Category Archives: Assurance
Don’t lose heart, and don’t lose your confidence in God.
35 Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward. 36 For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry
Here’s the cure for a crisis of hope.
…its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances… – 1 Corinthians 13:7, AMP A soul without hope is a dreadful thing. Without hope, despair and dread run amuck, and a soul so afflicted has little or no desire to carry on.
God is a big believer in adoption.
God sent His Son…that we might be adopted… – Galatians 4:4-5, AMP I have several family members and friends who were either adopted as children or have adopted children. Through conversations with some of these, I’ve come to understand that
Which shepherd are YOU going to follow?
When He saw the throngs, He was moved with pity and sympathy for them, because they were bewildered (harassed and distressed and dejected and helpless), like sheep without a shepherd. – Matthew 9:36, AMP In July 2005, the following story
No, I’m afraid God didn’t swoon.
But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came (flowed) out. – John 19:34, AMP Opponents of Christ have come up with many arguments over the centuries to explain away the resurrection.
God rose from the dead, and He can prove it.
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection… – Philippians 3:10, KJV There is tremendous power in the resurrection of Christ. As a matter of fact, the resurrection is so powerful that the entire Christian faith rests
God won’t give you any more than He can handle.
I have overcome the world… – John 16:33, AMP I have heard many people quote the following proverb: “God won’t give you more than you can handle.” Often cited by or to people who are going through difficult times, the
God always completes what He starts.
I will cry to God Most High, Who performs on my behalf and rewards me [Who brings to pass His purposes for me and surely completes them]! – Psalm 57:2, AMP Have you ever known people who continuously fail to finish what
God give you a deed, and you accept it. That’s how you can own His promises.
Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for… – Hebrews 11:1, AMP If I wanted to give you my house, I’d hire an attorney to create a document called a deed, or title.
When you doubt, just ask God for reassurance. He’s happy to give it.
…for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. – Hebrews 13:5, KJV My 8-year old daughter was sitting quietly next to me as the two of us – along with my father-in-law, my son, and my