Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened." —1 Peter 3:13-14
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Discovering God for Yourself
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples. May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham, so that you may take possession of the land ... —Genesis 28:3-4
Experimental Faith
For by it the elders obtained a good report. —Hebrews 11:2, KJV
A Problem of Forgiving?
For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. —Matthew 6:14-15
Tuning to the Impulse of the Spirit
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. —Romans 14:19
Every Christian Has an Anointing
As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him. —1 John 2:27
Walking With God Without Fanfare
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God. —Hebrews 11:5, NAS
Passing the Point of No Return
Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever." —Genesis 6:3
Coping With Stubbornness
If someone is caught in sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. —Galatians 6:1
Jesus Never Manipulates Anyone
Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. He said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" ... Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright." "Look, I am about to die," Esau said. "What good is the birthright to me?" But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. —Genesis 25:29-33
God Has a Purpose for You
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." —Jeremiah 29:11
Worship That Pleases God
Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. —Psalm 29:2, KJV
God Wants Us to Pray
Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. —Genesis 25:21
Worship in Heaven
Behold, I make all things new. —Revelation 21:5, KJV
God's View of Tithing
"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it." —Malachi 3:10
Worship in Quietness
In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. —Isaiah 30:15, KJV
The Goal of Trials
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross. —Hebrews 12:2
The Anointing of the Holy Spirit
You have an anointing from the Holy One. —1 John 2:20
The Effective Approach to Fasting
Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? ... Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. —Isaiah 58:6, 8
When Should We Fast?
... and humbled myself with fasting. —Psalm 35:13