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God and His Creation; God’s Plan at the Beginning In the United States, we celebrate our Independence Day on July 4th every year to recognize our nation’s freedom and establishment as a sovereign nation on the world’s stage. Even though, as members of the African Diaspora, we did not experience the freedoms this country aspired […]

And the LORD said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, YHWH, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”—Exodus 33:19, 20) Moses wanted to know about the

The Faithful God “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments.”—Deuteronomy 7:9   “If we are faithless, He remains faithful. He cannot deny Himself.”—2 Timothy 2:13 “For I am the Lord, I do

The Never-Changing God “I am the Lord and I do not change…” – Malachi 3:6 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” – Hebrews 13:8 “You were God, You are God, You will always be God” – are the simple but profound words in a worship song by the Nigerian Gospel artist

The Listening God Does God listen? As good Christians, we expect everyone here to say, “Of course He does.” After all, He promises to answer prayer in His Word, and God keeps His Word. Yes, God does answer prayer. To be honest, I do, and hopefully, each of us does struggle somewhat with the question,

The Speaking God 16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory,

The Perfectly Loving God 16 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. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (John 3:16-17)

The Ever-Present God What does it mean to you that God is ever-present? While studying God’s attributes, theologians have classified three “omni” characteristics that God is: Omnipotent (all-powerful), Omniscient (all-knowing), and Omnipresent (ever-present). God is present everywhere because, as we have seen, His power and knowledge are everywhere. If every event takes place by God’s

The Justice and Mercy of God “Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; and in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by.” Psalm 57:1 (NKJV) This year we are spending time as an AFReG community delving a little

The All-Powerful God Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Exodus 15:11 There is a God who created the galaxies. The most straightforward estimate using today’s best technology would state that there are 170 billion galaxies in our universe, but some