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Proverbs 3:26 KJV
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, And shall keep thy foot from being taken.



Have you ever looked up and noticed window washers at work on a skyscraper? Why do you suppose they can work so confidently suspended so high above the ground? They are secure because they know that their safety harnesses are fastened to the building itself and their harnesses will hold even if the platform should fall.

Your life can be lived on the edge, with confidence like that. When we give our lives to Jesus Christ, He becomes our safety and our security. Because of Him, we can risk living life to the fullest and be all that we were created to be. He keeps us secure, even though life is often insecure, even though we get disappointed, even though the bottom falls out.

How about you? Do you have security for today, no matter what challenges and dangers you face? How about tomorrow?

Why not try living life with Christ one day at a time for a life that's secure and yet full of excitement?


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Some Encouragement For Someone Today

Joshua 1:7 KJV

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.






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Isaiah 51:12 KJV
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass

Corporate downsizing. Rebellious teenagers. An unfaithful spouse. A devastating illness. Life often brings trouble our way. Sometimes we are so overwhelmed, we struggle to merely stay afloat. Difficulty during times of trouble should come as no surprise to students of the Bible. Jesus Christ said in John 16:33, "In this world you will have problems." That doesn't sound like a very optimistic outlook. However, He goes on to say, "But take heart! I have overcome the world." Now, that message is positive indeed. Trouble. Difficulty. These things are a reality in this life. Jesus Christ promises us that He has provided victory over those things which cause us so much pain. Trusting in Him is the key to overcoming these problems.

Why not evaluate your present struggles from a Biblical perspective - from Christ's perspective? You have nothing to lose and everything to gain!


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Luke 15:11-12 KJV
And he said, A certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.


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Doubts About God

Luke 8:25

And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.

Do you ever have doubts about God?

Most people do. Let me share with you what has caused me the most doubt through the years--the first four words of the Bible: "In the beginning God." For, I wonder, how could God always exist? Where did He come from? What did He do before creation?

But "In the beginning God" also enriches my faith. For the Bible also says, "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was God and the Word became flesh." The Word is Jesus Christ and because of Jesus' life, I can see what God is like. Because of His death I can see and experience His love. Because the evidence of His resurrection is overwhelming, I can believe in God's power to do anything.

If Jesus rose from the dead, I can live with the questions I can't understand about God--like Him always existing--because He is God and I'm not. We all have doubts about God, but Jesus is the reason I can believe in God.


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John 3:3 KJV
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.



Born Twice

There is a longing within everyone to be a part of a loving family that lasts. In a world of fractured marriages and dysfunctional families, that longing becomes greater. No matter what type of family we're from, God gives all of us a chance to be part of the only family that lasts. We had no choice on our earthly family but we do have a choice on entering God's family through faith.

Jesus calls this spiritual birth being "born again." We all have a physical birthday, but not all of us have a spiritual birthday, which comes when we accept God's invitation to trust in Christ as Lord and Savior. With no spiritual birth, we die twice--physically and spiritually. But, with a spiritual birth, we die just once (physically), for our spirit lives forever.

Born once, we die twice. Born twice, we die once.

If we're born twice, we're saved from spiritual death and we're in the family of God forever.


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