Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 3 John 1:2 God is truly amazing! I cannot totally describe how I feel and think about my Lord! The Bible does an amazing job of describing our Triune God! God never ceases to show us how wonderful and amazing He is! I have a missionary friend; as she grew up, she would see things that we don’t see all the time. The spiritual world was and is very real to her. God speaks to people even today in…
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Permission To Believe
You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples. Psalm 77:14 Do you believe that God intervenes miraculously in the life of humans? Here are a few fundamental truths. Even though we are not in an era where miracles and wonders described our era. God still performs miracles and wonders. The Bible teaches that signs and wonders will dramatically increase in the latter days. God makes countless merciful exceptions; God reserves the right to respond readily to faith. A popular theory for the rarety of miracles today is that God no longer performs them. God is not offended when we…
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Creations Unfathomable Complexities
You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139: 13-14 Read Psalm 139: 13-18. Read this passage slowly. Savor every word like you do your favorite drink and food. There is much scripture in the Bible showing how God is a creator that has a plan. He is personally involved in bringing each of us into existence. How many of you love science? It is not my favorite subject. However, when you study the body, it is amazing all the little details God put into each of us. Each…
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Something From Nothing
In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 The foremost fundamental of faith believes that God is who He says he is. This is the foundation of all other areas of faith. Remember the 5 statements we wrote down last week? We need all statements to be secure in our faith. Read Psalm 139: 7-10. Let’s use our imagination with this passage. Imagine a child of God running from God to the far side of the sea. Imagine God’s strong arm stretching from the heavens and His right hand gripping the prodigal child with such passion and affection that the veins…
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My Maker of Heaven and Earth
By Faith, we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. Hebrews 11:3 Why should we believe who God says he is? Let’s look at Hebrews 11:3; by what means can we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command? God doesn’t have to prove to us that He is real or that He made the universe. Hebrews 11:6 is our answer to the question, “why does God not prove Himself or His claims.” What is the answer? God created us to find pleasure in us, and our faith is…
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Test of Faith
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. 1 Corinthians 13:5 Today we are going to take a test. A test to self examine ourselves and reflect where we are with God. What is great about this test will not be for everyone to see other than God and you. It will be between you and God. No one else. Read the following scripture Romans 8:28, Hebrews 13:8, 2 Timothy 3:16, 1 John 1:1, Mark 9:21-23, Jeremiah 33:3, Acts 4:23-31, Psalm 2:1-2 to help answer the following questions or statements. I believe all of Scripture is actually God’s word? I…
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How To Believe God
Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17 Do you want to live your life believing God? Faith pleases God. It invites incomparable divine intervention in our lives. How do we believe God? Or a better question would be, “How do we get it?” We can’t pretend our faith. We have to receive it from Him to offer it back. Our initial faith to believe Christ for salvation comes from the work and conviction of the Holy Spirit. In the following scripture, we will discover how to receive faith to practice more of our faith. Read Galatians 5:22-23. What is…
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According To Our Faith
He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith, will it be done to you.” Matthew 9:29 What is it that stops you from having a relationship with God? Is it the rules, have to give up things in your life that you really enjoy? Are you riding the fence of trying to follow both God and your desires? We won’t change the rules; however, let’s try to understand why God does what he does. God is all-wise. He wants an active relationship with each of us. Let’s see what Christ teaches about faith. Read the following passages. Matthew…
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Pleasure and Reward
Without faith, it is impossible to please God because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:5 Read the above verse several times. We will digest this verse throughout this week. What is at stake as we make our faith a present active particle verb? Read Ephesians 1:19. What does God choose to exert in the lives of those who continually accept the challenge to believe Him? Read Hebrews 11:6. What are the two additional motivations for believing in God? Hebrews 11:6 uses the Greek word euaresteo. Strong’s definition of please is…
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Trials Do End
What good is it for someone to gain the whole world yet forfeit their soul? Mark 8:36 Have you ever been in a trial where you wondered if it would ever end? Or if it will end? Or how about one trial after another? We have. The last hard trial I went through, I sat at Jesus’s feet and let Him be in control. I learn many, many good things during this time. Read Matthew 4:10. What is the first thing Jesus says to satan? How can we resist the devil, according to James 4:7? This may require us to resist, to turn from temptation. …