Sunday’s message by John Mulligan was on “God’s nature and character - The God of the Bible”, part 2. The lesson is taken from Psalm 139:1-14. 1) God has three transcendent powers: He is omnipotent (all powerful). He is omniscient (all knowing). He is omnipresent (always present). With these characteristics, He knows and understands us as no one else can. He is our greatest comfort. 2) God consists of three personal beings: God the Father, God, the Son, God, the Holy Spirit. All three of these are with us, and available to us, all the time. 3) God has three challenging characteristics: He is immortal; He has always been here. He is invisible; though we can’t see Him, His fingerprints are everywhere we look. He is light; in Him is no darkness. John 1:4-5 reads, “In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it”. 4) Finally, God has many deeply personal attributes - attributes which He wants us to take on ourselves to share with others. Some of these are compassion, grace, patience, being good, being just, and, of course, love. Jeremiah 9:23-24 says it all beautifully: "This is what the Lord says: 'Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,' declares the Lord." God loves to show us His light even when we don’t deserve it. Let us strive to do the same with others in our lives, as we share His light and His love.