Good morning! How are we faithing? There are obvious benefits to being up before dawn. Peace and quiet, pondering on the day ahead, communing with God and seeing every sunrise. You also get to read God's Word without interruption! I think everyone who is saved questions them selves about their own walk and sometimes questions their own salvation. It can be because of other comments heard, we goofed up again, depression or any number of reasons. Lets take the time to look at the Word so you can be assured of your salvation the next time you feel like you may have missed the boat. If you are not saved, today is a good a day as any other to do so. This first one is quoted so often and with good reason! Look at it closely, notice the word, "whoever";

John 3:16-19
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
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John 5:24
"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.
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John 10:28-30
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one."
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No one can snatch them out of his hand. Once he has you, its eternal. Look at this and think about the love that God had to do this;

Romans 5:6-8
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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For you. Jesus died so YOU could be saved and spend forever with him in heaven. What will it be like? I hope critters are there! I don't know really but that is something to talk about another time. Look at this next one and realize that you can't do anything that will make God forget your salvation;

Romans 8:32-39
Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died-more than that, who was raised to life-is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
"For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Amen to that! I am secure! I am saved!

Hebrews 7:25
25 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
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See? You think you can be bad enough? Wake up and see your place in the kingdom! The beauty of this salvation is direct contact with the Lord. When we goof, he is just to forgive. As a song says, "what sin?"

Romans 8:16-17
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
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Remember that while here on earth, in this flesh and all the things that come with it, a battle will continue but our commander is bigger than this state we are in. We will overcome and be with God forever! Now go out there assured and confident you are saved and know that worldly junk is just that, junk and you will come through the other side. When you get a hold of that in your heart, you will be surprised how trivial a lot of stuff becomes...

Heavenly Father,
Thank you for showing us your Word and showing the confidence we can have of our place with you. Lord we ask for your comfort and peace in all situations we encounter. Lord grant us the wisdom to see truth in all we face. Lord we lift up all the kids with learning disabilities and ask you show yourself to them. Help them breakthrough the maladies affecting them. Lord thank you for your love. in Jesus name, amen