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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Living Water
But whoever drinks from the water that I will give will never get thirsty again – ever! In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up with him for eternal life. John 4:14 When one accepts Jesus as savior, we get to drink from him, and we are satisfied. This water is spiritual life. The word drink is in the imperative tense, a continual action. This is an ongoing lifestyle. This means when we ask Christ into our lives, we don’t go back to our past way of living. It means spending time with Him. It’s our…
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The Light
You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in Heaven. Matthew 5:14-16 These verses make me think of the kids’ song “This Little Light of Mine.” “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. This little light of mine,…
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God’s Love
John 3:16 ‘For God loved the world in this way: so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.’ God loves you. He loves me. He loves everyone. God is compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, faithful, and abounding in love for us. God wants you to have a relationship with him. He is waiting for you to choose him. I have 7 children. I have 5 boys and 2 girls. I value each of them. I love each of them. I often try to comprehend how God could give his one and only son to us – humans. I can’t. I can’t imagine asking anyone…
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The Way, The Truth, The Life
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6 Jesus is the way. The only way to God the Father. Jesus is the only perfect sacrifice that paid for all sin. Jesus paid the full price of our offenses toward God. He opened the WAY for a renewed relationship with God. Jesus provides the only way of spiritual darkness, lostness, and slavery to sin. Jesus is the truth. His truth is absolute. Jesus’ life is truth. His message is truth. This truth is total, definite, unconditional, unchanging, and conclusive. Its truth…
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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. …