Our Only Hope for Eternal Life
on November 13th, 2020
Our only hope for eternal lifeOur only hope for eternal life is through receiving Christ as Savior.Only Christ is the way, the truth, and the life.He is the only Savior.If you have received Christ as your Savior, my prayer is that you are growing in your faith and sharing him with others.If you have not received Christ as your Savior, my prayer is that you receive him today by:Admitting you are a ... Read More
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Our Hope Is for Our Lifetime
on November 12th, 2020
Our hope is for our lifetimePsalm 71:5-6 (NIV) - 5 For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth. 6 From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother's womb. I will ever praise you.Psalm 71:14 (NIV) - But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.We don’t know who wrote psalm seventy-one, but it was probably written by an o... Read More
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Our Hope Produces Endurance
on November 11th, 2020
Our hope produces endurance1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 (NIV) - We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.John Stott wrote that the Christian’s hope, “which looks expectantly to the Lord’s return, leads to endurance , which is patient fortitude in the face of opposition.” (The Go... Read More
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Our Hope Is Confident
on November 10th, 2020
Our hope is confident1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV) - And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.Our hope is a confidence, not a wish.Each Christian has hope for a wonderful future with God.This hope is ultimately realized in heaven.It is a confidence based on God’s promise.It is a confidence secured by Christ’s work.It is a confidence guaranteed by the indwelli... Read More
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Faith Works
on November 9th, 2020
Faith works1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 (NIV) - 2 We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers. 3 We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith…Scripture teaches that faith in Christ leads to work for Christ.We are saved by faith, not works.However, when we are saved by faith we will work for Christ.Ephesians 2:8-10 says: “8 For it is by grace you h... Read More
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Faith in Christ as Savior Is the Only Way to Eternal Life
on November 6th, 2020
Faith in Christ as Savior is the only way to eternal life.If you have received Christ as your Savior my prayer is that you are growing in your faith and sharing him with others.If you have not received Christ as your Savior my prayer is that you receive him today by:Admitting you are a sinner Romans 3:23 (NIV) - for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of GodBelieving Christ is the onl... Read More
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Faith in God is Content with God's Answers
on November 5th, 2020
Faith in God is content with God’s answers2 Corinthians 12:7-9 (NIV) - 7 To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." The... Read More
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Constant Faith
on November 4th, 2020
Constant Faith Colossians 3:17 (NIV) - And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. We live by faith in every stage of life. Our faith is constant from childhood through our senior adult years. We live by faith in every circumstance of life. We are thankful for Bible characters of every age and circ... Read More
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Evidence for Faith in God
on November 3rd, 2020
Evidence for faith in GodGenesis 1:1 (NIV) - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.Some people believe God does not exist. They say putting our faith in him is futile or even detrimental to us.As Christians we are called to live by faith, not sight.However, our faith is not strictly a blind faith. There is evidence for God.Scripture instructs us to love God with our minds, so it i... Read More
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We Live by Faith In God
on November 2nd, 2020
We live by faith in God2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV) - We live by faith, not by sight.I believe living by sight means we conduct our lives based on the physical things happening around us. These things produce emotions, thought patterns, decisions, plans, and actions.God works in observable events. He also works in unseen ways.Visible things do not tell the complete story.Living by faith means we trust ... Read More
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Choose to Serve God
on October 30th, 2020
October 30, 2020Choose to Serve GodIn Joshua 24, Joshua gave the Israelites an ultimatum. He told them to fear God and serve him with all faithfulness.Then he told them to decide who they wanted to serve, the gods their ancestors served or the one true God.As for him and his family, they were going to serve the Lord. He then called the entire nation to holiness.The people agreed that they, too, ... Read More
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Courageous Faith
on October 28th, 2020
October 28, 2020Courageous FaithJoshua sent spies to go scout out the land, specifically Jericho.The spies wound up staying at the house of a prostitute named Rahab, whose house was built on the outer walls of Jericho.Rahab had come to believe in the spies’ God (Joshua 2:11). Knowing the Israelites would conquer the land, Rahab asked the spies to spare her life and the lives of her family, which ... Read More
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