In the last few blog posts, I’ve been looking at hope and disappointment. Both beg for addressing FAITH. Hope, trust, and faith are all interconnected. I don’t believe you can have one and not the others. As we grow as Christians, as we develop, each aspect grows and matures. Sometimes, our hope outweighs our ability …
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This well-known verse speaks to our faith, but in this case I want to focus on the aspect of hope. Part of life. To hope for something is an eager expectation. It is not passive. Our …
1 Corinthians 1:8 He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faith As the End of Time approaches, we need to stay firm in our faith. The craziness of the world and the changes in morals, social norms, and what …
Mockers 2 Peter 3: 3-4 3 Above all, you must understand that in the last days, scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” Yesterday we looked …
Terrible Times in the Last Days 2 Timothy 3:1-5 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, …
Mark 7:34 (Faith) 34 He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”). (NIV-Jesus Bible) Mark 7:37 (Faith) 37 People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” (NIV-Jesus Bible) Using Saliva to …
Trust in Him Isaiah 26:3-4You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. 4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal. When I was a mother of young children I must admit to knowing only short periods of perfect peace. …
Access In days gone by, having access to the King, not just his presence, but having his ear… in other words, being able to talk with him, was a high privilege. Very few people had that ability. Ephesians 3:12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. (Jesus …
Delayed answer to prayer. Has anyone ever experienced this? Has anyone ever had to wait, not just days or weeks but months or years for an answer to our prayers? I am certain that I am not alone in this. All of us, at one time or another, have had to wait. Psalms 27:14Wait for …
