Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy. Habakkuk 3:2 How would you define faith? What does Hebrews 11:1 define faith? There are two words from Hebrews 11:1, they are hoped for and unseen. They don’t make an exact science of faith. The less evidence of the nature of walking by faith rather than by sight has its obvious risks. Perfectionism can be hard when we have faith. We often have to admit that we were wrong. Failure may be painful, but…
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Reflection Day
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 Today is Reflection Day! I love reflection day. It’s a time for me to go back and reflect on what God has spoken to me about. It gives me time to pray and seek God about what he wants to change in my life. It gives me time to make a game plan of putting action to what God is telling me and asking of me. Reflection Day gives me a slower pace to grasp what God is telling me. It gives me more time to…
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Reflection Day
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 Today is Reflection Day! I love reflection day. It’s a time for me to go back and reflect on what God has spoken to me about. It gives me time to pray and seek God about what he wants to change in my life. It gives me time to make a game plan of putting action to what God is telling me and asking of me. Reflection Day gives me a slower pace to grasp what God is telling me. It gives me more time to…
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Grasping Jesus
Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, Philippians 2:6 We need to remember that Jesus is God the Son. He is a form of God. Jesus is equal to God before, during, and after Jesus’s time on earth. Jesus will always be God. Jesus let go of his privileges and glory in heaven to come to earth to serve you. He let go of his equality with God to come alive as a man and pay the penalty for our sins. So that we might be saved!!! We might not be able to grasp what Jesus…
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Saving Grace
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift. Not from works, so that no one can boast. For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:8-10 Faith believes in Jesus. It is the only need for receiving God’s gift of salvation. There are two steps in Salvation in faith. What does a person believe about Christ? Active response from the heart of the person who desires to follow Christ as their savior. Faith firmly believes in Christ, his death for our…
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Our Humble Boasts
“As it is written: “Let him who boasts in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:31 Do you fall in love with Jesus all over again when you see all the good, good things He does? Read 1 Corinthians 1: 18-31. What insights do you get from this passage? Let’s look at verses 22 and 23 more closely. Paul was not complimenting the greeks on their quest for wisdom. Paul was stating that God wants us to know His Word so we can know the divine author. Verse 23 talks about stumbling blocks. This means trap, any impediment placed in the way and causing one to stumble…
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God Our Father
“This is to my Father’s glory that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. ” John 15:8 Have you ever been in a financial crisis or any other crisis; or know of someone else that has gone down this road? Where this crisis kept turning and turning for the worst. There was prayer, and God answered the prayer, yet the crisis kept happening? Until that one moment that God completely turned it around and things were made, right? Do you hide and act like someone else during these times? Or are you authentic? Are you making room for God’s power? God…
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The Value of Faith
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7 Do you ever question why God uses the people that He uses? Sometimes it is just the fact that God is the unexplainable choice of servants. We may never know the whys to our questions. One thing for sure is that God has a lot of grace. Something that all of us believers could work on giving to others more often. Read…
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Persevering Impact
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time, we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 Do you ever have passion for people who are on a journey for the first time in Christ? Have you invested in them and found how hard it can be? However, through this, have you persevered and was faithful to God? I will be honest! Following God is not easy; being obedient to God and His ways is not easy. Now let me encourage you with this though, God is so so good! He is not leaving us when He is asking us to…
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One Believing Man
He said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23 Gilgal was the first place the Israelites stop in the Promised Land. Gilgal was west of the Jordan River. This is the place where they set up remembrance stones. This marked the covenant of God by observing the rite of circumcision. They no longer be called an unbelieving generation. Gilgal has the meaning of the circle. As a child of God, who is willing to follow God there by faith, will come full circle in a significant way. …