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Understanding the Beatitudes – Part 2 Blessed are those who mourn – are meek Jesus said, “Blessed are those who mourn and those who are meek”. What did He mean? When Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount His audience was shocked. He told them things that were contrary to the way the Jewish religious leaders taught. The Sermon on – Click to Read More
Understanding the Beatitudes God wants you to be blessed. Understanding the beatitudes will help you experience the blessing God has for you. The Beatitudes are found in the first few verses of Matthew 5 and serve as the opening to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. There are 8 beatitudes which simply are decrees of blessing. Each of the beatitudes begins – Click to Read More
7 Faith Additives For a Productive and Effective Life Part Two Faith is the hand the receives from God. It is the currency of the kingdom of God. We receive the promises of God through faith. Even the gift of salvation is received ONLY through faith. (Ephesians 2:8) “It is impossible to please God without faith.” (Hebrews 11:6) So, faith – Click to Read More
7 Faith Additives For a Productive and Effective Life Part One In 2 Peter 1:5-8, we find a powerful exhortation to add to our faith seven ingredients that are essential for faith to be effective and productive. I call them – “Faith Additives”. “For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; – Click to Read More
Live a life of Faith How do you live a life of faith? The Bible instructs us to “live by faith” in Hab. 2:4, Rom. 1:17, Gal. 3:11 and Heb. 1:38. If God puts something in four different verses, in four different books and in both the Old and New Testament it must be something important He wants us know – Click to Read More
In this short post you will learn how to defeat the enemies faith. The Bible tells us that “Faith is a fight”. (click here to read) If faith is a fight there must be an enemy or enemies to our faith. We need to know what these enemies are and how to defeat them. Unfortunately, many are fighting the wrong – Click to Read More
FAITH IS A FIGHT 1 Timothy 6:12 tells us to, “Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” As Christians, we are in a fight, but many are unaware of what that fight is or how – Click to Read More
How to develop your faith. Every Christian can strengthen their faith. In fact, we should be growing our faith every day. Jesus recognized that people had different levels of faith, some with little faith and others with great faith. )Mt. 17:20; 15:23) Here’s the thing, we all have the potential to be people of great faith, but how? We All – Click to Read More
WHAT IS REAL FAITH What is real faith? When you say the word – “faith” there are many different thoughts and ideas that run through the minds of people. It means different things to different people. I know many who are people of faith but don’t live by it. I know faithful believers who love the Lord, but don’t have – Click to Read More
AUDACIOUS FAITH – Grow your faith We are living in an age and time that requires audacious faith. Believers have always needed faith. The Bible tells us we are to live our lives by faith. (Hab. 2:4; Gal. 11; Rom. 1:17; Heb. 10:38) Faith is needed to get saved, but I believe in today’s world we need to take our – Click to Read More