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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. What storm is troubling your life? Does it feel like a hurricane or a tidal wave overwhelming you, and even overtaking you completely? When life’s storms rage, there’s a calm to be found — and...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Video by Reasons for Hope* Jesus. Words and Music by Mercy Me. My God CAN, my God WILL… but if not … Read: But If Not …the Faith of Three Subscribe & receive the Hidden Names of God in Psalm 23 Have our...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We’ve talked about walking in faith (Read: What Does It Mean To WALK BY FAITH?) and about walking with God (Read: What Does It Mean To WALK WITH GOD?), but there remains the question, what does it mean to walk in...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Read and watch more: What are the Three Reformation Hymns of Martin Luther? The Great Reformation What are the Five Solas of the Reformation? A Great Christian Song for Halloween (article and videos) The Most...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The words of an old hymn, combined with new words of inspiration and performed in a contemporary manner, so beautifully remind us... To Him, who alone deserves all praise, all honor, all recognition, and all...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Words of Wisdom from the Cloud of Witnesses: "Cloud of Witnesses" refers to those in Heaven who have run their races and are now with the Lord. Their words of wisdom are filled with faith, hope, love, and joy that...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Our Father Whenever we address God, we should do so in humble spirit and with reverence for His name. He is holy, holy, holy and truly, truly (verily, verily) worthy of all honor and glory due His name. Read Does...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Athanasius of Alexandria, also known as Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, was a fourth-century defender of the faith. He focused on the scriptural doctrines of the Trinity (Trinitarianism) and the...
by Chuck Myer, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
We need your help. Please support the ministry work of Reasons for Hope*Jesus Gospel Hope Archive | Sign Up for Our Resources | Many have gone before us and set forth life lessons for us to follow. They are witnesses of faithful service to our God. They are “a...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Affliction comes upon everyone. We all suffer. But how we suffer is a choice. Do we suffer with Christ, and find peace and rest in Him? Or do we suffer alone, relying on our own strength to cope? And when we...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
God’s Word says in 2 Cor 5:17, “Therefore IF anyone is in Christ, he IS a NEW creation, old things have passed away, behold all things have become NEW.” This means that Christians will undergo a complete transformation…they will be CHANGED! This transformation is a...
by Alex McFarland and Shari Abbott
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In the biblical sense, what is really meant by the word “love?” Our culture often defines love in terms of emotion, and the way another person or thing makes us feel. But in a scriptural sense, love is the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. I met a lovely woman at a memorial service recently who wrote the poem below. It was featured on the back of the service program and was read during the service. The author of the poem, Mary Feie, later shared...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. It’s often said that people who lived before the cross were saved by looking forward to the cross; and those who lived after the cross were saved by looking back. This is a nice thought because it puts all focus...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Titus 1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine… We interpret “not given to wine” to mean not allowing wine to influence one’s thinking,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Super Bowl Sunday scores big in many ways. First, there’s the big game. It’s the number 1 watched American television broadcast of the year and the number 1 watched sporting event in the world. Super Bowl...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Bible teaches that Heaven is God’s dwelling place (Ps 11:4, 33:13, 102:19, 103:19, 113:5, Matt 6:9). It is often called the Third Heaven and it is outside of our time dimension. Therefore, Heaven is completely...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Sin is the most commonly used of these three terms. Iniquity and transgression we seldom hear. But they are found in the Bible and all three are very important to understand… and even more important to avoid...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We’ve all experienced what the Bible calls conviction— that “nudging” by the Holy Spirit, that heaviness of conscience, as God calls on us to change our ways. But what happens when we choose not to obey the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), pastor, theologian, missionary, college president, and prominent leader in the First Great Awakening, is long remembered for a great body of theological works that equip and encourage...