Tag: faith
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Our Sovereign God
1 Peter 3:17 “For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.” There is something that is incredibly freeing in being a follower of Jesus Christ. Actually, there are many things about such a life that are freeing, but it’s the one thing mentioned in…
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On “Keeping Our Faith to Ourselves”
1 Kings 1:41 “And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, ‘What does this uproar in the city mean?’” Have you ever heard the following statement made about someone: “He keeps his faith to himself”? Maybe that’s how you think of yourself. So often when we hear this, it’s with the idea…
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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…
To Encourage You 