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Welcome! My name is Richard Templin Hancock and I am a senior citizen who has found great peace in his old age in the forgiveness that Jesus Christ offers to sinners. I enjoy reading my Bible and recording short Devotional podcasts with the aim to encourage us all to have faith in God and follow His Son Jesus Christ every day.
I hope the following blog posts will be an encouragement to you:

All Our Days Are In God's Hands

Psalm 139:16 
Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

All our days are in God's hands. Expect great things:

Job 5:9
who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

God's good thoughts toward us:

Psalm 40:5 
Many, LORD, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.

God made us fit for His kingdom:

Colossians 1:12-14
giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light, who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love, in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

Jesus created us (believers) for Himself:

Colossians 1:16-17
For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

Jesus purified us of our sins:

Hebrews 1:3
His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Let us pray. God, we thank you for having our best interests at heart. There are days we may not see your miracle-working hand, but being assured of heaven with you raises our faith above our circumstances. Amen.


The Precious Blood Of Christ

As followers of Jesus, we thank Jesus Christ, who purchased our freedom and washed away our sins with His precious blood. Let us reflect on this marvelous love from God with the following scripture verses:

1 Peter 1:18, 19: Ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

1 Peter 2:22-24: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Matthew 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

We hope these wonderful assurances of God's love for you will lift your spirits this hour.


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The Kingdom Of Heaven

Reflecting on the Kingdom of Heaven.

In Matthew 13:44 Jesus said “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

In John 14:6, Jesus declared, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me."

In Matthew 4:17, Jesus' message was, "Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"

Jesus stated in Matthew 7:21, "Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." 

Jesus told the disciples Matthew 10:7, "As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!'" 

Some of the incredible benefits of being saved and welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven:

Sins forgiven. All your past, present, and future wrongdoings are completely wiped clean by the blood of Jesus.

Restored relationship with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God who sent Messiah Jesus.

God's presence, love, and guidance here on earth.

The guarantee of God's loving care and presence in heaven.

As you reflect on this, what other wonderful benefits come to mind when you think about the Kingdom of Heaven? 


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The Jesus Way Of Life!

Psalms 16:11: "You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore."

For me, that is the Jesus way of life!

I think of the Lord when I read Psalms 36:7-8:

"How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures."

What a blessing to walk with Jesus this day. To know our Heavenly Father as He is revealed to us by Jesus!

I encourage you to reach out to Jesus right now. You will be blessed!


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