“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
Philippians 4:13 KJV
Philippians 4:13 KJV
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Forwarded from Handfuls On Purpose❤️ *See Ruth chapter 2 (Scott Metcalf)
The deepest faith is often formed in moments no one else notices.
Before the crowds, before the miracles, before the empty tomb - there was a quiet obedience that cost Jesus everything.
In Gethsemane, no audience watched Him surrender. On the road to Golgotha, no one saw the hidden wrestle of love and anguish in His heart.
The greatest work of redemption was forged in silence, where only the Father was watching.
This is how faith grows in us, too. Not mainly in the public victories, but in the unseen choices - when we forgive privately, repent quietly, pray when no one applauds, obey when no one affirms.
God builds strength in the hidden places long before He displays it in the open.
What’s unseen by others is not unnoticed by God. The lonely prayer, the internal surrender - these are the moments where the deepest roots of faith take hold.
Before the crowds, before the miracles, before the empty tomb - there was a quiet obedience that cost Jesus everything.
In Gethsemane, no audience watched Him surrender. On the road to Golgotha, no one saw the hidden wrestle of love and anguish in His heart.
The greatest work of redemption was forged in silence, where only the Father was watching.
This is how faith grows in us, too. Not mainly in the public victories, but in the unseen choices - when we forgive privately, repent quietly, pray when no one applauds, obey when no one affirms.
God builds strength in the hidden places long before He displays it in the open.
What’s unseen by others is not unnoticed by God. The lonely prayer, the internal surrender - these are the moments where the deepest roots of faith take hold.
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“(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”
Matthew 6:32-34 KJV
Matthew 6:32-34 KJV
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Forwarded from Carli • Saved by Grace
Joyous Expectation
A reason to sing
The coming King
The One on Whom our eyes are fixed
Who with joyous heart
He did impart
Love ... Unfeigned, unmixed
~ Vicki Baird
A reason to sing
The coming King
The One on Whom our eyes are fixed
Who with joyous heart
He did impart
Love ... Unfeigned, unmixed
~ Vicki Baird
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“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.”
Matthew 18:20-22 KJV
Matthew 18:20-22 KJV
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Forwarded from Winning the Lost (SavedthruGrace_David)
But is it too Much?
A man recently paid $238 million for a home in Manhattan. Is that too much to pay?
Huge sums have been paid for everything from stamps and coins to cars and paintings.
Is tens of millions of dollars for a painting too much?
Some years ago a man in Japan paid more than $6,000 (USD) for a watermelon.
That’s a lot of money, but is it too much?
When you really want something, how much is too much?
What would you be willing to pay for … eternal life?
Thankfully, it’s free.
But Jesus said in Matthew 22:37, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” Is that too much?
All God asks for is your heart in what has to be the most one-sided deal in history.
We get eternal life; God gets our heart.
A man recently paid $238 million for a home in Manhattan. Is that too much to pay?
Huge sums have been paid for everything from stamps and coins to cars and paintings.
Is tens of millions of dollars for a painting too much?
Some years ago a man in Japan paid more than $6,000 (USD) for a watermelon.
That’s a lot of money, but is it too much?
When you really want something, how much is too much?
What would you be willing to pay for … eternal life?
Thankfully, it’s free.
But Jesus said in Matthew 22:37, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” Is that too much?
All God asks for is your heart in what has to be the most one-sided deal in history.
We get eternal life; God gets our heart.
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Forwarded from Be Ready For The Rapture
🪹Luke 12:6 🎼🎶🎵Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God.🎼🎶🎵
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“And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
Mark 11:25-26 KJV
Mark 11:25-26 KJV
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“In your patience possess ye your souls. And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.”
Luke 21:19-22 KJV
Luke 21:19-22 KJV
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Forwarded from Filling Our Cups With Hope
We don't always forgive because we understand, we forgive because we trust God to heal what still hurts. ☕️
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“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Jude 1:3-4 KJV
Jude 1:3-4 KJV
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God First (Seeking God through Jesus)
Titus 1 - Questions Q: Who wrote the book of Titus? Q: To whom was the book written? Q: Who was Paul an apostle of? Q: Who gave hope of eternal life, promised before the world? Q: Who is our Saviour? Verse 3, "But hath in due times manifested his word…
Titus 1 - Questions & Answers
Q: Who wrote the book of Titus?
A: Paul.
Q: To whom was the book written?
A: Titus.
Q: Who was Paul an apostle of?
A: Jesus Christ.
Q: Who gave hope of eternal life, promised before the world?
A: God.
Q: Who is our Saviour?
A: Jesus Christ.
Verse 3, "But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour."
Original Greek Scripture translates to, "he made conspicuous to periods to its known the word of him in the proclaimed which I was entrusted down directorate of the savior of us of God."
Q: To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from who?
A: God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Q: Why did Paul say he left Titus in Crete?
A: For Titus to set the things that are wanting in order, and ordain elders in every city.
Q: What is the point of verse 6?
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Original Greek Scripture, "if some he is unaccused of one of woman man children having steadfast not in to category of prodigality or un-subjected."
A: Paul is trying to make sure that those chosen to lead are blameless.
Q: For a bishop must be what, as the steward of God?
A: Blameless.
Q: Paul stated that an overseer must be a lover of what?
A: Hospitality, and good men.
Q: Paul stated they must be sober, just, holy and what?
A: Temperate.
Q: Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by what?
A: Sound doctrine.
Q: For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the what?
A: Circumcision.
Q: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for what?
A: Filthy lucre's sake.
Q: One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. This witness is what?
A: True.
Q: What did Paul encourage Titus to do concerning those who are liars, evil beasts, and slow bellies?
A: Rebuke them sharply.
Q: Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is what?
A: Defiled.
Q: They profess that they know God; but in works they do what?
A: Deny him.
Q: Being what?
A: Abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Q: Who wrote the book of Titus?
A: Paul.
Q: To whom was the book written?
A: Titus.
Q: Who was Paul an apostle of?
A: Jesus Christ.
Q: Who gave hope of eternal life, promised before the world?
A: God.
Q: Who is our Saviour?
A: Jesus Christ.
Verse 3, "But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour."
Original Greek Scripture translates to, "he made conspicuous to periods to its known the word of him in the proclaimed which I was entrusted down directorate of the savior of us of God."
Q: To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from who?
A: God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Q: Why did Paul say he left Titus in Crete?
A: For Titus to set the things that are wanting in order, and ordain elders in every city.
Q: What is the point of verse 6?
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Original Greek Scripture, "if some he is unaccused of one of woman man children having steadfast not in to category of prodigality or un-subjected."
A: Paul is trying to make sure that those chosen to lead are blameless.
Q: For a bishop must be what, as the steward of God?
A: Blameless.
Q: Paul stated that an overseer must be a lover of what?
A: Hospitality, and good men.
Q: Paul stated they must be sober, just, holy and what?
A: Temperate.
Q: Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by what?
A: Sound doctrine.
Q: For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the what?
A: Circumcision.
Q: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for what?
A: Filthy lucre's sake.
Q: One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. This witness is what?
A: True.
Q: What did Paul encourage Titus to do concerning those who are liars, evil beasts, and slow bellies?
A: Rebuke them sharply.
Q: Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is what?
A: Defiled.
Q: They profess that they know God; but in works they do what?
A: Deny him.
Q: Being what?
A: Abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.