Dear Dewey’s Daily Cup Readers,
Walking in Believing Faith with Jesus
As I prayed about what to write for you today, I wondered who would be reading this and what your personal immediate need may be. Here is the Scripture that is on my heart to share with you today:
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
1 John 4:4
Everything is all about what Jesus has done! Some days we are enjoying the life that God has given us and other days we are clinging to Jesus just to get through. Everyone is going through something sometime. However, whether the things we face are good or bad, Jesus is our strength, wisdom and peace –our source to legitimate joy. Do you know someone that needs to meet Jesus? –Maybe you?
I don’t want to assume that I know, so I will write what the Lord puts on my heart.
I believe in God. I believe in Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God. I believe in the Holy Spirit who lives within every believer when we are born again. I believe God’s written Word as my absolute truth. I believe in prayers as defined in the Bible; and I believe that prayers are meant to work and there is only one way for prayers to work that is to pray in faith (Mark 11:24 NIV).
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours (Mark 11:24 NIV).
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (KJV). Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (ESV). Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see (NLT).
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see (NIV).
Hebrews 11:1
By faith, I can hold the hand of God! His name is Jesus! God’s hand reached down from Heaven to save us –first we have to accept Jesus as our Savior and then He becomes our Lord and friend! We all need Jesus! We each need to accept Jesus as our personal Savior –Have you met Jesus yet by confessing [admitting] to God that you need forgiveness and you believe Jesus is God’s Son who died for your sins? If so, trust God and trust also in Jesus to accept and submit to Jesus as your Lord? Have you trusted in Jesus enough to turn your life over to Him –enough to follow God’s plan for you through the power of the Holy Spirit?
When we give our life to God –eventually we will come to understand that following Him is the way to our blessed life with Him. From experience, Scripture works when we apply our faith –The gospel is preached, but is only a value to us when we combine the Word of God to our life with faith (paraphrased see Hebrews 4:2).
Cross references:
A.Hebrews 11:1 : Rom 8:24; 2 Cor 4:18; 5:7; 1 Pet 1:8
It comes down to believing God at His Word. When we believe with a knowing faith [through the knowledge that comes to us from God], we can trust God through it all! Self-Control is revering God so much that we choose godly behavior –Submitted to God knowing that on this earth it is normal to have good times and bad times; ups and downs. Self-control is also controlling your troubled heart, which is godly behavior to trust God –“Do not let your heart be troubled (John 14:1)” requires self-control when things get tough –on our emotions and fears that will come to us if our eyes are not focused and fixed on God –which is only possible in Jesus Christ.
It also requires self-control to seek, pursue and remain in trusting and obeying the Word of God, which is LOVE (NIV) & Charity (KJV) –Remaining in God’s Righteousness, who is Jesus! God calls us to remain in Jesus and in step with the Spirit (love) above all things, because hard things come, but in Jesus we have already overcome them!
So to repeat this verse in another version:
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them (Mark 11:24 KJV).
Remembering you are a dear child from God and in Jesus you have overcome, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world (1 John 4:4).
In my reading yesterday, I found the following quote:
One can legislate prayers to force everyone to go through the motion of praying but you can never force them to believe.
It is the Holy Spirit whom convinces us to follow God’s will.
On my mind today is that everyone is going through something tough –we need to be kind and considerate to the needs of one another. If someone is being nasty, we need to remember self-control –if someone is opposing God’s way, they need to see Jesus in us the most “The Way”! Jesus is “The Way” and as a believer we are to show “The Way” to others who are searching –those who are lost in that fog of confusion, doubt or unbelief.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom (James 3:13). There are two types of wisdom that comes to us (see James 3:13-18); and none of us are immune to attacks on our peace in this world … and think about that, because everything revolves around peace –Jesus is the Prince of Peace!
You may meet someone today who needs to find peace in their soul –maybe you? It doesn’t matter who you are or what you have done –Jesus will make us a new creation and He has promised to be with us through it all.
I heard a powerful testimony of a 16 year old girl whose family has had a long family history line of suicide –she was concerned about the trend of suicide…, as she was scared and already experiencing depression and suicidal thoughts.
A song on the radio inspired her to believe there was hope for her and the message of hope inspired her to seek help. She was persistent to tell her story, but her story ended, because that was all she knew. She stared blankly in the face of the one she went to seeking help –someone she believed knew about this hope she was inspired to seek.
This person listened to her –shocked at the abrupt ending to her story, he said to her, “Do you have Jesus in your life?” –she said “NO”. Kind of taken back by her response, he said, “It sounds like you need Him in your life; would you like to meet Jesus today?” She said YES! She already had the knowledge, but she needed someone to lead her to meet Jesus.
She accepted Jesus Christ in her life in that moment; as this man led her in a simple prayer to God that she believed and accepted by faith! If you have thoughts or feelings that you do not understand, I know you have friends in Christ right here at Dewey’s Daily Cup who will help you find the words on your heart.
Iniquities can be broken –through the power of the Holy Spirit from Believing Faith in Jesus Christ [there is power in the Blood of Jesus]! Study the Bible for more, but for today’s purpose –to encourage walking in believing faith with Jesus Christ in all things:
Iniquity means [my interpretation: not claiming the right to Freedom in Christ –because of a lack of knowledge –and lies from Satan about whom we are and God’s will for us: to become all that Jesus has died and rose again to make us be! Please do not think that I am undermining REAL issues and feelings –I am lead to undermine the work of Satan against you by proclaiming the good news of the gospel of Christ!
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