Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11v1
Faith is to be lived. It is not some intellectual belief system it is knowing God as a person and trusting him. The person he reveals himself to be through the Bible and through the way he interacts with us in our life circumstances is the person we can trust him to be as he challenges us to live his way.
So, I go to the Bible and spend time with God. I am presented insights and as I explore the implications for life, I am faced with choices that are a challenge to my faith. Do I dare to live the way the Lord Jesus is pointing?
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I try to get out a blog of about 260 words in a time frame of once a month to once a week.
I have been going to God with expectations of what he will say, narrowing my sights on my beliefs and ministry. That narrowing closes my ears to the wonders he wants to share. You’ve opened my ears so I can listen. Psalm 40v6 Message Then as I let go he opens my ears! It is…
The guilty try to destroy us! King Herod … said, “This has to be John the Baptizer come back from the dead … I cut off his head, and now he’s back, alive.” Mark 6v14-16 Message Herod’s guilty conscience consumes him. Everything is filtered through it! Herod … had ordered the arrest of John ……
God gives perspective, and I need it! Listen … God, the most honest prayer you’ll ever hear. Psalm 17v1 In my head I am honest with God, why lie to the all-knowing? But I don’t realise how dishonest I am with myself. Go ahead, examine me from inside out … Psalm 17v3 The Lord examines…
