Good evening! This was meant to go out yesterday for Winning Souls Wednesday but of course I am late. I blame everything on my kids! ;)
John 20:27-29: Then He said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and observe My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Don't be an unbeliever, but a believer." Thomas responded to him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said, "Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Those who believe without seeing are blessed."
It took me a long time to believe and I feel like I went through many times where God was trying to show me His hands and asking me to put my hands in His side. But I just kept walking away and I kept ignoring Him. I was an unbeliever. In order to get my attention, He had to take over my mind one morning in the shower and gave me a vision that blew my socks off. Finally, I had seen His hands...I had felt those nail holes...I touched His pierced side. I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that He was real. I saw Him and I believed.
But it makes me so excited when I think about my children and their opportunity to believe without seeing. They will grow up very different than I did and hopefully, they will know in their hearts way before I did that He is their Lord and their God. They will be blessed in more abundance than I will ever be and have unspeakably awesome favor for their entire lives. Because they will believe without seeing. This is my prayer for them.
He will show you His hands and you can touch His side that was pierced for you. Don't be an unbeliever...be a believer!
Showing posts with label belief. Show all posts
Showing posts with label belief. Show all posts
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
1 John 5:14-15
Good evening!
1 John 5:14-15: Now this is the confidence we have before Him: whenever we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears whatever we ask, we know that we have what we have asked Him for.
Too bad it doesn't say "we have what we have asked Him for instantly"! That would be nice huh?!
In my experience, it usually doesn't happen instantly. In my experience, things that are special are worth the wait. In my experience, knowing He hears me and cares for me is more important than getting what I want, when I want it.
If you truly value God's will for your life over your own, then praying for what you want or need will happen. Trust Him. Have that confidence that at the perfect timing, He will come through for you. Be glad that your prayers don't just hit the ceiling. You don't have to go far when you are asking according to His will. He will hear you. He is listening. You will have what you asked Him for...in His perfect will and timing.
I hope this gives you confidence today. Keep believing and praying because He is still listening.
1 John 5:14-15: Now this is the confidence we have before Him: whenever we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears whatever we ask, we know that we have what we have asked Him for.
Too bad it doesn't say "we have what we have asked Him for instantly"! That would be nice huh?!
In my experience, it usually doesn't happen instantly. In my experience, things that are special are worth the wait. In my experience, knowing He hears me and cares for me is more important than getting what I want, when I want it.
If you truly value God's will for your life over your own, then praying for what you want or need will happen. Trust Him. Have that confidence that at the perfect timing, He will come through for you. Be glad that your prayers don't just hit the ceiling. You don't have to go far when you are asking according to His will. He will hear you. He is listening. You will have what you asked Him for...in His perfect will and timing.
I hope this gives you confidence today. Keep believing and praying because He is still listening.
Friday, May 22, 2009
John 11:40
Good afternoon!
John 11:40: Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?"
For some reason, the things that God has promised me in my life have taken years for me to be able to see them with my own eyes. I think there is a big difference between trusting and believing. You can trust God with all your heart because you know He loves you. But do you really BELIEVE what He has told you is the truth? Do you really BELIEVE what He has told you will happen? Today could be the day when it happens. You never know when you wake up that this could be the biggest, most amazing day of your life!
God spoke truth from two complete strangers to me about my brother. Two years of praying later and he returned back to the Lord, turned his life around and our relationship was restored. God took a drug abuser and made him into a worship director!
God asked me twice if I loved Him. When I answered yes, He vowed that Kris, my husband would too. Three years of praying later and one horrible day ended with me holding my husband's hand as he accepted Jesus as His Savior! Not only was God's word true, I got to be there to experience it with him!
God spoke to me one morning that Kris and I would have a child when we were in the same place. It took three years but three DAYS after Kris and I got baptized together, I got pregnant! Even though I didn't know I was pregnant and lost that baby 7 weeks later, God's word was still true!
Three days after we lost our baby, God promised another one to us. And this time He told us his name...Elijah. I would be pregnant He said. And five years later, His oath was fulfilled. But I not only gave birth to Elijah, I also gave birth to his sister Annalise and his brother Isaac!
If I had given up...if I had stopped believing, my brother may have been lost to us, my marriage would have ended in divorce, and my babies would never have been conceived. I would have never seen God in all His glory! I would never have witnessed so many miracles!
Believe, believe and keep believing! I know I am not the only person He has ever spoken truth to. If it has been years since you heard that promise, keep believing. It WILL come to pass, in His time, in His way.
