“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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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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God Remembering
God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. Genesis 8:1 God remembers! He knows all. How do you feel about these comments? Read Genesis 8:1. Whom did God remember? What did he remember? Do you find this verse a little unsettling? I mean, God told Noah to build an ark, commanded all the animals to go on the ark, and then shut Noah, his family, and the animals all up on the ark and then proceeded to flood the world. Wouldn’t you hope he would…
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Forsaking Words
“Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” 1 Chronicles 4:10 Read 1 Chronicles 4:9-10. The name Jabez means sorrow. Sorrow means pain, sorrow, or idol. Compare the meanings of sorrow and grieve. Which definitions are similar? This mother named her child Pain or idol. Now let’s learn two things: 1) idols in our lives cause pain, 2) our pain can become our idol. Did this mother make the childbirth of her son an idol? How many of us make past pain our idols? …
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The Practice Of Blessing
On him, we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers. 2 Corinthians 1:10-11 Prayer! It is so important. There are many different ways prayer can look like for a person. One thing for sure is though, is that prayer is a primary discipline of our faith. This is what God wants to infuse with supernatural power. We don’t want to become legalistic about our prayer life. Prayer is communication to God. There are many ways to do pray. Jesus gave us a model of prayer called the Lord’s Prayer. Take time to look that…
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The Power Of The Tongue
Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. James 3:10 Can you control your tongue? Does it give life or death? The tongue is a powerful tool. Here are some vital concepts: God’s words are omnipotent; our words are potent because we were created in God’s image. Our words are potent whether we used them positively or negatively. God desires not only that HIs children believe the truth, but we speak it. God ordains that words of faith have more power than thoughts of faith alone. Our faith can become our voice, and our voice becomes power…
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Moses’s Faith
By faith, he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel. Hebrews 11:28 What can we learn from Moses and his faith? Read Hebrews 11: 23-29. What is so significant about this passage and the verse in Hebrews 11:28? Read Exodus 12:1-36. How did God schedule the Passover according to verse 2? What were the Israelites to mark on their homes so that death would pass over them? Now let’s go back to Moses. What terrible thing did Moses do in his past? He murdered an Egyptian, yet he…
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Isaac’s Faith
By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau regarding their future. Hebrews 11:20 Have you found a healthy and non-dysfunctional family in the bible? Please let me know if you have and where it is in the Bible. Read Genesis 27 and Hebrews 11:20. How is Paul gives a testimony of the faith of Isaac? What is it? How can this situation result in a commendation for Isaac’s faith? Isaac gave his sons a blessing. Jacob tricked his father into granting him the blessing to be given to Esau, the firstborn. Have you ever wondered why Isaac didn’t take it back since he was tricked?…
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Noah’s Faith
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. Hebrews 11:7 Could you be as bold and obedient to God as Noah? Read Hebrews 11:7 and Genesis 6:5 – 22. In this passage, this is the very first mention of the word covenant. Where is it, and how did God say He would provide evidence of it? Now let’s read Genesis chapter 7. What does verse 23 have to say? What was destroyed? Now move on to Chapter 8. Where did the ark rest? How did Noah know that the waters had receded?…
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When Nothing Else Helps
She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better, she grew worse. Mark 5:26 Do you put God in a box? A box that you try to control? Read Psalm 103:1-5. What benefits of god are listed in these five verses? God forgives us of our iniquities, heals all our diseases, redeems our life from destruction, crowns us with lovingkindness and tender mercies, and satisfies our mouth with good things. God is neither a genie in a bottle or an apathetic bystander. We need to let God be God. When we…