Tag: Faith Knows
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Faith Knows It is a Seed Born to Die
“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” – JesusJohn 12:24 ESV Jesus spoke these words just days before He died and His body buried in the ground.Upside-down words to a world turned upside-down by…
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Faith Knows How to Love
The proof that we love God comes when we keep his commandments and they are not at all troublesome.1John 5:3 The Message Faith knows how to love.True love is loving God first and best. When we follow this first and greatest commandment — Love the Lord your God with all your soul and might and…
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Faith Knows a Life of JOY!
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice!Philippians 4:4 NET A life of joy may feel unattainable. To rejoice ALWAYS seems like an unreasonable command in a life ruled by darkness. fear. the shame of sin. death. But Paul gives us a command straight from the Spirit of God: Rejoice in the Lord always.…
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Faith Knows How to Discern Idols in Its Own Heart
“You shall have no other gods before Me.”Exodus 20:3 God tells His people: You shall have NO other gods but ME! This is the first of the ten commandments He gave His people when He delivered them from slavery in Egypt. Laws intended to ensure the freedom He secured for them. The sinful practice of…
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Faith Knows Only God Makes Things Grow
So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.1Corinthians 3:7 NIV Only God makes things grow.Yes. There is work to do on our end – planting, watering, tilling, weeding – but whatever growth comes forth is a gift from God. (Well, really the ability,…
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Faith Knows What It’s Thirsty For
Just as God created deer with a thirst for water, He created man with a thirst for Him.
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Faith Knows
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.Hebrews 11:1 NET Faith in Jesus is a gift from the Father.It cannot be caught or taught. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the…
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Faith Knows the Heart is a Puzzle that Can’t be Solved
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.Psalm 62:8 ESV Faith knows the heart is a mystery – a puzzle – we can’t solve on our own. Everyone’s heart is a mess of broken pieces we can’t put back together without help. We…
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