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Having Faith in Jesus…

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

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Do you have faith in Jesus? Do you understand exactly what faith is? Faith is actually believing without having proof. Sometimes it is hard to believe in something you cannot see. However, if you can just get past the idea that you have to “see to believe”, you could possibly open up a whole new universe for yourself. Believing in Christ comes from within. It is based upon knowing that Jesus lives, without actually seeing him.

Here is the dictionary’s definition of FAITH:
“Belief that is not based on proof.”

A Story of FAITH:
While Jesus and his disciples were in the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee, a woman who had been afflicted with bleeding for many years was there, and knew of Jesus and his healing miracles. She knew that if she could only touch the hem of his garment, she would be healed. Because of her strong faith in the Lord, she came up behind him and by touching the edge of his cloak, her bleeding immediately stopped! Here is how Matthew and Luke both describe the incident, with Luke’s account containing much more detail:

Matthew 9:20-22 (NIV)

20 Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21 She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”

22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that moment.

Luke 8:42-48 (NIV)

42 As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. 44 She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

45 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked.
When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.”

46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.”

47 Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. 48 Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”

You too can have this same kind of faith. All you need to do is believe in Jesus. Believe that his sacrifice on the cross was for you; confess him to be your Lord and Savior and repent of your sins. If you do these things with all sincerity, by faith you will be saved and have eternal life. You will have access to the throne of God through Jesus Christ, who sits at the Right Hand of God and has authority over all things. It is by faith in Jesus Christ that you are able to do everything through him (Christ) who gives you strength (Philippians 4:13).

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Be Still and Know That I am God…

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

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The Psalmist in Psalm 46:10 tells us:

Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”

So what do you think was meant by those words? Have you ever had a problem that no matter what you tried to do to resolve the problem - NOTHING WORKED? That no matter what resources you exhausted, the people you contacted or the money you tried to access to make things right - things still weren’t right? As Christians, God totally wants us to rely upon Him to do the “Impossible”. It is His way of loving on us and making us understand that “WE NEED HIM”. I have been in so many seemingly impossible situations in my life, that no matter what I tried to do to fix a problem, my hands were tied to the point that I was immobilized. I recall that during those times when I finally let go of my pride, let go of my independence and let go of my problem… and just LET GOD… Then, and only then, were the issues resolved. I can even recall a quite a few miracles taking place that would have been impossible for me to accomplish on my own.

God is the Author and the Finisher of Our Faith (Hebrews 12:2) and therefore, when there is a situation that we are dealing with that is either out of our league or out of our own control, just remember that God has it all under control because His plans are flawless. It says in Romans 8:28: And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. In other words, what may seem like a catastrophe at the moment, may not be what it seems. God can take any bad situation and turn it around for the good.

Let me use one of my friends as an example. She was working at a job that was paying the bills “just fine” and her husband was working at a job that was “ok”. Her husband decided to go into ministry knowing that they could still ’survive’ off of her paycheck. My friend felt her job was secure, and trusting in the Lord, her husband went into ministry. Lo and behold, don’t you know that a short time passed and my friend’s job was in jeopardy; it turned out that she was to be terminated in a month’s time! She suspected that this could happen, but kept trusting that God would take care of everything. At first there was panic and worry, which is very normal under the circumstances but my friend knew that God’s plan for her would be sufficient, and although it was difficult to let it go and give it to God, she finally did - and a miracle took place! A couple of months prior to losing her job, my friend found a group “by chance” on the internet that travels all over the the United States and occasionally around the world singing and dancing in cultural shows. She had auditioned and was accepted part-time with this group, knowing that there wouldn’t be a lot of monetary compensation. She was having a great time, as it was something she had dreamed of doing her whole life, but figured there was no way she could earn a living from her “hobby”. Anyway, to make a long story short, something happened within the group she belonged to, where one of the artists (on the payroll mind you) had to leave the group for good… and guess what!?! It was my friend who was chosen to take her place. Right as her other job ended, she started her new career and is now traveling all over, singing and dancing and getting paid to do what she loves the most! God is so faithful to those who trust in him.

To sum things up, the next time you are faced with a problem that no matter what you do, it seems impossible to fix. . . That is when it is time to Be Still and KNOW that God is God, and leave it to Him to do the impossible. In Matthew 17:20 Jesus said: “I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

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WELCOME TO THE CHRISTIANS TODAY MINISTRY!

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

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PRAISE THE LORD!! For He is good ALL the time!! Welcome friends to our ministry! We hope and pray that we will be a blessing to you and will be able to help provide you with the wisdom, knowledge and understanding needed to ‘press on’ as Christians in this present day and age.

This isn’t another one of those “Feel-Good” ministries already out there on television, the radio and the internet - nor is it a Fire and Brimstone and “you’re all going to hell!” ministry either. This is basically a “Let’s Get Real and Get It Right” kind of ministry.

Have you been wandering through life thinking, “I have done so much in my life, but for some reason, it’s not enough and there must be something more…”? I have been down that path, but fortunately for me, I discovered what that “something more” is… or should I say “WHO” that something more is! As humans, we all want and long to feel needed, serving an extraordinary purpose in our lifetimes. It wasn’t until I found Jesus Christ (actually, he found me) and made him Lord over my life, that I felt I had an extraordinary purpose in life. Sure, I was a wife, a mother, a young grandmother, but there was always something “missing”.

I hope that as I share some of my knowledge, along with some of my experiences with you and explain how they relate to the Word of God, maybe you too will come to find out that you also have a very extraordinary purpose that lies ahead in your life. It says in Jeremiah 29:11-13: (NIV): 11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”

You see, God has a plan for you - a plan He’s prepared since the beginning of time. He is just patiently waiting on you to call upon Him and pray to Him with all your heart, so that He might reveal those plans to you. He has done this for me, and will do the same for you and anyone else that cries out to Him with all their heart.

Praying many blessings upon you,

Always In Christ, Cindy

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