Creation's Gift!

For Saturday, October 25, 2025:

Hebrews 11:3 NLT: “By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.”

Having a “high view” of the Bible, we believe the words therein are God-inspired and truthful. The Bible states that Jesus was present during the creation of everything – all planets, all galaxies, all universes, and everything in them – and that nothing was created except through Him. God and his Son didn’t gather little pieces of dust and clump them together, hoping to make a planet. No, they spoke, and that of which they spoke became so! Our universe contains all new materials. It’s not the recycled remains of previous efforts. God started from scratch. He did a good job! We’re allowed to live on one of the planets!

Jesus was present at creation and again in the well-documented New Testament. So when he returns for the end times, what we call the Second Coming will actually be the Third Coming. We call it the Second Coming because it will be the second time Jesus is seen by any large number of humans. At creation, Jesus was known only to the Father and the Holy Spirit, and perhaps Adam and Eve. The earth had not yet been populated.

I pray that we can all enjoy our planet and remember to thank God for his magnificent creation. He keeps us perpetually spinning like a giant top and spinning in a year-long elliptical orbit around the sun. It’s all part of God’s vast eternal plan, and we’re all blessed to be included!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship

Thank God!

For Saturday, July 11, 2020.

Ephesians 5:20 NLT: “Give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

It seems like people want to pray more when things go wrong. But today, let’s pray for things that have gone right! Think about it – there are only a few things wrong, but millions of things go right every single day, things we may not even see if we’re on autopilot.

God keeps us alive until it’s time to call us home. Our heart keeps on thumping, and our blood keeps on pumping, and we don’t do that on our own – it’s Intelligent Design! Every day we get something to eat. Granted, some people have fancy dinners, and some go to the food shelf, but God looks after us. We have a place to live, we have clothes, we have freedom to worship our God in our country. We have friends, we have family, we have a church!

Today, let’s give thanks for the colossal number of things that have gone right!

Blessings,

Pastor Norton

Jesus in the City Fellowship

3249 30th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406