Tag: Faith
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Making Things Happen
(Acts 25:13-27) There is an old saying that goes like this. “There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened.” Christians fall into the first group. We make things happen. Not in the sense that the world understands, but in the spirit.…
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Enlightened by the Holy Spirit
(Acts 23:1-11) Here we see that the Roman authorities had been puzzled as to the negative and violent reaction of the Jews against Paul on his return to Jerusalem. They had intended to flog Paul with whips to find the truth of the matter, but stopped short on discovering he was a Roman citizen. Their…
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Not All Will Believe
(Acts 14:1-7) Sometimes when we speak the word of The Lord to people there are those that just don’t “get it.” No matter what you do or say they just seem to miss the point. Too often I have seen those doing the preaching wring their hands (metaphorically speaking) because someone they have been preaching…
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Russian Roulette
(Acts 12:18-19) Are you familiar with the deadly game of Russian roulette? It is the nastiest game of gambling ever devised because the loser loses their life on a game of chance. It works like this. Assume a gun has a cylinder that spins and takes say six bullets. The cylinder is then emptied and…
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Believe What You Pray For
(Acts 12:12-17) You gotta have faith! When you pray for something you have to believe what you are praying for. If you ask The Lord for something, then you need to have the faith that you will receive whatever it is that you are asking for. Of course it needs to be something in accordance…
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Stephen! Murdered! Martyred!
(Acts 6:8-15) Stephen was the first of the martyrs for Jesus Christ as far as we know. He was put to death for his beliefs and for preaching the gospel. Now you would have to REALLY upset someone for them to go to such extremes. What I mean is that Stephen was a God fearing…
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Miracles of Faith in a Virtual World
(Acts 5:12-16) We live in a virtual world these days. Much of what we do and how we connect with one another is done online. We have instantaneous access to information and people across the world by using the Internet. We make friends, find partners, do work and find entertainment in the virtual world. The…
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Thomas Doubts
(John 20:24-31) After Jesus had risen from the dead He appeared to the disciples a number of times. However Thomas missed His first appearance to the disciples. Thomas it seems had a few issues. Many times he is painted as being a doubter and not believing things unless he saw it for himself. Now there…
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Not of This World
(John 17:11-20) Jesus makes a clear distinction between His people and the people of this world. He separates Christians from the people of the world in an unusual way. The children of God, according to the words of Jesus, are not of this world as He said in verses 14-16. 14 I have given them…
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If You Keep My Commandments
(John 15:8-11) We are looking at the section of John 15 where Jesus is teaching about Him being the vine, we are the branches and the Father is the vinedresser. In fact this is now my third post from this section and here we see Jesus add to the discussion about abiding in His love,…
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The Peace of Christ
(John 14:25-27) Peace! In this world just the very word is like water to a thirsty man. But there is a peace that is greater than anything in this world. The peace of God which passes all understanding, as Paul wrote in Philippians 4:7. And the peace of Christ is not like the peace we…
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I Go To Prepare a Place
(John 14:1-3) This is a much loved verse by many Christians as it has such a great promise and hope for those who are in the Lord. It is where Jesus says, “I go to prepare a place for you” and, “In my Father’s house are many rooms.” What a wonderful image this presents. It…
