Tag: faith
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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…
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About Those Thoughts and Prayers
James 5:17-18 “Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.” How often have you heard the statement,…
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To the Suffering
James 5:13 “Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.” When you read the Bible, do you realize that it is actually the God of the universe that is speaking to you in a very personal way? Do you realize that it’s a message coming from the One Who made you and He’s saying things…
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The Good Shepherd
Psalm 23:6 “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Do you ever wonder what’s coming around the next bend? Are you anxious about tomorrow, or even the rest of today for that matter? You’d be the rare individual if your answer is “No.” …
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Wait for It!
Habakkuk 2:3 “. . . wait for it” How many times have you seen the words above as part of a YouTube video or Facebook post? Usually, it’s telling us to wait until the end because something very funny or surprising will happen in that videoclip, although it might at first not seem so. Bet…
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Drawing Near to God
James 4:8 “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” The verse above talks about a condition of being near to God. Have you ever wondered what that might be like? Is it something about which you are interested? One of the effects of the sin that has touched every life is…
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Are You a Lazy Christian?
2 Peter 1:5-8 “Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Do…
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Do You Believe What God Has Said?
James 2:23 “Abraham believed God” The Bible tells us that Abraham believed God. Of course, like many people, Abraham believed there WAS a God. He also, again like many people, believed certain things ABOUT God. But what set Abraham apart from the crowd, even the so-called “believing” crowd, was that he actually believed what God…
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The Mature Believer
Philippians 4:11 “I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. “ There may be no better description of what it is to have reached a condition of maturity in the Christians faith than that expressed by the apostle Paul in the verse above. It’s a statement that Paul made in his letter to the…
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The “Prosperity Gospel”
James 2:5 “Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?” One of the verses that should sound a death knell to the “prosperity gospel” is the one above from…
To Encourage You 