I can do all things through him who strengthens me (Philippians 4:13, ESV). My grandson Jesse is ten years old. This year he has matured as a great basketball player. In my mind, Jesse will get a full basketball scholarship to The Ohio State University and then off to the NBA, where he will break all […]
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And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him (Hebrews 11:6, ESV). I’m 98 percent certain that God exists. Before you condemn me to the eternal pit of doubt for my confessed two percent uncertainty, let me
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I’m ready for a giant leap of faith. How about you? Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith (Romans 4:3, NLT). The greatest faith decision in God’s history of the world was made by Abraham. This step required faith. Romans 4 says that God counted Abraham as righteous when
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We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are (Romans 3:22, NLT). My wife loves cats, all things cats. Years back, my wife and I were given a cat cookie jar – a large white cookie jar with
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So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:13, ESV). Let’s define attitude as the mindset from which we evaluate the events and people around us. We can have a positive or negative attitude. The Bible teaches three qualities that improve our attitude – faith,
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For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned (Romans 12:3, ESV). Can we grow in faith? If trials continue to increase in the end times
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Moses responded, “Then show me your glorious presence” (Exodus 33:18, NLT). Seeking the “presence of God” has been a part of my walk with Jesus since I became a Christian. Several times I have traveled for a retreat at a campground in the mountains or a monastery in Kentucky, and the retreats have always ended
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But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:13, NASB1995). The Apostle Paul teaches us to abide in faith, hope, and love. Your spiritual vitality and emotional health can be discerned by checking your faith, hope, and love. The opposite of faith is fear, the opposite of hope
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The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” (Luke 17:5, NIV) I’m asking God to increase my faith in 2023. Describing the ends-times, Jesus said, “People will faint from terror as they consider what is happening in the world in 2023” (A very loose Old Guy Version [OGV] of Luke 21:26). We cannot decrease the problems
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Psalm 111:10, ESV). My wife and I recently walked along a beach at night. We came upon a man with a white bucket filled with hatchling sea turtles. Several children were gathered around him, and they were releasing the turtles into the sea. The man gave my
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