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There are many reasons why God's blessings don't always come to pass in a person's life, but the most frequent cause is simply unbelief on our part. There are no limitations on God's part. He is willing and able to do anything He has promised. The problem is with our believing.
The Lord has given every believer faith (Rom. 12:3). It was given to us at salvation through hearing the Word of God (Eph. 2:8; Rom. 10:17). It is a fruit of the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:22). However, we must choose to exercise it.
Our faith is linked to our knowledge (2 Pet. 1:1-4). What we think on is how we will be (Pro. 23:7). The problem is not that we don't have faith. The problem occurs when we don't allow our faith to work because we don't keep our...
ARE YOU WALKING AS A CHILD OF LIGHT? IN EPHESIANS 5:8, PAUL TELLS US TO DO JUST THAT, "walk as children of light", AND IN MATTHEW 5:14, JESUS SAYS "Ye are the light of the world." WE ARE TO LIGHT UP THIS WORLD WITH THE LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS.
Upon hearing the greeting of Mary, John the Baptist leaped for joy inside his mother's womb (v. 44). A six month old fetus experienced unbridled emotion, voluntarily leaped for joy and was actually filled with the Holy Spirit.
It is no coincidence that the man Jesus called the greatest of all Old Testament prophets, was the only man in the Bible to be filled with the Holy Ghost from his mother's womb (Lk. 7:28).
The anointing of God that breaks every yoke is simply the manifest presence and working of the Holy Spirit (Isa. 10:27). The Holy Spirit is the part of the Godhead that empowers us for service.
God is not asking us to live for Him. He is asking us to let Him live through us (Gal. 2:20)....
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE GAME OF GOLF THIS MORNING AND WAS COMPARING A GOLF TOURNAMENT TO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I WAS THINKING OF IN THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD.
What a statement! If we just believed this, how different our lives would be!
From birth we are trained to know our limitations. You can't have this. Don't touch that. Don't put things in your mouth. You can't touch the fire. On and on the list goes.
As we grow up, it's actually a sign of maturity to recognize our limitations and learn to live within them. There are limits to everything. It's a fact of life.
But God has no limits. When we enter into the realm of the supernatural, we have to take off all the limits. We have to renew our minds with the truth that God is not like us. He can do anything.
We have an awesome God whose power is so great that we can't even comprehend it. He created the universe and it didn't even tax His ability. Yet many times we find ourselves wondering if our...
I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A PASTOR OUT THERE THAT IS SAYING THE HOLY BIBLE IS SATANIC. THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE SAYING THERE MAY BE MISTAKES IN THE BIBLE. ALL I CAN SAY IS BEWARE.
Contrast Mary's question and Gabriel's response with the question that Zacharias asked Gabriel and the response that he received (Luke 1:18-20). You will find the questions are similar but the responses are totally different.
Both Mary and Zacharias asked how these miracles would occur but it is evident that Mary was asking "how" in faith while Zacharias was asking "how" in unbelief. It is a clear Bible teaching that unbelief doesn't please God (Heb. 11:6), but the Lord doesn't mind us questioning Him for the purpose of instruction so we can cooperate with His will in our lives.
Abram knew that it was God's will for him to have a son but Abram and Sarai came up with their own plan which caused them and the world much grief (Gen. 16:1-6). Abram would have avoided many...
DO YOU HAVE A DREAM? IS THERE SOMETHING YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO OR TO HAVE AND HAVE PRAYED FOR? WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GIVE UP HOPE. HOPE FOR THAT DREAM TO COME TRUE. ROMANS 8:24-25 TELL US A LOT ABOUT HOPE. "For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it." I HAVE BEEN HOPING FOR SOMETHING FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS AND I KNOW I HAVE IT ONE DAY. I THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR IT AND I KNOW I HAVE IT IN THE SPIRIT. I JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT FOR GOD'S TIMING. HE IS NEVER LATE AND I KNOW HIS PROMISES ARE TRUE. JESUS SAID THAT WHATEVER I ASK GOD FOR, IN HIS NAME, GOD WILL DO IT. I HAVE ASKED AND I HAVE FAITH THAT I HAVE IT.
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Zacharias and Elisabeth were righteous people (v. 6) who prayed for a child for many years. They felt the same disappointments and frustrations that any of us would feel and yet they kept believing God. The Lord finally answered their prayers and sent His angel to announce the good news.
What was Zacharias' reaction? He couldn't believe it! The very thing that he had been praying for was granted and he doubted that it was true. In Zacharias' case he received his miracle anyway. Perhaps his wife's faith pulled him through.
Likewise, you may be praying for the right things. You may even be sincere and earnest, but would you be surprised if those prayers were suddenly answered today? Have you made preparations for your prayers to be...
ARE YOU COMPLETE? WE CAN ONLY BE COMPLETE IN JESUS. JESUS SAID TO THOMAS IN JOHN 20:29-31...