know. It still hurt. I say that to say, sometimes friendly fire hurts the worst. That happens in the army of God.

But when you get hurt and you get hit, if we’re not careful, this truth will not mean anything to us. We’re still hurting, but I’m not working for victory; I’m working from victory. Christ has already won the victory for me. We have battles to fight, but the war, really, friend, is already over. That’s already won. In the meantime, we personally have battles to fight, but we’re working from victory, not for victory.

I’ve heard it said this way—and we’re going to pray in this moment here—but if I let you sit down, you’re going to fall asleep, so I’ve got to keep you standing for a bit. A missionary in the jungle went into his hut. There was a huge anaconda, I believe, is what it was. Of course, he’s in the jungle, so he had to have a firearm on him. I believe he had a .45, a large handgun. He went in the hut and he saw that anaconda, and he shot it in the head. A head wound—that thing’s dying. But in the meantime, that snake just flipped—a huge snake—just flipped and flopped all over that hut. He basically tore the hut apart. He was dying, and the snake died. He had a headshot, but he did a whole lot of damage to that hut.

That’s what’s going on in our day and time. Jesus gave Satan a head wound. Remember Genesis 3:15? The serpent bruised his heel, Satan did, but Jesus bruised his head. You can live with a heel wound, but if you get a head wound—shot in the head, and it’s a direct hit—you’re dying. Satan’s going down, but we have some battles. I want you to think about that truth: He’s dying. We’re working from victory, not for victory. What does that mean to you personally?

Maybe dwell on it later this week. We’ll try to hit a couple things tonight, but think about that truth, if you would. Let’s pray as we’re just trying to dive into that a little bit tonight. God, would you make this thing real to us all week long? Father, Lord, we come. Lord, I pray, would you make it real to us this truth that you’ve won the victory? Thank you, Jesus, you have. Father, you’ve given it to us. When I think about that verse where you said, “The gift of God is eternal life.” Jesus, you said it came to bring us life more abundantly. You give it to us. Father, help those truths to be real and practical tonight. Help us to feel that victory. Help it to go through our soul, our mind, and our heart tonight, Father, please. Let it be a great truth that will anchor us during tough times. We thank you, praise you, and brag on you for what you do, Lord. In Jesus’ name, we ask, amen.

What does that mean? You’re working from victory, not for victory.

Number one, it means if you’re a born-again Christian—we’re talking to saved people tonight, this is for saved Christians. If you’re not there, I want you to get there; you can be saved tonight. But here’s the thing: it means, one thing it means, you will always, you will always be loved. It’s wonderful just to hear, but I want it to be real to you. Can you take your life and, for a moment, say that your life goes into a tailspin? For a moment, let’s just say that your life doesn’t go good; it goes horribly. I don’t know all the details. I’m not trying to make you feel bad about it. I want you to try to get here for a moment. Let’s take the worst-case scenario. Maybe you backslide and you disappoint your Savior, and you’re disappointed in yourself. Maybe those who love you don’t stick by you through that, and it’s just a horrible tailspin in your life. Bad goes to worse, things are horrible, and you just kind of give up on the things of God, and you really just hit rock bottom, and things are all bad for you. I’m talking about the worst-case scenario. Your life’s really falling apart, you dropped out of church, and you’re not anywhere close to a resemblance of Christ like you should be. Let’s imagine that you wake up one morning—this happens, for instance, sadly it doesn’t have to happen. Let’s just say you wake up one morning living under a bridge. I’m talking about the worst-case scenario, something people would never dream would happen, but you’re there. You’re so disappointed in this situation, you’re disappointed in yourself. And yet there, underneath that bridge—if that were to happen, and it’s not, but I’m just saying if it were—you’re sleeping in a sleeping bag, and you’ve not taken a shower for days. I’m just talking about the worst-case scenario. And yet they’re under that bridge, God Almighty would come to you, and through His Spirit, He would whisper in your ear: “I still love you. I’m disappointed how far you’ve fallen, but I still love you. You’re still my son. You’re still my daughter. I still care about you. I still love you.” Though things have happened that I’m not happy about—I’m disappointed about it, yes, He’s a righteous God, He’ll never lower His standard—yet nothing can separate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus. Underneath that bridge, the Holy Spirit would say, “I still love you. You’re still my son. You’re still my daughter. I still care about you.” Friend, that doesn’t make me want to go off and do crazy things that ruin my life. It makes me realize that God Almighty loves you unconditionally. That shows me His love. The more I understand and comprehend His love for me, we love Him because He first loved us. It makes me love Him back more, and it makes me want to please and want to obey and want to serve Him because I realize He will always, always, always, always love you. You’re not working for victory; you’re working from victory. Part of that, He said nothing can separate you from the love of God, which is in Christ. Nothing. You’ll always be loved. He’ll always be your Dad. He’ll always care about you.

