Do not, therefore, abandon that confidence of yours; it brings a great reward. – Hebrews 10:35 Confidence: parrhesia; freedom in speaking; unreservedness in speech, without concealment, ambiguity, circumlocution, or the use of figures and comparisons; free and fearless confidence; cheerful courage; boldness; assurance; the deportment by which one becomes conspicuous or secures publicity. Confidence – …
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What am I not seeing?
O Eternal One, I ask You to allow my servant to see heavenly realities. The Eternal awakened Elisha’s servant so that he could see. This is what he saw: the mountain was covered with horses and chariots of fire surrounding Elisha. – 2 Kings 6:17 (Voice) In every conversation, every meeting, every encounter, every event…there’s …
Perfect timing
But there are some things that you cannot be sure of. You must take a chance. If you wait for perfect weather, you will never plant your seeds. If you are afraid that every cloud will bring rain, you will never harvest your crops. – Ecclesiastes 11:4 The secret to perfect timing is being willing …
Other side of uncertainty
Send your grain across the seas, and in time, profits will flow back to you. – Ecclesiastes 11:1 Take what you have and ship it to the marketplaces that live on the other side of your uncertainty. It’s a venture that requires courage, daring and faith that you’ll make it to the other side. But …
Act like a crazy person
So he pretended to be out of his mind when he was with them. As long as he was in Gath, he acted like a crazy person. He made marks on the doors of the city gate. He let spit run down his beard. – 1 Samuel 21:13 Between David being anointed King at age …
Don’t stop breathing
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. – Acts 16:25 Praise is to the Believer what …
Between potential and reality
I’m not there yet, nor have I become perfect; but I am charging on to gain anything and everything the Anointed One, Jesus, has in store for me—and nothing will stand in my way because He has grabbed me and won’t let me go. – Philippians 3:12 Success is about bridging the gap between …
Practically useless
Andrew: I met a young boy in the crowd carrying five barley loaves and two fish, but that is practically useless in feeding a crowd this large. – John 6:9 The five loaves and two fish were a perfect match for the needs of the young boy who had packed them. But when matched against …
Yet
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. – Psalm 42:5 It hasn’t changed, it isn’t working, they haven’t responded, He hasn’t come through, the pain hasn’t lifted, there’s no light in …
The case of courage
He asked them, “Why are you such cowards? Don’t you have any faith yet?” – Mark 4:40 From G.K Chesterton: Take the case of courage. No quality has ever so much addled the brains and tangled the definitions of merely rational sages. Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to …