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b'Have you ever worried about losing your relationship with God? I used to worry God would give up on me if I wasn\\u2019t good enough, and, of course, I was never \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153good enough.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d Then I learned about covenant. A covenant is a binding, sacred agreement between God and humans. It\\u2019s the way God deals with humankind.\\nIn Genesis, the first book of the Bible, the rainbow provides a beautiful picture of covenant (chapters 6\\xe2\\u20ac\\u201c9). Humankind was so steeped in wickedness that God, in His justice, had to act, flooding the earth and destroying almost all life. Noah and his family, who were spared because of their trust in God, spent many years building an ark and then living for about 370 days on this giant boat surrounded by all different types of animals. When it was over, God sent the rainbow as a promise that He would never flood the world again.\\nBut God didn\\u2019t stop there. Years later, He made a covenant with Abraham and led him from his home to an unknown country and unseen future, so all people would one day be blessed through the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ (Genesis 15; Galatians 3:6-14, 29).\\nHere\\u2019s some great news: God\\u2019s covenant with His people can\\u2019t be broken (Psalm 89:34). And, if we are in Christ, God has a covenant with you and me\\u2014to rescue us from sin and death so we can live forever with Him and His people.\\nOn our own and in our sin, we have broken the covenant, so God must be the One who keeps it. Just like us, Abraham wasn\\u2019t able to keep the covenant\\u2014that\\u2019s why God put Abraham to sleep when He made the covenant. In Christ, we rest because He keeps the covenant, not Abraham or us (Isaiah 24:5; Ephesians 2:8-10).\\nCovenant brings me comfort. It dispels any doubts about God\\u2019s love, forgiveness, and trustworthiness. Hebrews 13:20 tells us Jesus is our great shepherd and we are His sheep through \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153an eternal covenant with his blood.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d God is the One who established the covenant through His blood, and God is the One who keeps the covenant. \\u2022 Sharon Rene\\n\\u2022 Have you ever worried God might abandon you?\\n\\u2022 In Christ, do you ever try to be perfect to earn God\\u2019s love? How does covenant and the symbol of the rainbow bring you comfort? \\nNow may the God of peace\\u2014who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood\\u2014may he equip you with all you need for doing his will. Hebrews 13:20-21a (NLT)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nActs 3:25; Hebrews 13:20-21'