I think about a man whose daughter and son-in-law lived with him, and yet they got in a knockdown, drag-out fight. I’m talking about the police were called. He said, “My daughter and son-in-law moved away to a distant state,” and he said, “I don’t know if there were tears involved; I can’t remember, it’s been years ago, but he said, ‘You know, I still love her. I still call her from time to time. She’s still my daughter.’” He’ll care about her. Friend, you’ll always be loved by God. You’ll always be loved by God. God’s love is not fickle. It’s not: you’re doing good and He loves you, and you’re doing bad, He doesn’t love you anymore. No, He always cares and loves you. I’m not saying He’s going to change His truth in His Word. No, not at all. He’ll always love you. You’re loved. What does it mean that I work from victory, not for victory? It means you’ll always—every day you wake up, God’s loving you. He never slumbers, never sleeps. You wake up in the morning—by the way, all night long—but you wake up and He’s there, and He’s loving you. He cares for you. He said, “If I could count all the thoughts, it’s more than the sand that God thinks about you.” He loves you. God doesn’t love you because you’re lovely. He loves you because He is loving, and He’s given His Son, and because His Son shed His blood for you. You’ll always be loved. Always be loved. If you never, never get up to the place where you think you ought to be—by the way, praise the Lord, you’re working for that—but, friend, if you never get there, you’ll always be loved. Always be loved. Nothing can separate you from the love of God. Nothing. You’re walking in that victory. Jesus won it. Every morning you wake up, His compassion is new.

It’s a wonderful word, compassion. Lamentations 3 tells us about that. It’s interesting: the first time that word “compassion” is used—a great way to study the meaning of the Bible—is the first time it’s used. The first time that’s used is when Moses, that little bitty, three-month-old baby boy, was put in that basket, and that basket was put in the river. You remember what happened? Pharaoh’s daughter came down there. As she was coming to the river, she saw that basket. She sent her servant over there to get the basket and brought that basket to Pharaoh’s daughter. She opened that basket up, and that boy, baby Moses, he was crying. Pharaoh’s daughter’s heart just went out for that baby, like only a mother can do it. The Bible says she had compassion. First time that word is used. Every morning, God looks down, and that’s what He has toward you. Every single morning, He has that compassion. It’s new every morning. It’s new. And then that next verse, “Great is thy faithfulness” (Lamentations 3): Every morning He has that towards you because Jesus has adopted you; He’s grafted you. You’re part of the family of God; you’re His child, and Jesus’ blood has been shed for you. God doesn’t see all that sin; He sees you as His child. If you’re a born-again Christian, you will never experience a time that God does not love you.

He said, “Well, doesn’t He chase us?” Yes, He does, because He loves us. That’s why He chases us. Proverbs says, “Whom the Lord loves, He corrects, as a father the son in whom he delights.” He’ll always love you. You’ll never wake up, God not loving you. He’ll always love you. There’ll never be a moment God doesn’t love you. Never be a moment God didn’t love you. You see, we work from victory, not for victory. What does that mean? First of all, it just means you’ll always, always, always, always, always, always, always be loved by God, always. Nothing can separate you from that.

