Always

People sometimes read my 5,000+-word articles and say, “Joel’s a bit wordy.” I don’t deny it. So, I’m going to start off the new year with a SHORT JOEL HAYES ARTICLE!

That’s right! It’s a miracle!

Have you ever studied all the times Paul writes always?

Because of all-sufficiency of the cross, because of the perfection of everything God made us in His Son, God always causes us to triumph in Christ (2 Cor. 2:14). We are always confident (2 Cor. 5:6). We always have all sufficiency in all things because God is able to make all grace abound toward us (2 Cor. 9:8). We are always given peace by all means from the Lord of peace Himself (2 Thess. 3:16). We are always unashamed of the gospel, always bold (Phil. 1:20), and as a result, we pray always (Eph. 6:18). We give thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Eph. 5:20). We always make requests with joy (Phil. 1:4), and we always lift up the saints to God in our prayers (Col. 1:3, 4:12, 1 Thess. 1:2, 2 Thess. 1:11, Phm. 1:4).

That’s it.

You’re welcome.