Month: April 2026

Purify me from sin with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
– Psalm 51:7 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))

How can branches of a hyssop plant clean sin?  Remember the night the children of Israel were about to delivered from Egypt and the death angel took all the first born?  The exception was he was not allowed to touch those who were in houses that had the lamb’s blood on the door posts spread on them by…say it with me…HYSSOP!  Now it’s not the hyssop plant that cleans sin but the BLOOD that that is applied with it.  Thank you Jesus for your Blood!

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That day they offered many sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them reason to rejoice. The women and children rejoiced as well. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away.
– Nehemiah 12:39 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))

Can you imagine this happening today?  Why not!?  The praise of God was SO LOUD that it can be heard in the surrounding towns!  So yes God really does like loud praise!  (And of course the devil hates it!  Hah hah)

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He that shall overcome, shall thus be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. – Revelation 3:5 (Douay-Rheims Bible)

Wait a minute!  Hold the phone!  You mean to tell me that one day Jesus is going to say something like, “Hey Father, and you angels too…let me tell you about Rick Costa {insert your own name here}”  I don’t know about you my friend but the thought of that blows me away.  That the Creator of everything that exists will mention me BY NAME to His creation?  Wow.

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Make no mistake about this: You can never make a fool out of God. Whatever you plant is what you’ll harvest. If you plant in the soil of your corrupt nature, you will harvest destruction. But if you plant in the soil of your spiritual nature, you will harvest everlasting life.
– Galatians 6:7-8 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))

If you invest your time in the foolishness of this world you will hurt your spiritual growth in God. Instead build yourself up in His Word, in prayer and in fellowship with your brothers and sisters in the Lord.

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Everything written long ago was written to teach us so that we would have confidence through the endurance and encouragement which the Scriptures give us.
– Romans 15:4 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))

One of the great things about reading the Bible is you find out that all of God’s people from throughout time go through the same types of things that we do and if they can make it, so can you!

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But, in reality, Christ *has* risen from among the dead, being the first to do so of those who are asleep. For seeing that death came through man, through man comes also the resurrection of the dead. For just as through Adam all die, so also through Christ all will be made alive again. But this will happen to each in the right order–Christ having been the first to rise, and afterwards Christ’s people rising at His return.
– 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 (Weymouth New Testament)

Not only did Jesus rise from the dead but because He did, so will we! Hallelujah!

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Just as Jonah was in the belly of a huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
– Matthew 12:40 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))

It may look like something happened to put a stop to the plan of God in your life but keep the faith…it might just be put on hold so He can accomplish something else in the meantime.

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Christ died for us while we were still sinners. This demonstrates God’s love for us. Since Christ’s blood has now given us God’s approval, we are even more certain that Christ will save us from God’s anger. If the death of His Son restored our relationship with God while we were still His enemies, we are even more certain that, because of this restored relationship, the life of His Son will save us.
– Romans 5:8-10  (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))

What more proof do we need that God loves us?  He sacrificed His own Son for us when we weren’t even looking for Him.  Christ on the cross is a physical display of His love for you.  We should thank God every time we see a cross.

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Brothers and sisters, follow the example of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. They were patient when they suffered unjustly. We consider those who endure to be blessed. You have heard about Job’s endurance. You saw that the Lord ended Job’s suffering because the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
– James 5:10-11 (GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995))

We all go through suffering sooner or later. The worst kind is when you did nothing to deserve it but it happens. Know however that God won’t let it last forever so hold on in faith and you will come out of it even more blessed than before.

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As they looked on Peter and John so fearlessly outspoken–and also discovered that they were illiterate persons, untrained in the schools–they were surprised; and now they recognized them as having been with Jesus.
– Acts 4:13 (Weymouth New Testament)

When people look at your life can they tell that you’ve “been with Jesus?”

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