And then the next thing. If you look over in Revelation chapter 1, just a quick verse here. Revelation 1. You’ll know the verse when we get to it: verse number 18. Revelation 1 and verse number 18. Jesus says here, notice what He says. Notice, Revelation 1, verse 18: “I am He that liveth and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore. Amen.” I like that. Jesus got that shout: “Amen!” He is the Amen, and have the keys of hell and of death.

Here’s the thing: If you’re a born-again Christian, we don’t work for victory; we work from victory. What does that mean? One thing it means: Hey, I’m going to heaven one day. When Jesus fought the battle, the classics tell us, He triumphed over Satan. He made a show of him, the Bible says. It’s kind of like if someone beats someone in competition, whether it be basketball or boxing, you don’t just beat them; you make a show of it, you humiliate them. Christ defeated, He made a show of it. He humiliated Satan when He died on the cross and rose again. One of the things He did is He has the keys of hell and of death. In other words, He’s delivered us from hell, if you will.

If you’re His child, you’ll never for one second experience the flame of hell. You’ll never go down to the bottom pit, not for a second. You’ll never have to experience the agony and the pain, the gnashing of teeth, not for a second. You’ll never be in utter darkness for a second. You’ll never be where the worm dieth, forever and ever, for a second. The smoke of your torment will not ascend up forever and ever. You’ll never experience hell for one second. He’s taken that wrath. The wrath of God abides on you; it won’t abide on you because you believed on His Son. You’ll never experience hell for heaven, not forever, but you’ll go to heaven. You’re just as guaranteed in heaven as I’m standing here. Friend, if you’re a born-again Christian, Jesus won the victory. I’m going to heaven. I’ll be with the Lord Jesus Christ forevermore.

We’re on the way to heaven, friend. At our end time, they won’t say it’s just by destiny; heaven’s your destiny. Nothing can stop it. Satan cannot stop you from going to heaven. Jesus said, “I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand. My Father has given them to Me, and He is greater than all; neither can any man pluck them out of My Father’s hand.” You’re guaranteed heaven.

I can take a lot on the trip as long as I know it’s at the end of the road. Heaven’s at the end of the road. I’m going to heaven one day. How do you know that? I’m not working for victory; Jesus won the victory. I’m working from victory. We’re going to heaven one day. What’s going to happen in America? I’m not sure, and I’m not really trying to get to that thing, but if it turns bad, that’s all right. This world is not my home; I’m just passing through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. We’re going to heaven, friend. We studied in Sunday school this morning. Do we have an inheritance? God’s inheritance. Jesus is letting us join Him. Friend, we’re going home to heaven one day. Yeah, we’re working from victory. Jesus won that, and He’s giving you that victory. Hallelujah! One day I’m going to walk on streets of gold. One day I’m going to see the throne; I’m going to see the Father, and I’m going to see the Son. We’re going to be there; we’re going to actually see it one day. Just as sure as I’m standing here, we’re going to be in heaven one day, amen. It’s guaranteed. We’re going home. You never have to question that if you’re a born-again Christian. You’ve got heaven awaiting you. We’re not earning it. I remember years ago, Mormons came by my house when we were living in the trailer. I said, “Hey, we do the same thing; we go door to door. But you’re doing all this to earn your way to heaven. I do all that because I am going to heaven.” Man, we’re on our way; we’re going home. You don’t do all these things to earn our way; it’s already earned by Jesus. It is finished, Jesus. It’s done. It’s over. We’re working from victory; we’re going home. Just as sure as we’re sitting here, we’re going home.

What does it mean? You’ll always be loved. You have a bad day? Anybody out there ever had a bad day? Come on now. On your worst day, He’ll love you. On your worst day, you’re still going to heaven, by working from victory.

