A Reason To Be Happy “……..Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.” Matthew 9:2, NKJV Do we have to look for reasons to be happy these days? Will more money make us happy? Will more possessions make us happy? Will a new car or a new home make us happy? We cannot buy happiness. Many people have tried to do this but to only be disappointed that the happiness didn’t last very long. There is so much sadness in the...
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Nothing To Fear “In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid…….” Psalm 56:11, NKJV If I can say that God is my Father, Jesus is my Savior, and heaven is my home; then I will not be afraid of what may come, for my trust is in God! The Bible told us in the last day there would be dangerous times. We are certainly seeing this come true in our world today. One could be fearful to even go to the store because of what might happen...
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How To Find Peace In The Storm “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You…..” Isaiah 26.3, NKJV. When our mind is focused on ourselves, we will never find peace. Faith is an outward look. Faith does not look within; it looks without. It is not what I think, or what I feel, or what I have done, but it is what Jesus Christ is and has done, that is the important thing for us to dwell upon. In the storm, we must...
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Learn Not To Grumble “But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.” Acts 16:25, NKJV What would be our reaction if we were in the sandals of Paul and Silas and found ourselves in jail because of our faith in Christ? Would we grumble or be thankful? We generally want our Christianity to be a joyful experience but sometimes it is not. We face difficult situations all the...
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A Worthy Warning “One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.” Proverbs 28:9, NKJV Think of that. It might be shocking to some of us to think that our prayers are an abomination to God, yet if we are living in known sin; this is what God’s Word says about our prayers. If we are not willing to turn form sin and obey God’s law, we have no right to expect that He will answer our prayers....
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