Tag: testing
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Tests of Faith
Hebrews 11:6 “Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” Do you really believe that God exists? I mean really. Is the idea of God a wispy notion, a “pie in the sky” sort of thing to you, or do you see Him as a fact,…
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To the Bewildered
2 Corinthians 12:7 “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.” Some things make absolutely no sense! Anything in your life like that right now? There is in mine! …
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Life Raft
1 Corinthians 10:13 “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” One of the names given to Jesus in the…
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The Faithful
Hebrews 10:23 “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” Wherever we find a word of encouragement in God’s Word regarding some issue of life, it’s because we need that encouragement. Another way to think about this is that if the things that our supernatural Creator…
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Tests
1 Peter 4:12 “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you.” No one likes a test. Thinking back to my school years, nothing produced stress in that school setting like the fact that there would be a test the next day. …
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When stress overwhelms
Luke 22:39-46 “And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. And when he came to the place, he said to them, ‘Pray that you may not enter into temptation.’ And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,…
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The road to humility
Deuteronomy 8:2-3 “And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor…
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The “squeeze”
Numbers 20:2-3 “Now there was no water for the congregation. And they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people quarreled with Moses and said, ‘Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord!’” When things aren’t going well for you, how do you respond? How many of us lash out in some way,…
To Encourage You 