Mark 11:22-23: ” Jesus answered them, Have faith in God.” Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.” Do you ever wonder if you have enough faith in regards to a prayer request that is burning within …
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Mark 4:19-20 NIV: “But the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop – thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown.” Each stage in life has its own worries that fall into financial, physical, and employment issues. They become hard distractions we must work through, pray about, and figure out God’s solutions. It reminds me of a woman I used to work with that would tell me she was taking a “mental …
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Mark 3:5:“And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.” In Mark 3:5, Jesus was angry with the Pharisees’ lack of compassion for a man with a deformed hand. They sat silently observing Jesus to see if He would heal this man on of …
“If I am a Christian – if I have given Christ lordship of my life – where I am in five years is none of my business. Where I am in twenty years is none of my business. Where I am tomorrow is none of my business. So our plan at Jellyfish – and it’s an odd one, I’ll admit is to make no long-range plans unless God gives them explicitly. Just a group of people on their knees, trusting God for guidance each day. Holding everything loosely but God himself.” Me, Myself, & Bob. A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables. Phil Visher.
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things of life that don’t really matter.” Francis Chan
“Oh Lord, thank you for my faith. Sustain it. Strengthen it. Deepen it. Don’t let it fail. Make it the power of my life, so that in everything I do you get the glory as the great Giver. Amen.” John Piper.
“The Greek word translated as “faith” in our Bibles has nothing to do with a powerful imagination, eradicating doubt, or any other form of mind over matter. It has nothing to do with feelings or mental imagery. It has to do with obedience.” A Contrarian’s Guide to Knowing God. Larry Osborne.
Excerpt: “We live in a culture where everyone wants to have his or her voice heard but has so little to say. And that’s because we do so little listening, especially to God.” Mark Batterson. Whisper. How to Hear the Voice of God.
Every thought is a seed. If you plant crabapples, don’t count on harvesting Golden Delicious. Author Unknown
“Think of worship as being a life submitted to the authority of God’s Word at all times and in all things. Put that into practice daily, and your life will truly be a life of worship in Spirit and in Truth. True worship comes from a heart that is loyal to Him.” Amir Tsarfati.