Number three. Look over in Hebrews chapter 13, just briefly. Hebrews 13. You’ll know the phrase we’re looking at. Hebrews 13:5. Hebrews 13:5. Hebrews chapter 13, verse number 5. Look what He says there. Hebrews 13:5. You’re there? Say amen. Look at this promise God gives us. He said, “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”

He’ll always be with you. You’ll never experience a second when He’s not with you. He’s living inside of you, the Spirit of Christ, God in you. He’ll always be with you. On the darkest of days, He’ll be there with you. I look out and see somebody that’s lost the nearest on earth to you, and on that worst day when your spouse of years past, whatever it may be, hey, He was with you. He’ll always be. Satan wants to do his best to make you feel like you’re alone, but you’re never alone. Never alone. By the way, you and God always make the majority. All hell can be against you and all the world against you, but if it was you and God, you are the majority. He’ll never leave you. You say, “Well, I’ve disappointed Him.” I understand that; we all have, friend. Even during those days, He won’t leave you. You might not feel His presence like you want to because you’ve quenched the Spirit and grieved the Spirit. But, friend, even during those days, He’s not going to just walk off from you. “I will never leave thee.” He’ll always be there with you. Always. He’ll always be by your side. He’ll always be there. Wow, we don’t deserve that. Sometimes I’ll say, “Lord, Lord, I need You.” And sometimes it seems like the Spirit of God says, “You have Me.” There’s nothing wrong with saying, “Lord, I just need You, especially I need to feel You a little bit more than usual.” In my flesh, I have faith in Your promise, but there’s nothing wrong with those prayers. But so many times, “Lord, I need You. I need You.” God says, “You have Me.” I know what I’ve been—I’ve been a failure. I’ve not been all I ought to be. But God says it’s not because of Jesus. We’re working from victory, from victory. He’ll never leave me. He never will. I’ll never be alone.

Let’s just a couple more things. Look over in Psalms 86. Wonderful, wonderful promise here. We’re working from victory, not for victory. What does that mean? It means you’ll always be loved. It means you’re going to heaven. Satan doesn’t like that. He’ll want to drag you down, but he knows he can’t get you. You’re going to heaven. You’re saved. You’re kept by the power of God, and you’re going to heaven. He’ll never leave you. He’ll always be there with you, even at nighttime. He never slumbers, never sleeps. He’s there with you. Then look at this: Psalms 86, verse number five, a wonderful promise here. Verse number five: “For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all that call upon thee.”

