Posts Tagged ‘Abraham’
Sincere Heart
When Abimelech saw Sara, she wants it. But he did not know that Sara had belonged to Abraham. But that night, God came to Abimelech through a dream. There, God prevent Abimelech to do something sinful.
You see that when God saw Abimelech a sincere heart, God tried to stop him from sinful deeds. Obtained from a sincere heart soul clean from all sorts of bad things. A sincere heart can make God warns us to sin.
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Anchor of Hope
The old sailor looked at the sky and saw that the storm will come soon. Become malignant and choppy sea, sailors slowly lower the anchor, closed the door shut and went to bed. He knew the storm would be malignant. But he believed in the anchor. He knew his boat would remain there in the morning.
As sailors, we have ‘anchor’ in our lives who can help us stand firm to face the storms of life. The anchor is called hope. Biblically, the hope is closely related to faith. The writer of Hebrews tells us “faith is the foundation of all things” (Heb 11:1). For Christians, hope is the knowledge that we are changed even better if we believe in God (Romans 8:28). That’s the consequence that in any situation, God’s plan for our lives is ‘for good and not an accident, to provide a future full of hope’. (Jeremiah 29:11 b)
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Living in the power of grace
If you notice your bible, especially in the old testament, you might consider this chapter as vengeance verse, we could read about an eyes for an eyes, tooth for tooth. Those making people consider in old testament, there are no grace, as we could found plenty of it in new testament.
The old testament, which is filled with Moses scripture and others are actually have lots of grace on it. Lets find out more about it.
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All about God in our life
If you read bible passage in 1 Chronicles 17, “Lord” is called several times, if you compare it in Esther passage, you won’t find the word “Lord” inside it, but there you could found what Lord have done to Esther and how Lord love persons who love Him the most.
Based on the salvation, until today Jewish still celebrate Purim day, as memorial of Esther and fasting, she does in order to save her tribe. To Jewish, the presence of the Lord is sign and became the most important of their daily lives.
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Journey of Faith
What is our journey of faith and how do we get the true understanding of how faith works in our lives? How do we structure and build upon faith as we take our journey through life to where we become strong to the point of maturity?
Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld. It coveys the idea of something that underlies visible conditions and guarantees a future possession. Faith is, therefore, the basis for hope and the evidence for conviction concerning unseen realities. The entire body of truths delivered by Jesus Christ and his inspired disciples constitutes the true Christian “faith.” Read the rest of this entry »