Marshall

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

If you are a Christian your confidence today rests on foundations that cannot be shaken. If God is for you, and He has not spared His own Son but delivered Him up for all of you, then He will graciously give you all things with Him. (Rom 8:28–39) And please don’t hear this as a platitudinal X post: it flows from the reality of your election. God chose you in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless, predestining you for adoption as His children according to His pleasure and will.

The Puritan theologians are helpful here, and understood something vital about this assurance: election and covenant work together, offering troubled believers a double source of assurance; you can plead the covenant with God, asking Him to fulfill His promises, while simultaneously finding comfort in the sufficiency of His prevenient grace and the immutability of His will in election. Your election is not fragile or conditional on your performance, as I’ve said before, your salvation is received not achieved. God’s immutable decree of election proceeds from His perfect counsel, the basis for maintaining His people in sanctification and imparting to them an inward principle of holiness.

Yet this absolute promise does not leave you passive. God’s love, made known to you, draws you out of yourself toward Him in orderly, faithful obedience. The conditional promises of the covenant are inseparable from your daily renewal of it through prayer, meditation, and worship. Your obedience becomes the very means by which you experience and confirm what God has already secured.

Anchor yourself in the permanence of God’s word. Heaven and earth will pass away, but His words will not pass away. (Matt 24:35) All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness. (2 Tim 3:16–17) In this word, your election is declared, your redemption is promised, and your perseverance is guaranteed — not by your strength, but by His.

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

If I'm honest this has been a hard season for me lately. I've been struggling with trusting God's timing. I was reminded when reading Psalm 37 today that I am to be still before Yahweh and wait patiently. That Yahweh is good to those who wait for him and seek him, and it is good to wait quietly for God’s salvation (Lam. 3:25–26). This quiet waiting involves hoping in God’s word while the soul waits more intensely than watchmen awaiting morning (Psalm 130:5–6).

I was reminded that prior to preaching to thousands, for a season Peter went back to fishing after thinking he failed Jesus. That Paul sat in prison cells, Lazarus lay in a tomb, Jonah prayed in the belly of a fish, Hannah wept on the steps of the tabernacle, Joseph was locked in the captivity, and Moses stood in the fields of Median herding sheep. All before God made moves in his timing.

Times of waiting, while hard, remind us of the confidence we should have in God’s timing and character. When direction seems slow in coming, we're called to wait for it, assured it will come when the time is ready (Hab. 2:3). Yahweh himself waits to be gracious and show mercy, and those who wait for him are blessed, for he is a God of justice (Isa. 30:18). Rather than taking matters into their own hands, like I often am tempted to do, we are instructed not to repay evil but to wait for the Lord, who will deliver us (Prov 20:22).

Hoping for what is unseen involves waiting with patience (Romans 8:25), and through the Spirit and faith, believers eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness (Galatians 5:5). Waiting involves expectancy and hope regarding events and contingencies still in the future, it's the outworking of a spiritual posture directed at trusting God’s promises and timing rather than our own understanding.

Knowing all of this, writing here on X doesn't make my season of needing to wait any easier, but the consistent, inspired, inerrant testimony of scripture nonetheless gives me something solid to trust in. I am fickle, impatient, and finite. God is trustworthy, forbearing, and infinite. And his timing is right even if I don't know how or when things will happen.

[Philip Anthony Mitchell @PhilipAMitchell]

O, Bride of Christ, now is not the hour to be distracted by vain and fruitless activities. End time prophecies are unfolding globally as God is preparing the world for the return of Christ.

Love God. Love people. Be about our Father’s business. Time is running out.

[Marshall @Marshallarem]

@BibleInContext1 Summary

[Manc Red Devil @MancRedDevil1]

I’m 55 and followed @ManUtd for 50 years. I’ve seen the bad times but this is the worst it’s been. Fans say it’s like the 80s but don’t insult those boys. Yes they were not good enough but at least they played for that badge. These lot are over paid privileged disgraceful players. They don’t understand the sacrifices players before them made. Players died playing for this team. It’s heartbreaking to see what is going on. I actually don’t like this team because they don’t care. As always I will continue to come and support @ManUtd but I am done with these players.

[Larry P. Kent @LarryPKent]

Jesus of Nazareth voluntarily died for your sins. If you turn to God in repentance and place your trust in Jesus, God will pardon you. If you will not accept Jesus’ payment, you must pay for your sins. Which do you choose?

Exactly how does this work? https://t.co/Vxh7g0Qykh

[Premier League @premierleague]

Since his @ManUtd debut, @B_Fernandes8 is one of just two players in Europe's top five leagues to register at least 50 goals and 50 assists in all competitions, after Lionel Messi 👏

#NFOMUN

[Marshall @Marshallarem]

@adidasfootball Maybe announcing Lisandro Martinez as Adidas athlete officially? 🤔

[Italian Football News 🇮🇹 @footitalia1]

Good luck to Cristiano Ronaldo. He’s won almost everything there is to win & broken records across Europe. Nothing left to prove to anyone. Guy came from nothing and built a unique legacy in football and a future for generations of his family. Boa Sorte legenda

[(fan) Trey @UTDTrey]

We won’t get to see your talent and Greatness on the biggest stages anymore.

But still,
The Greatest there is, The Greatest there was and The Greatest there ever will be. Forever and Always❤️

We love you @Cristiano

[Z @Zeeshanszn]

To the 🐐,

https://t.co/W62fHbih2E

[(fan) Trey @UTDTrey]

Say what you want but the man is the highest scorer in not only Champions League but football history, won 5 Ballon D’ors, 5 Champions League and won the Euros with Portugal. Anyone shaming him for going to Saudi Arabia at this point of his career is just plain stupid

[NDTV @ndtv]

The Supreme Court, in response to a petition, had strong words against forcible conversions. On @TruthvsHype, we fact-checked the petition to find it was filled with unsubstantiated, unsourced claims.

[NDTV @ndtv]

In his petition to the Supreme Court, Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay has alleged rampant forced religious conversions. But when we fact-checked his claims and questioned him, he walked away from the interview. @TruthvsHype

[ESPN UK @ESPNUK]

'Finished' Cristiano Ronaldo last season:

🏆 Most Premier League POTM awards
🏆 Most Man United POTM awards
🏆 Man United’s Player of the Year
⚽️ Man United’s top scorer
⚽️ Man United’s Goal of the Season
👤 Included in Premier League Team of the Year

[Marshall @Marshallarem]

@AidanWalshMUFC They don't make more defenders like him anymore 😪

[Nick Cox @Coxy3012]

A record breaking crowd. A record 11th FA Youth Cup win.

Thank you to the supporters for creating a night that our young players will never forget.

There is no other club like this one!

#mufc #muacademy #fayouthcup

[Shane Nicholson @Shinner144]

24 years to the day my life fell apart, banned from football for life and sent to prison, I lost the lot but gained everything ( my faith ) GOD gave me the strength to quit alcohol and drugs 24 years clean and sober today 🙌🏽 now it’s about helping others ❤️🙌🏽 Thank you JESUS…

[Marshall @Marshallarem]

@FootballFunnnys He also respected man City by not scoring, so did the entire Atletico team, huge respect 👏👏