Did you notice that “all”? That’s what God says: unto all them that call upon Thee. You and I, we messed up about a million-plus times. Lord, are You going to forgive me again? I claim 1 John one other day. You’re going to let me do it again? Oh yeah, oh yeah. He’s ready to forgive. Just like a little child—Elaine’s in here with us tonight. Elaine never messes up, does she, Brother Auntie Miscatorre? Let’s just say she does. Whenever that little child messes up, and they all do, Elaine comes to Ms. Cotor and says, “Mommy, I’m sorry.” She’s sincere about it; she means it. What do you think Ms. Cotor is going to do? In that same love, that’s what God does for you, just a little bit more. She loves her daughter like any mom. But to my God, He’s ready to forgive. Don’t say, “Just stay away from God; you’re not worthy of forgiveness.” He’s a liar. He’s ready to forgive. By the way, if we confess—and you say, “Well, that confession has to do with seeing it the same way God does it”—that’s true. It actually comes from the word where we get “homosexual”—homo, the same. You see it the same way. Friend, you’re not going to say it like God sees it while staying away from Him. You’re going to see it and feel it like God does when you start coming. “Lord, I’m so sorry. I want to get this thing right.” You let me feel like You feel about this thing. You come, “Lord, I need forgiveness. I need cleansing.” Diamond said the only one who will leave from God empty-handed is the one who goes to God full of himself. You come humbly: “Lord, I’m so sorry. I’ve been a poor child. I’ve not been the son, the daughter I ought to be. You’ve been so good to me, and I’ve messed up.” God says, “I’m so glad.” The prodigal son—his father ran to meet him. The only instance in the Bible of a representation of God running is when that father saw his son coming from afar off and he ran to meet him. God runs. He says, “I’m ready to forgive. I want to forgive. I’m plenteous in mercy unto all them that call.” How could He do that, a righteous, holy, three-times-holy, a just God? Because Jesus shed His blood for you. He’s advocating; He’s your advocate. Most of you know she’s a nurse, and she’s been saying this a lot lately. She works in the ER and deals a lot of times with psych patients. Boy, those are some interesting stories. She says they taught us a lot in nursing school: always be advocating for your patient. Ms. Tabitha, she’s a nurse; she’s probably heard of that. Advocate for your patient. There was an incident not too long ago in the ER, and Miss Tammy was involved in it. She beat up somebody in the yard? No, I’m joking about that. But there was an incident, and they came the next day and said, “You did it right because you were advocating for your patient.” They drill it in: “You always advocate for your patient.” I haven’t told her yet, but every time she says that, I think about praise the Lord, Jesus is advocating for us. He’s always advocating. Those nurses say, “Hey, Doctor, can you check them? Hey, Doctor, I think they need the doctor.” You’re always advocating for your patient. Praise the Lord, Jesus is advocating for us. Because of that, God says, “I’ll forgive. I’m ready to forgive,” because my Son shed His blood for you. What does it mean that we work not for victory, but from victory? It means He’s ready to forgive. He didn’t want to keep you at arm’s length. He wants you to come up and get a hug, if you will, get forgiveness, get restored. That’s where you get the victory to win over that. You’re not going to muster up the strength to win; He’s got the strength for you to win. Yes, He’s ready to forgive. What does it mean? Just a couple more thoughts, briefly here: We work from victory, not for victory. It means His promises are always true. Promises all in the Bible.

I think about 1 Corinthians 10:13. I won’t belabor the point, but He says, look, if something comes on you that you can’t handle, He’ll give you the strength where you can handle it. He’ll make sure Brother Trey is going up there to New York—and all those New Yorkers up there, Brother Adam doesn’t have that accent, but those folks in Brooklyn and whatnot, they do have that accent—and Brother Trey would be up there winning people to the Lord, praise the Lord for that. But he’s going to have some trials, and he’s going to have some people give him a hard time. He’s going to have some tough situations. But God says, “Trey, whatever you face, however heavy that is, if that’s a hundred-pound burden, I’ll give you 100 pounds of strength.” Maybe Trey is at a point where he only has 100 pounds of strength, and God says, “That’s all right. If something comes along that’s 105 pounds, I’ll give you five extra pounds.” And He always does. That’s His promise in 1 Corinthians 10:13. He’ll always give you the strength that you may be able to bear it, whatever the temptation. He’ll always match. He’ll make sure your strength is where you can handle it. We say, “Well, He’ll never put something on you that you can’t handle.” I understand that, but it’s a little bit more like whatever comes along, God will give you the strength to handle it. It’s always from God. He’ll always be there. Why? We don’t work for victory; we work from victory. The promises of God are always true. Romans 8:28, you know it. We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, according to His purpose. We know those sayings. Whatever those situations are in your life, whatever the problems and trials, all things work together for good. God can bring good out of that, whatever’s going on in your life, whatever you’ve been through, if you love God and you live for Him. You see, these promises—how do we get them? Because we work from victory, not for victory.

