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God Has Your Back

In the New Testament book of Romans, chapter 8 there is a statement that says that “(Jesus) is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us.”

I bet that is a different view of God then you normally have.  We see God as the judge, the old man with white hair and a big hammer. But in fact, he is sticking up for us.

The picture here is of a child going to school and a bully picking on them, but then someone comes in and takes the attention off of the one being bullied, and takes it on themselves.  They stick up for someone who cannot defend themselves.

That is what Jesus is doing for us right now.  If you surrender your life to his plan and purpose, he will stick up for you, he will defend you, he will always have your back.  King Solomon says in Proverbs that “he will be a friend that sticks closer then you own brother.”


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