God's Word offers a promise for every need.
Are you lonely? Matthew 28:29 Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Are you sick? 2 Corinthians 12:9 . . . My grace is sufficient for thee . . .
Are you discouraged? Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Do you feel a great weakness? Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon The Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint.
Are you burdened with many cares? 1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Elijah, and Daniel rested upon God's promises and found them to be true. You have the same God and can trust Him as they did.
1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world, and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
The experience of salvation is the beginning of a spiritual journey. Faith, prayer, and love are necessary for a strong foundation of that trip.
FAITH comes from digging into God's Word, ever praying for spiritual understanding.
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.
PRAYER: When you yield to the Spirit, you gain assistance in your prayer life, resulting in blessings and answered prayers.
Romans 8:26 Likewise, the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
LOVE: God's love is a holy love, not just shallow emotions. To love God is to obey Him, to love what He loves and hate what He hates. It is to love one another.
1 John 2:5 But whoso keepeth His word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in Him.
When I googled "How Many Religions Exist in the World Today?", I found the following information.
There are countless religions in the world. The major ones in terms of number of followers are Christianity (33%), Muslim (19.6%), Hindus (13.4%), non religious (12.7%), and other religions such as Sikhism, Judaism hold 22%. The number of people with no formal, organized religion are increasing, especially in Europe and North America.
So which one is right?
Only the Creator of heaven and earth has the truth, and it is written in the Holy Bible..
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto them, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father but by me.
Only the risen Saviour, God the Son, is the source to commune with God the Father. Only believing in Jesus will get you to heaven. Here is how it works.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
God cannot pretend sin doesn't exist because he is a God of holiness and justice. Because of the seriousness of sin, God sent his beloved, sinless Son to suffer for the redemption of billions of people -- past, present, and future.
Isaiah 53:4-6 Surely He hath born our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way: and The Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Every sinner is invited to humbly receive by faith Christ and his sacrifice on the cross. Just simple, child-like trust.
There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Immanuel's veins
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stain.
If you search the universe for love in its most glorious display, you will find it in the person and the cross of Christ.
1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
None of our words or thoughts can do justice to the free, astonishing love of a holy God towards sinners. However, the third verse of a beautiful song, The Love of God, comes close.
The poem was penciled on the wall of a narrow room in an insane asylum by a man said to have been demented. The profound lines were discovered when they laid him in his coffin.
Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade;
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.
If there is anything people ought to be sure about, it's where they will spend eternity. Are they right with God? The following scripture tells people how to be saved from hell and go to heaven
Romans 10:9,10 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth The Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness: and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life.
Eternity after death is real. The choice is eternal life or death. There is one sin that will send you to hell. Unbelief. You must believe in Jesus Christ to have eternal life and go to heaven.
Think about eternity. I hope you can say, "It is well with my soul."
When born again believers submit their lives to God, they recognize his authority over them, especially in times of suffering for His cause. Such a surrender is an act of faith. Giving all to God means obeying his Word in spite of the circumstances or consequences.
Imagine how many souls can be saved if members of a local church surrender and share their faith.
Romans 12:1 I Beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2. And be not conformed to the world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
It's not about us. It's about God and His Holy purpose.