God has won the victory. He’s won the victory. I went to Temple Christian School in Lakeland, Florida, when I was in high school, and we were 2 and 18. I played basketball, and I loved that. But I remember occasionally we would play up; we’d play a 3A team. For us, they were huge. Sometimes we played 1A teams—I like that! Amen! We’re going to look good out there tonight. But we were going to play those 3A teams. I remember one team—I’m not sure the name of it—but it was a 3A team, and for us, their school was way bigger than ours, and their gym was huge. It was kind of like David and Goliath. I’ll be honest with you, I’d walk out on the court, and honestly, I think I had already lost the game before it ever started. I was already defeated when I saw those giants. I mean, wow. What are we doing playing these giants over there? Sometimes us Christians get like that in this world. Oh, friend, don’t get defeated. The game’s already been played. The real game—we’ve already won the championship. Jesus won it. We just have some little side games, if you will. Don’t walk out on the court defeated. Don’t live in fear. Don’t say, “I don’t know if I can handle this.” Oh, you can know; God’s already given the victory. Don’t get intimidated by the world. Friend, they’re going to hell. I don’t say that gleefully, but they’re going to burn forever and ever and ever. Why would you be intimidated by them? We get burdened for them. Don’t get intimidated by them. Don’t try to be like the world; they’re part of the devil’s crowd. Praise God, I’m part of God’s crowd. I march to a higher drumbeat. I’m going to be in heaven forever one day. We’ve already got victory. We’ve already won the battle; it’s already done. God just says, “Let them be a part of my work, but I’ve already won the war.”

It’s an amazing story. In the Philippines, there were some Japanese soldiers who had deserted their forces. The war was over, and it had been over for years and years. There are confirmed cases of soldiers hiding 30 years after the war. In 2005, there was a report of two Japanese men who had been hiding for 60 years; they were in their 80s. It’s not confirmed that the reports say they came out and told who they were, and the media started coming in, including press from Japan. Those two men were still fearful, thinking about what would happen if they deserted the Imperial Japanese Army. When the press came, they actually went back into hiding. These men were 60 years after the war, still living in fear. Friend, they were on the losing side. We’re on the winning side. Unfortunately, sometimes God’s people—Jesus has won the war—but we’re kind of back in the jungle, hiding still, when the victory’s been won. Jesus won the battle for us. When we are fearful, when we are hiding, Christ has won the battle. You will never, ever, ever be separated from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus.

This week, contemplate, think, maybe study it up in your Bible a little bit. What does it mean for me personally? That I don’t work for victory; I work from victory. So many different angles, so many different verses. Lord, do You want me to go this way? They’re all over the Bible. Maybe God will lead you a different way. But would you contemplate that truth this week? Let it be real to you: You’ll always be loved. If you’re a born-again Christian, you will be in heaven one day, guaranteed. He’ll never leave you. You’re going to have trials down here, but friend, this is just a drop in the bucket compared to eternity. He’s ready to forgive. His promises are always true. Would you say this week, “I’m going to contemplate this thing? I’m going to think about it. I’ll ask the Holy Spirit to stir in my heart that we work from victory, not for victory”? I’ll do that this week. I’ll pray, and I’ll meditate. I’ll try to study up a little bit, and I’m asking God to use it in my heart, my life. Would you do that tonight? Just raise your hand if that’s you. I’m going to try to think on that this week, try to develop on that. Father, there is a great truth. Would you do that?

It’s an amazing thought. It takes away the stain, but even the stain washes it all the way. Just imagine yourself: God looking down on you, and He sees you as redeemed, sinless, spotless. Wow, me? Yes, because of Jesus. Because of Jesus. Would you just dwell on those truths? We won for Him. I’m on the winning side. Praise the Lord for that. Just think about, dwell on that thing all week. Hey, we don’t work for a victory; we work from victory. Jesus won it for us from the cross. We’re going to have church on Thursday night. No matter what, let’s plan on being there and being a part of it all, seeing what God will do, and invite someone to come with you. 6:30. There will be a blessing for you; you’ll enjoy it. Be there early. We’ll have chairs set up. If you want to bring your lawn chairs, do that, and we’ll have chairs set up and ready to go. There will be a blessing. 6:30 service, we’ll have a service, a prayer service for our country. Pray that it will be a special, special day. Miss Wanda on Thursday, pray for her. And Miss Melissa’s mom, she’s traveling out Tuesday, going back to Washington State. Pray for her if you would. And others, Brother Joel is traveling out this week, too. So pray for all of them.

Original File: Nothing can separate us from the love of God - Pastor Paul Chisgar - Sunday PM 05012022