You are not worthless; you are washed. There is nothing so dirty that God cannot make worthy by the blood of Christ. The critical blow to Satan came when the Lamb, Jesus Christ, shed His blood for our sins—winning complete victory through His sacrificial payment of the penalty we deserve....

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a trying season of life? Joseph did: thrown into a pit by his brothers (Genesis 37:24), sold into slavery, then imprisoned unjustly for 13 years. Talk about a trying season of life! But the Scriptures explain that Joseph honored the LORD...

In Jeremiah's dungeon, dirty rags—stained symbols of brokenness—became the lifeline that pulled him from despair, much like God uses our past pains as testimonies to rescue others. Fear whispers that your stains disqualify you, labeling you a coward fleeing the battle of sharing your story, but the Holy Spirit equips...

In his sermon, Pastor Franklin used the example of the prophet Jeremiah being rescued from a pit, at the king’s command, by people using rags to lift him out. He encouraged us that 1) we all needed rescue, and 2) though our righteousness is like filthy rags compared to God’s...

Where were we when we found Jesus? What righteousness of our own could we stand on? Isaiah the prophet spoke a word from the Lord, saying, “Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the Lord: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to...