Tag: trust
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Is it True, “God Helps Those who Help Themselves”?
God helps those who help themselves is not biblical at all. The quote originated from Algernon Sydney in 1698 in an article titled Discourses Concerning Government. This saying gives the impression that we rely on our “flesh” rather than faith to accomplish our goals. Proverbs 16:3, 9 BSB[3] Commit your works to the Lord and your…
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Learning from Jabez
Last week I wrote a Facebook post on the Prayer of Jabez. It was not my best work. I woke the other day with that on my mind as the Lord was speaking to me in my dream about the part I glossed over, his name. His mother named him Jabez, because she bore him…
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A Place of Surrender
(For week 5 Blog Hop A Confident Heart) #IAmNot We moved to Missouri 3 years and 4 months ago. Rewind to about two and a half years before we moved. We were considering remodeling our living room, dining room, and kitchen to become one great room. One day as I was trying to figure…
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A Place of Surrender
(For week 5 Blog Hop A Confident Heart) #IAmNot We moved to Missouri 3 years and 4 months ago. Rewind to about two and a half years before we moved. We were considering remodeling our living room, dining room, and kitchen to become one great room. One day as I was trying to figure…
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#ISaidYes
My last Blog Hop entry for the online Bible study, “What Happens When Women Say Yes To God” by Lysa TerKeurst. I just made up a new word, God-incidence. Definition: What some would call coincidence. But I know God is in control and He is the one that makes it all work together. This new…
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The Rock of Ages
Isaiah 26:4: Young’s Literal Translation, “Trust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah is a rock of ages” Darby Bible Translation, “Confide ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jah, Jehovah, is the rock of ages.” I’ve been listening to a new Steven Curtis Chapman CD (Deep Roots available at Cracker Barrel or…
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