Romans 6:11 – Be ALIVE TO GOD, alert to Him, through Jesus Christ our Lord!
2 Timothy 2:3-4 ‘Take your share of the hardships and suffering [which you are called to endure] as a good (first-class) soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of [civilian] life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him.’ The analogy the Bible uses…
Ephesians 6:12 ‘We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.’ A wrestling match is a very intense picture of a struggle. God’s Word translation: ‘This is not a wrestling match…
1 Timothy 6:12 ‘Fight the good fight of the faith.’ The original Greek word for this term ‘fight’ is ‘agon’ meaning a struggle in the soul from which we get the English word agony or agonize. And we should handle the fight as one who recognizes that he has an adversary. It is not just…
Hebrews 12:1 ‘And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.’ In the Amplified Bible it says: ‘and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us!’ The term RACE speaks of an athletic contest, but the Greek original…
THEY WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR FAITH IN JESUS Colossians 1:4 We have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus. This could mean that they had placed their faith in Jesus to save them. It could also mean that they had learned to place their faith in Jesus for everything they needed. I long to be full of…
God is not constantly changing. He does not want to help us one day and refuse to help us the next. His character and His nature is that He wants to help us. It is because of His love for us that He wants to help us. God loves you and wants to help you. Psalm 59:10 My…
2 Timothy 1:5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. Notice that this was a living faith that lived first in the grandmother Lois. However it did not stop there. Lois had successfully passed…
Doubt and faith cannot walk together. They are opposites. Doubt robs our faith of its power. Doubt undermines our faith and our very confidence in God. Matthew 21:21-22 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you…
Whenever Jesus encountered faith something happened. Faith in the hearts of people resulted in action on God’s side. Faith was the key that caused Jesus, who knew everything, to act. As Jesus saw faith in people He turned their situation around. Faith in humans resulted in actions from God. Matthew 17:20 “For if you had faith even as…
Matthew 9:2 Soon some men brought him a paralyzed man on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the sick man, “Cheer up, son! For I have forgiven your sins!” Matthew 9:22 Jesus turned around and spoke to her. “Daughter,” he said, “all is well! Your faith has healed you.” And the…