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| Hope In Christ Is Powerful |
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I recently saw a headline that read: "Baptists hope Christ can heal their rifts." Hope in Christ is an amazing thing.
When surrounded by rifts in relationships, financial struggles, health issues, marriage problems, social pressures, violence and war, stress and emotional strain; life can seem unmanageable. Yet in the midst of your duress, the living Jesus Christ can supernaturally give you strength, endurance, peace, and joy.
I have personally known hundreds of people whose lives have been supernaturally transformed by Jesus Christ: addicts set completely free from bondage; sick people amazingly healed; angry and violent people turned into deeply compassionate human beings; and even religious people awakened to the glorious reality of the living Christ they once knew only in doctrine.
I have read the stories of hundreds of people through out the past 2,000 years of human history who have encountered the same Jesus Christ -- people from a wide variety of cultures, religions, and countries. The amazing thing is that their description of their relationship with the living Jesus matches the experience of those of us alive today.
If encountering Christ was only a subjective thing; the experiences of those who have built a personal relationship with Him would be vastly different rather than astonishingly the same. How could Augustine of Egypt in the 4th Century and Watchman Nee of China in the 20th Century have the same personal experiences with Christ? That would be impossible -- unless Jesus is alive as an objective reality like His earliest disciples claimed.
He is! Hope in Christ.
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| January 06, 2009 |
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| With God all things are possible. Amen. |
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| January 06, 2009 |
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| Why is the Baptist such a divided house? I'm not against the baptist, the same applies to the pentecostals, I've worshipped with for the past 35 years. Jesus said, A house divided would not stand. I've seen people leave churches over the color of the carpet that was being voted on an the majority wanted a diffent color than those leaving. Christ is our only hope. Good thought provoking message Brother Steve. |
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| January 06, 2009 |
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| Bless you Steve, we all need a reality check sometimes |
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| January 06, 2009 |
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| Thanks pandabear, Praise Temple, and Sheree. Our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus Christ and His righteousness. |
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| January 06, 2009 |
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| AMEN AMEN AMEN UR BLOG IS THE BEST ONE I HAVE SEEN SO FAR TONIGHT AND TODAY |
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| January 07, 2009 |
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AMEN |
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| January 07, 2009 |
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Amen Steve. Thanks for the blog
Blessedmary |
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| January 07, 2009 |
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| Thanks blessedmary and Laurie! |
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| January 07, 2009 |
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Thank you Lord for Steve's obedience to share. |
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| January 08, 2009 |
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| Wow. Thank you Jewtz. |
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| January 08, 2009 |
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He is risen!! They proclaimed.
Jesus, Our Rock and Salvation!! Our hope is now, our hope is eternal.
When life gets us down, Jesus is here to pick us up!! Amazing isn't
HE!!
Bless you Steve. |
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| January 08, 2009 |
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| Amen, Sis. Jesus will always pick us up. |
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| January 08, 2009 |
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| I know that this year will only get better for all of us."Because I have seen good things happening already. So if you have douts? Just put your trust in the Lord our God! And you will see. |
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| January 09, 2009 |
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| Amen, Gina! |
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