Be Encouraged Today!

Decisions, decisions, decisions… We are presented with the Good News, and we must make the decision to accept or reject it. None of us will have an excuse, and if you decide “not to touch it,” it is a rejection. No matter the source of the Good News, it is never in vain. It is sent to present us with a wonderful gift, and we can either accept it or reject it. The Word of God tells us in Isaiah 55:11 : So will My word be which goes out of My mouth; It will not return to Me void (useless, without result), Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. When the Word of the Lord comes forth, it is not in vain (fruitless or without success). It accomplishes what He desires and the purpose for which He sent it. The Word goes forth so that everyone can have an opportunity to hear the Gospel (the Good News). Upon hearing the Good News, we are then presented with a decision—acceptance or rejection of what we have heard. I will also s...

OK, so I have just been reading and studying something very interesting on my own. It connects directly with my cybersecurity education. I have been studying cyber threat intelligence and the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and it is very interesting. I would truly love to have a job doing this—even in the smallest capacity—just to be able to work in this field. In cyber threat intelligence, we use TTPs—tactics, techniques, and procedures. The MITRE ATT&CK framework uses tactics, techniques, and sub-techniques. Sub-techniques are essentially the same as procedures. All of this deals with bad actors—people who attempt to steal intellectual property, credentials, and many other things. They have motives. They use tactics. They apply techniques and procedures in order to accomplish what they want to do. As I was thinking about this this morning, it struck me that, in the very same way, Satan operates against all of us. So, first, we look at tactics—the “what” and the “why.” What...

***Forgive the repetition. Romans 6:3–4 is speaking about our position in the Cross of Christ. It tells us that we were baptized into Jesus’ death. Since we were baptized into His death, we were also baptized into His burial and into His resurrection, to walk in newness of life. We died in Christ. We were buried with Him. Our old man stayed in the ground, and we were resurrected into newness of life as a new creation. Old things passed away, and all things have become new. This is our position in the Cross of Christ. This is why we must have Faith in the Cross of Christ. When I speak of the Cross of Christ, or His Finished Work, I am speaking of Jesus’ death, His burial, and His resurrection. This is our position: we were baptized into His death, we were buried with Him, and our old man stayed in the ground. We were resurrected into newness of life as a new man—a new creation in Christ Jesus. The slate has been wiped clean. When God looks at us, He sees an innocent, blameless C...