Trust me...you don't want to miss His glory! Hallelujah!
John 11:40: Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?"
For some reason, the things that God has promised me in my life have taken years for me to be able to see them with my own eyes. I think there is a big difference between trusting and believing. You can trust God with all your heart because you know He loves you. But do you really BELIEVE what He has told you is the truth? Do you really BELIEVE what He has told you will happen? Today could be the day when it happens. You never know when you wake up that this could be the biggest, most amazing day of your life!
God spoke truth from two complete strangers to me about my brother. Two years of praying later and he returned back to the Lord, turned his life around and our relationship was restored. God took a drug abuser and made him into a worship director!
God asked me twice if I loved Him. When I answered yes, He vowed that Kris, my husband would too. Three years of praying later and one horrible day ended with me holding my husband's hand as he accepted Jesus as His Savior! Not only was God's word true, I got to be there to experience it with him!
God spoke to me one morning that Kris and I would have a child when we were in the same place. It took three years but three DAYS after Kris and I got baptized together, I got pregnant! Even though I didn't know I was pregnant and lost that baby 7 weeks later, God's word was still true!
Three days after we lost our baby, God promised another one to us. And this time He told us his name...Elijah. I would be pregnant He said. And five years later, His oath was fulfilled. But I not only gave birth to Elijah, I also gave birth to his sister Annalise and his brother Isaac!
If I had given up...if I had stopped believing, my brother may have been lost to us, my marriage would have ended in divorce, and my babies would never have been conceived. I would have never seen God in all His glory! I would never have witnessed so many miracles!
Believe, believe and keep believing! I know I am not the only person He has ever spoken truth to. If it has been years since you heard that promise, keep believing. It WILL come to pass, in His time, in His way.
Trust me...you don't want to miss His glory! Hallelujah!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Hebrews 10:37-39
Good afternoon!
Hebrews 10:37-39: For in just a very little while, "He who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him." But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.
We believe that any minute He is coming back. Jesus is coming in just a very little while. I love that! God's sense of time is VERY different from ours but that very well could mean what it says! But somehow we all have gotten accustomed to living like that is not for our generation. Jesus couldn't possibly come now. I imagine our lives would be filled with so much more passion, expectation, excitement, creativity, and wonderment if we lived every day by faith, believing this was the day when we would see the clouds part. Every day we woke up and waited to see Jesus face to face. Nothing would be able to stop us or deter us from living for Him. Nothing would be able to wipe the smiles off our faces.
Sadly, we get so caught up in this world and we forget today could be the day. I would hate for that day to come and I am all caught up in unbelief, worry, weakness, and sin. I don't want to be passed by because I have shrunk so far back in the background. I want to be standing out in front, waving my hands, jumping up and down, heart bursting with joy as I see what I have believed is realized.
I love The Message version of this and I think it sums everything up! I'll close with it...have a great rest of the day everyone!
It won't be long now, he's on the way; he'll show up most any minute. But anyone who is right with me thrives on loyal trust; if he cuts and runs, I won't be very happy. But we're not quitters who lose out. Oh, no! We'll stay with it and survive, trusting all the way.
Hebrews 10:37-39: For in just a very little while, "He who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him." But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.
We believe that any minute He is coming back. Jesus is coming in just a very little while. I love that! God's sense of time is VERY different from ours but that very well could mean what it says! But somehow we all have gotten accustomed to living like that is not for our generation. Jesus couldn't possibly come now. I imagine our lives would be filled with so much more passion, expectation, excitement, creativity, and wonderment if we lived every day by faith, believing this was the day when we would see the clouds part. Every day we woke up and waited to see Jesus face to face. Nothing would be able to stop us or deter us from living for Him. Nothing would be able to wipe the smiles off our faces.
Sadly, we get so caught up in this world and we forget today could be the day. I would hate for that day to come and I am all caught up in unbelief, worry, weakness, and sin. I don't want to be passed by because I have shrunk so far back in the background. I want to be standing out in front, waving my hands, jumping up and down, heart bursting with joy as I see what I have believed is realized.
I love The Message version of this and I think it sums everything up! I'll close with it...have a great rest of the day everyone!
It won't be long now, he's on the way; he'll show up most any minute. But anyone who is right with me thrives on loyal trust; if he cuts and runs, I won't be very happy. But we're not quitters who lose out. Oh, no! We'll stay with it and survive, trusting all the way.
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