If we are each in union with Christ, then our union with one another should bring us closer to Christ. If we are in union with Christ and our partner is at a different place, spiritually speaking, then our union with Christ and by demonstrating God’s love for them, we hope to draw them closer to God. If your relationship to God seems to take you further from your spouse, then at least you can hopefully be a conduit of God’s love and God’s presence in their life. By choosing to stay connected to you while you are moving closer to God, they are moving closer to God too.

What does it mean to live by faith? I’m going to give three answers to the question, but in the end we are going to find that the answer is “all of the above”. Faith is believing, belonging and obeying. That is, none of these answers is adequate, exclusive of the others. If you had to sum it up in just one word, a good word might be “trusting”.

Yes, God is angry, but that is not His nature. His nature is love, mercy and compassion. And it’s precisely His compassion and love that makes Him angry at sin and injustice. Anger is sometimes good. God always has good reasons for His anger. And behind those reasons is always one thing - love.

Anger- Is it bad or good? Somehow, we know that it must be bad because the Bible warns us and because it always seems to get us in trouble. But then we hear about righteous anger and that must surely be good! So, anger is bad unless it is against something bad and that makes it good. But even when it is good it can still be bad. So, let’s just slow down and take it easy.