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My Thoughts Toward You

 You may not feel like you fit the mold. Maybe you don’t go to church every Sunday. Maybe religion never made much sense to you. But there’s something inside you that still believes God is real. Still hopes He hasn’t forgotten you. Still wonders if there's a place for you in all of this.

There is.

The Kingdom of God was never about building a club for the perfect. It was never about getting the bad to act good. It was always about bringing the dead back to life. Those whose hope died. Whose years were stolen. Whose joy was buried. Whose strength ran out.

The heart of God is not against you. It burns for you.

From the beginning, God has always had one desire: to dwell with His people in love, peace, freedom, and abundance. In Eden, He walked with man. In the Promised Land, He promised rest. In Christ, He brought the Kingdom that can never be shaken. The story hasn’t changed—just the chapters.

Isaiah 61 says He came for the poor, the brokenhearted, the captives, and the prisoners. He came to comfort those who mourn and to give beauty for ashes. He came to give back what the locusts stole and restore what was lost. He came to establish you, to make you a pillar that never has to leave His presence again.

That’s the will of God.

His thoughts toward you are not of punishment, but of peace. Not of judgment, but of joy. His intention has always been to bring you into a place where you can breathe again. A place of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. A place with homes you didn’t build and vineyards you didn’t plant—where you finally get to rest and live.

That’s what Jesus came to give. Not a new religion, but a new life.

And with that life comes freedom. Freedom from fear. Freedom from shame. Freedom from worrying about what others think. In Christ, you are accepted—not tolerated, not conditionally loved, but fully accepted.

"To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved." (Ephesians 1:6)

If you’ve ever felt too far, too messed up, too outside—you are exactly the one He came for. You are the target of Heaven.

Come home.

God already made the way. And He’s still saying:

“I know the thoughts I think toward you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11)

That future is now. The door is open.

Welcome to the Kingdom.

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