God’s servants must learn to walk by faith–one step at a time. This is a simple lesson, yet one that challenges even the most faithful. Consider Elijah: before he left his quiet home in Thisbe to stand before King Ahab with the word of the Lord, how many questions must have stirred his heart!
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We often think of freedom as the ability to do what we want, when we want, without interference. So when Yeshua says things like āDonāt worry about tomorrow,ā āForgive seventy times seven,ā or āTurn the other cheek,ā they strike us as anything but freeing. They sound like burdens, not blessings — commands that restrict rather than release.
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In the stillness of a desert night, surrounded by cut offerings and the lingering scent of sacrifice, Abram beheld something utterly sacred — God Himself, in the form of a smoking oven and a burning torch, passing between the pieces of a covenant. It was not Abram who walked through the blood-soaked path. It was God alone. And that changes everything.
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F.B. Meyer once said, āThe education of our faith is incomplete [till] we learn that Godās providence works through lossā¦that thereās a ministry to us through the failure and fading of things. The dwindling brook where Elijah sat is a picture of our lives.
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In connection with the Hebrew Word “Amen”, meaning “faith”, “truth”, “belief”, and “trust”, consider this revealing passage in Isaiah which further amplifies the dimensions of the word in the most wonderful and comforting promise:
āHe who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth [“Amen” in Hebrew]. …
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In this world we will face all kinds of obstacles, trials and tribulations and we should be wary of any doctrines or teachings that say we shouldnāt have to face these things. Why? Because the Lord said we will have tribulations. So the encouragement He is giving is simply this: Youāre going to face trials, but GOD is greater than any problem you will face in this world!
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As we approach the end of the age we are overwhelmed with the amount of evidence of the reliability and accuracy of the Bible. In the last century, archaeological discoveries have significantly reinforced the Bible’s credibility. A pivotal moment was in 1947 with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, an event whose significance was underscored with the timing of the reestablishment of the nation of Israel.
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