“Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.” (Matthew 4:11 NLT) Tests are gifts of God to strengthen our faith and to prepare us for our next assignment. We sometimes wrongly assume a test is a punishment or reprimand for something we’ve done wrong, but that’s not what the BibleContinue reading “After Testing Comes Blessing”
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Too Strong to Be Stopped!
“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. For forty days and forty nights He fasted and became very hungry.” (Matthew 4:1-2 NLT) How did Jesus become so strong in His faith? You may be thinking: “Duh! He was God!” Yes, He was and is, butContinue reading “Too Strong to Be Stopped!”
How Does Our Faith Grow?
“Turning to those who were following Him, He said, ‘I tell you the truth, I haven’t seen faith like this in all Israel!’” (Matthew 8:10b NLT) Hebrews 11 is filled with faith “heroes,” but Jesus says of a Roman Officer in the verse above that He’d not seen faith like what was exhibited in thisContinue reading “How Does Our Faith Grow?”
Walking With Jesus 