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E-Cheer is a daily, short, but upbeat email devotional which is written by a stroke victim layman as a source of encouragement and uplift by providing a jump-start for your day.
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Three retirees with hearing problems were playing golf. One remarked, "Windy, isn't it."
"No," replied the second man,
"It's Thursday." The 3rd guy chimed in,
"So am I, let's get a drink."
Do you have faith? Is it in your investments, in your job, in your family, in your church, and most of all, is it in God?
Hebrews 11 is a well known chapter
because of its emphasis on the word Faith. So what is faith. Webster defines it as, "belief and trust in and loyalty to God." That seems like a very good answer.
What does God say? Through the writer of Hebrews He says this -- "What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see." That is a strong statement that should bolster your belief in God through Jesus Christ. Every single thing that you believe about God requires faith -- everything. You've never seen Him. You've never seen Christ. You've never seen the Holy Spirit. So without faith, you really can't have any belief system. You just have an "I suppose" system.
"It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen." So what do you hope is going to happen? Is your hope reasonable and realistic or is it "Pie in the sky?" I believe in miracles, but is the miracle you hope for a means to glorify God or to satisfy self? I'll let you wrestle with that thought for today.
FAITH IS THE VICTOR