Tag: faith
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Dealing with Difficult Emotions
Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Our emotional condition can have such an outsized influence on our life. It can affect our countenance, for it’s hard to mask depression and…
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For 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 what a wonderful thing it is that before any of us believed, Jesus was praying for us? When we knew nothing about Him, He was praying for us. And then when…
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Perfect Peace!
Isaiah 26:3 “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” I read something this morning from the late Samuel Brengle that helped me understand just a little bit more what the wonderful verse above is telling us. Samuel Brengle was a commissioner in the Salvation Army…
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In Whom or What Do You Trust
1 Peter 1:8 “the outcome of your faith (is) the salvation of your souls” In what or whom are you trusting? Many years ago, I heard someone in my office building say, “you just have to have faith.” When I asked this person who or what was the object of his faith, I got no…
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So What’s Next?
Psalm 23:6 “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life” It is fear of the future that is perhaps the greatest source of anxiety in all the world. Rather than look back at how God has brought us through whatever situations we have faced in life and have a resolved trust because…
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Opened Eyes
1 Peter 1:8-9 “Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.” Throughout the early part of the book of 1 Peter,…
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A Growing Faith
1 Peter 1:3-6 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who…
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The Suffering of the Believer
1 Peter 1:6 “. . . now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials . . .” One of the most wonderful things about the Bible is that it gives us God’s perspective on things. If you are a believer, that perspective changes everything. In 1 Corinthians 2:16, Paul tells…
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A Hope that Springs Eternal
1 Peter 1:3-5 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for…
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When Things Make No Sense
Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding” The Bible says so much to us in its economy of words. That’s why we are to meditate on it. We aren’t to quickly pass by what it says. One such example is the verse above. It’s…
To Encourage You 