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Believe, For Real

Nothing New It's one of those biblical principles that is repeated so often that Christians have lost the reality and the impact of it. How often have we heard in seminars and read in books, and seen in movies and the like, that if you believe you can achieve! Well what does the Bible say? Mark 9:23 says it this way- If thou cans't believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. If you can just believe,  anything is possible to him that believes. So there you have it. No special translation or revelation or interpretation needed. The infallible Word of God says, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE  TO HIM THAT BELIEVES. But what of this word ALL? No exclusions, no exceptions. And what of this word BELIEVES? Entirely convinced of the surety of a thing, even a present believing. See we believe, but to a point. Logic, rationale, and earthly wisdom win out over faith. We get stuck in pre-salvation thinking.  Ephesians 4:22-24 says that you put o...

Great is His faithfulness

Lamentations 3:23 God is not like man. He is the epitome of consistency. God is consistently God, and consistently good. His Word is perfect, complete, without lack. It will never pass away. Knowing the God that we serve and knowing the Word he has spoken, gives us hope; even in the midst of chaos, God's will is unfolding, and the end result will be better than we could have orchestrated or imagined. God the creator, the most powerful force in existence, the all-knowing, ever-present master of all, is not taken by surprise by the circumstances we face in life. With one word, he can uproot a mountain from the bottom of the sea. With one thought he can change the color of the sun. The possibilities are endless. Nothing is impossible with God. What you, as a child of God, may be experiencing is perfectly ordered by a perfect God. While there is a grand list of people and things that may fail us,  Jesus never fails. It's because of his mercies that we are not consu...