“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.”–Saint Augustine “You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.”–Mary Manin Morrissey “To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you sw...
“By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household … By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would afterward receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing wher...
In this, I don’t have to hide my inadequacies; I can admit them to others and to the Lord. I don’t have to pretend I have it all together, I can admit fear and be healed. I don’t have to run away from telling others I am sorry; I can apologize. Is it awkward? Absolutely...
It doesn't cancel it out. It simply overcomes it. You simply step into a plane and sit down. You don't have to cling to your seat; you don't have to hang on to the sides of the plane in order to stay aloft once you are in the air. You just rest on the fact that there ...
No, only the child who will still listen is the one who may come to understand that it was the bee who stung them, that it was their choice to play with the bee, but most importantly overcomes the sting and ultimately learn how much you really do love them. For whatever reason, the...
We can’t just stick our heads in the sand and call it faith. Faith faces reality and overcomes it by Trusting God. Speaking to the mountain by Faith WILL move it. The mountain you are speaking to may be the mountain of (your own) unbelief and not the circumstances. When the Mountain...
There were times I thought he spent too many sermons on a chapter making it difficult to prepare for the lesson. The study guide was repetitive at times. I liked the approach used (observations, interpretation, application, Bible connections & theological connections), but too many questions ...
From Genesis on – all the way through the entirety of the Bible – God breaks into the other kind of darkness – the sort of darkness that weighs heavy on the heart and soul – the sort of darkness that holds humanity in bondage – the sort of darkness that breeds fear and pain and...
1 John 5:5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 2 Corinthians 5:7 For we wa...
Because ultimately, through his death and resurrection Jesus overcomes the world. Through his willing sacrifice, Jesus defeats the Enemy. Because by knowing Jesus, loving him above all else, and trusting in his Truth, we actually find ourselves in the safest place we will ever be. ...