Tag: belief
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Those who will believe
John 17:20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word.” Do you realize that until the Lord returns there will continue to be people who will believe in Him, i.e., with certainty, there are people who don’t believe right now who will believe in the future? …
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Do you really believe God hears?
John 17:1 “After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed.” When you pray, do you really believe in your heart of hearts that God actually hears you? Do you believe He is present? Do you believe He exists? You may say that these are strange questions, for surely if one prays, he or…
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Exceptions
Psalm 119:128 “Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way.” Are their “exceptions” in your faith? Do you agree with the Bible’s view on many or even most things, but are there exceptions? Do you really like Jesus’ teaching about love, peace, and joy? Does the Sermon on the…
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When trials come
Psalm 105:16-22 “When He (i.e. God) summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread, He had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron; until what he had said came to pass, the Word of the Lord tested him. The…
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Have you seen Him?
John 14:21 “Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” One of the most wonderful aspects of faith that we perhaps don’t think about enough is the truth that Jesus declares in the…
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The cure for a troubled heart
John 14:1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me.” What we believe has much more to do with how we act and react than what we say. The vast majority of people in this world say that they believe in God. What or who they are calling “God” may not be…
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If I could see a miracle. Really?
John 11:40 “Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” “ Have you ever heard someone claim that if they saw a miracle, then they might believe in God? Jesus spoke about this line of thinking in the story of the rich man and Lazarus in…
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Are you sure?
John 5:24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.” There are many people who say that you can’t know if you have eternal life. These are religious people, people that attend a church somewhere,…
To Encourage You 