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I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND I AM WRITING ABOUT IT AGAIN TO TRY TO HELP YOU BUILD YOUR FAITH TO KNOW THAT JESUS WILL HEAL YOU. SOMETIMES WHEN WE SEE THAT IT WORKS FOR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, YOU START BELIEVING IT WILL WORK FOR YOU. I PRAY THAT THIS WILL HELP SOMEONE.
What did Jesus mean? Since the Pharisees fasted twice each week, does this mean we have to fast three times each week? Since they paid tithes on everything including spices, does this mean that anyone who fails to tithe is doomed to hell?
No! Definitely not. The Pharisees' righteousness was based on their actions. Jesus is advocating a righteousness that is based on faith in what He did for us.
Trusting in our own actions will never grant us access to God. We may be better than others, but who wants to be the best sinner that ever went to hell? We have all sinned and come short of perfection which is what God requires (Rom. 3:23).
The only one who was ever good enough...
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT JESUS IN PUBLIC, ISN'T IT STRANGE HOW PEOPLE REACT? I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I WAS TRAVELING, I WOULD STOP IN A GROCERY STORE AND WHEN SOMEONE WOULD ASK ME "HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?" I WOULD SAY "I AM HEALED IN THE NAME OF JESUS" OR "JESUS IS BLESSING ME EVERY DAY". EVERYTHING WOULD GET VERY QUIET.
What is it that will be cast out and trodden under foot of men? Is it the salt, or is it possible that Jesus is speaking about the world? If we as believers lose our preserving influence, then there is no other way for the Lord to save the world. It will be dominated by men.
God flows through His people. It is not our own power that changes people. It's God's power in us. but God will not do it without us. It's a partnership.
Many people spend a lifetime praying for God to move, not understanding that He is going to flow through them. It is not God who is failing to intervene. It is God's people who are failing to cooperate and let Him flow through...
ARE YOU REALLY SEEKING THE LORD? I DON'T MEAN JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS LIKE PRAYING WHENEVER YOU ARE IN NEED OR IN TROUBLE OR GOING TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW HOLY YOU ARE. I KNOW THIS IS TERRIBLE TO SAY ABOUT SOMEONE BUT WE ALL GET CAUGHT UP IN OURSELVES ONCE IN A WHILE AND IT DOESN'T HURT TO HAVE A LITTLE REMINDER NOT TO DO THIS.
Jesus is saying that persecution should actually cause us to rejoice. There are many positive things about persecution but one of the best reasons to rejoice is because of the reward awaiting us in heaven.
Jesus takes the persecution of His saints very seriously as can be seen during the Damascus road experience of the apostle Paul. The Lord asked Paul (then Saul), "Why are you persecuting me?" (Acts 9:4) He didn't say, "Why are you persecuting my people?" but "Why are you persecuting me?"
It is not actually us that people are rejecting but they are rejecting the One we represent. Therefore, Jesus promised to share His reward with us. All the glory and honor that Jesus has and will receive will be shared with...
In the natural world, people eat even when they aren't hungry. Many of us can prove that by turning sideways and looking at ourselves in the mirror. But in the spiritual realm, only those who are hungry can get fed. One of the worst things that can happen to us is spiritual complacency.
Being hungry for the things of God is one of the best things that can happen to us. Most people don't feel that way. They would rather have the feeling of being full. But Jesus promised us that fullness would follow hunger. No hunger, no fullness.
Therefore, what many people hate is actually a sign of spiritual health. Longing for more of God is a healthy sign. No one hungers for God on their own. That is not the nature of man. No man hungers for God unless the Spirit...
Peter and his companions had been working hard all night. Their efforts had not produced even one fish. They had given up and were headed home. But Jesus told them to try it just one more time.
It would have been easy for Peter to reject Jesus' command. After all, Peter had been a fisherman all his life. Jesus was just a preacher. What did He know about fishing? Yet something, or rather someone, caused Peter to try just once more.
Many people are like Simon Peter and his partners. They have done all that they know to do and yet they've come up empty-handed. This breeds a despair and hopelessness that causes many people to quit trying. Yet, just one word from Jesus could make the same tasks that have been...
HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PRAISE THE LORD? I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE SONG THAT SAYS "PRAISE THE LORD, OH MY SOUL, PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME", BUT HOW DO WE PRAISE HIM? THE WORD PRAISE MEANS "TO GLORIFY, WORSHIP, OR HONOR". NOW WE ALL CAN DO THAT. WHEN WE ARE ALONE WITH HIM, WE CAN TELL HIM THAT WE LOVE HIM. THANK HIM FOR SAVING US AND ALSO FOR ALL THE THINGS HE HAS, AND IS, DOING FOR US, THINGS THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT.