Tag: faith
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Do You Know What You’re Missing?
1 John 5:12-13 “Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.” One of the things that we should understand about the writers…
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Impossible?
Mark 9:23 “All things are possible for one who believes.” Currently I’m reading a book by the late English pastor F.W. Boreham. Have you ever heard of him? What an incredibly gifted writer he was. What a gift for explaining spiritual truth. Yesterday I read an essay he wrote about impossibilities. He wrote about the…
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The “American Gospel”
Isaiah 53:5 “But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.” Have you ever heard of what some have called “The American Gospel?” You can read all about it at the following website: https://www.americangospelfilm.com/. It’s…
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Viewpoints
2 Samuel 22:1-4 “And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, ‘The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I…
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The Sense of Taste
1 Peter 2:2-3 “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” I am currently reading the book “Religious Affections” by the early American theologian and preacher Jonathan Edwards. Among the many wonderful insights in this book is how…
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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…
To Encourage You 