Faith
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“It’s in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this message of your salvation), found yourselves home free—SIGNED, SEALED, and DELIVERED by the Holy Spirit.” (Ephesians 1:13, The Message) For the last few weeks we’ve explored what it means that we are signed, sealed and delivered by Holy Spirit. SIGNEDWe have…
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There’s a road near my house where I often walk and pray. The road is in a beautiful rural area, passing through meadows and gently rolling hills, with small ponds visible on either side. A year or so ago, as I walked, I noticed a small plant growing in a depression in the blacktop road.…
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As we’ve studied the topic of faith for the last few weeks, Holy Spirit has awakened us to the powerful role our words play in our walk of faith. Today, let’s begin our teaching by looking at some foundational scriptures that reveal the importance of the words we speak: “Words are powerful; take them seriously.…
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I want to know everything I can about faith. My search, my quest, my thirst for this knowledge, is not for the sake of knowledge itself, but for the reward of knowing my Abba-Father more intimately, and more passionately today than I did yesterday. The Passion Translation of Hebrews 11:6 says: “And without faith living…
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This week, let’s continue our study of this powerful force that we call faith. Faith is defined in Hebrews 11:1 this way:“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” The Greek word translated as substance in our verse is the word”hypostasis”. “Hypostasis” is derived from these two Greek…
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What is faith? If you asked a hundred people, you would probably get a hundred different answers. We hear the word “faith” almost every day, but rarely, if ever, do we take the time to really think about, or reflect upon, what faith is. We speak of: Blind faithLeap of faithMustard-seed faithMountain-moving faithIn bad faithIn…
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¹⁰ “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. ¹¹ Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.¹² For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of…
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This week, as I have thought about and prayed for the Philippines, I felt Holy Spirit drawing me to the following passage of scripture: ¹¹ “(God said) ‘(Elijah), leave this cave, and go standon the mountainside in my presence.’ The Eternal passed by him. The mighty wind separated the mountains and crumbled every stone before…
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From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is a book of miracles! From the moment of creation when God said, “Let there be light!”(Genesis 1:3) all the way to the Apostle John’s vision of the new heaven and earth (Revelation 22:1-5) miracles abound! We read about the awe-inspiring miracles of Jesus recorded in the Gospels, but…
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In preparing for this teaching, I looked up the word “miracle” in Strong’s Concordance.I expected to see hundreds of entries for the word “miracle”. I expected to find so many scriptures and so much information about miracles that it would take several days to sort through it, and study it all. But I was surprised.…