Faith Like This…

Can you imagine “amazing” Jesus? 👉🏽That’s what a Roman officer did!

He wasn’t even a Jew. He wasn’t raised in the faith. He didn’t know the Torah & yet he probably heard rumors of this carpenter who could

🙌🏽 heal heal lepers,

🙌🏽 make the blind see

🙌🏽 and the deaf hear!

So when the officer pleads with Jesus to heal his servant, & Jesus agrees to come to his home, the man confesses this:

“I’m not worthy to have you in my home.

Just SAY THE WORD FROM WHERE YOU ARE and my servant WILL BE HEALED…”

When Jesus hears this, He is amazed!

Turning to those who are following him, Jesus declares , “I tell you the truth. I haven’t seen faith like this in all of Israel!”

I don’t know what you are facing today that seems impossible, but I am praying that as you read this, you would be encouraged to have FAITH LIKE THIS!

Jesus is the same yesterday today & forever!

He longs to be your Healer

Redeemer

Reconciler

Provider

Shepherd

Rock

Manna for today…

You name it & He is the Source of anything & everything you will ever need.

Just call on His name, confess like the Roman officer that you are not worthy of His grace, but that you desperately need Him to be your Savior!

Invite Him to reside inside & “say the Word” as He leads you as Lord, watching with great expectation how a “faith like this” will move mountains in your life!

#faithlikethis #faith #healer #hope #truth #word #jesus #bible #devotional #encouragement #christian #thesiftedlife

What Do Your Ears Long to Hear?

Do your ears itch for something other than Truth? Truth can sometimes be hard to swallow, but whether we can handle the Truth is of no consequence. It will always remain👉🏽The Truth. Truth is like a beacon to a ship lost at sea. The black sky is filled with blowing winds & rain falling sideways &, even though the dark night is suddenly lit by lightning, the sailors can’t determine due North. When we see Truth like a lighthouse beacon, an overwhelming sense of peace surfaces as we realize the safety it brings! Paul warns, “A time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound & wholesome teaching. They will follow their desires & will look for teachers who will tell them what they’re itching ears want to hear. They will reject truth...” 2 Timothy 3:3-4 Turning a deaf ear to Truth can give a temporary sense of peace…kinda like when a kid hides under a kitchen table & thinks, “I can’t see you, so you can’t see me!“😳 Truth is held in the person-hood of Jesus Christ. His Word dispels darkness & sheds light on the rocky boulders & sandbars that’ll cause our lives to run aground & smash to pieces! Where are you turning a deaf ear to Truth? Maybe there is: 👉🏽A political stance or cultural ideology that sounds right, but doesn’t align with Truth? 👉🏽A seemingly small thing like what you watch on Netflix or listen to on Spotify even though it doesn’t align with Truth? 👉🏽OR maybe you chose a church that doesn’t speak the WHOLE Truth so your itching ears can hear what they wanna hear?😬 Regardless of what it may be, we all have to become wary of turning a deaf ear to Truth for there will come a time when we’ll stand at heavens gates to give an account for “living our truth”. My heart aches knowing that there may be many who’ll declare, “Jesus is my Lord!” And to their great dismay, although they turned a deaf ear to Truth, Truth will turn to them & say: “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.” Mt. 7:22 I exhort you to no longer turn a deaf ear to Truth in the big & seemingly small! Where can you let the Spirit of Truth lead you into ALL Truth today?

#Truth #Eternity #Lordship

If the Bible Calls it a Sin, Your Opinion Doesn’t Really Matter

I’ve heard the term “Progressive Christianity” a LOT lately. I can’t speak about it in depth, but the very name seems like an oxymoron.

If Jesus is the steadfast & unchanging Source of Truth (Jn. 14:6), then regardless of what changes in culture, there’s nothing to “progress”, right?

If we redefine faith to fit cultural conformity, it seems to me like it’d just be another false religion.

I read a bit about Progressive Christianity this AM & learned many things. The most striking was this idea that Christians are encouraged to, “Find YOUR truth. Live YOUR Truth.”

Anytime we put a pronoun before the word, “truth”, it’s no longer truth, but simply an opinion.

👆🏽That’s worth reading twice!

•Truth is Truth.

•Jesus is Truth.

•He’s the same yesterday, today & forever so regardless of what changes, Jesus is the unchanging standard of Truth.

A pastor of a progressive church in Nashville recently stated, “We know that the Bible cannot live up to the impossible modern standards...it isn’t the Word of God...rather a product of community...” 😳

Wowza! Y’all, the deconstruction of Biblical Truth for the sake of cultural accommodation has, is & will continue to be the downfall of any nation!

The prophet Amos writes a prophecy about the fall of idol-worshipping Israel:

“Wake up you fat cows...the time will come when you will be led out with hooks in your noses...the Lord says, ‘Come back to Me & live!’”

A similar message is proclaimed in Revelation 3 where God states, “I know all the things you do & that you have a reputation for being alive – but you are dead. Wake up!”

Y’all! We need to WAKE UP! There cannot BE any sort of progressive form of Christianity because TRUTH NEVER CHANGES!

This “social justice gospel” is not the gospel, it’s simply good works lacking eternal impact.

We cannot create a social utopia here on earth. It has not, is not & will not happen because it lacks a Savior. We cannot be saved with out a Savior!

I believe any dystopia we feel is an intentional reminder of our need of Him!

Here’s the bottomline: Truth is steadfast. It doesn’t accommodate to culture. if the Bible calls it a sin, your opinion doesn’t really matter. It’s still sin.

#OneYearBible #truth

December 11th One Year Bible Readings

💡AMOS 4:1-6:14

💡REVELATION 2:18-3:6

💡PSALM 130:1-8

💡PROVERBS 29:21-22