“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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Wonders Never Cease
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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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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Surrendered Life
He fills my life with good things. Psalm 103: 5 The surrendered life. A life devoted to God and His ways. It sounds so easy and simple. However, is it? I think surrendering everything to God is hard. Does it need to happen? Yes! However, it is still hard to go through if we are honest with ourselves, God, and others. Of course, there are awesome benefits and blessings from God when we surrender and trust him with our lives. I don’t think we can sit here and talk about the Israelites and how they couldn’t get their act together in this area. …
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To Pray Like Jesus
“Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit.” says the Lord Almighty. Zechariah 4:6 Do you struggle with prayer? When I say this, I mean, do you have a hard time praying? I sure do. I love the movie War Room. I want to be the little lady who prays like the prayer warrior lady. I am not there yet, but one day I will be. I struggle with praying. I am a simple prayer. I desire to be a prayer warrior. Does prayer come easy to you? If it does, that is exciting! Praying means living like Jesus. He spent time in…
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Letting Go of People-Pleasing
What good is it for someone to gain the whole world yet forfeit their soul? Mark 8:36 Are you a people pleaser? Do you care that people like you? Does it bother you if people don’t like you? People-pleasing can be a technique to feel that we belong, gain influence, or get others to fix a problem for us. Let’s get started! Read Exodus 32:1. Why were the people concerned? What did they want Aaron to do for them? What did they say about Moses? With Moses out of sight and out of mind, they reverted to their old idol worship ways. While Moses was…
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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. …
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It’s Not About You
What good is it for someone to gain the whole world yet forfeit their soul? Mark 8:36 How much of this life that you are living is about you? Your purpose? What about our life’s expectations and how it should turn out or how people should behave reveal otherwise. Read Matthew 4:8-9. What did Satan show Jesus? What did Satan tell Jesus that he could do for him? What would Jesus have to do to receive it? Satan offered the world to Jesus if he would bow down and worship him. It is said that Satan’s temptation reveals to his heart that what really…
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Letting Go With Help
a time to search and a time to count as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away; Ecclesiastes 3:6 Do you like to help others, even if you may be causing more harm them helping? Today let’s look at some ways to know when to help and when to let go. When someone comes to you asking for help or bail them out of a situation they have created themselves; what is the best option? This is a tool to use. Show compassion to them without being impulsive to act. Take time to validate the person’s stress, fear, or even panic…
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God’s Way
There’s a right tie to hold on and another to let go. Ecclesiastes 3:6 Do you struggle with doing things God’s way? Do we complain about it? Let’s look at Numbers 20. The Israelites are complaining, yet again, about the lack of water. Moses is tired of complaining. Can you relate to this? This time around, with them complaining, is no different than the first time. So Moses knows what to do. Pay attention to verse 8. Now, look at verse 10. What does Moses do here? Did Moses follow God’s instructions? No, he struck the rock twice. Moses messed up here. He spoke…