Faith Defined Just about every Christian theologian can agree that the following verse in the Book of Hebrews defines the concept of “faith:” Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — Hebrews 11:1 As with almost all of my Scripture quotes, this one is from the New King James Version. Unfortunately,… Read More »
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. — 1 John 5:14-15 Here it is again in the Amplified Version: And this… Read More »
Now that we’ve defined what prayer is and is not, let’s address the “why.” Why do we pray? The Divine Imperative First — and most importantly — we are commanded to pray. Among other verses along those lines, we read the following verses in two of Paul’s epistles: Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving,Colossians 4:2… Read More »
Boiled down to it’s most basic concept, prayer is simply a conversation between a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ and the One True God. Access to Father God is only through Jesus’ blood and His finished work of the Cross. How do we know this? Because Jesus Himself said: Jesus said to him, “I am the way,… Read More »
For quite awhile now, God has been me to teach on prayer here at Miscellaneous Ramblings, so I’m now going to do precisely that. In this series, I hope to impart to you the principles and precepts found in the Scriptures I’ve learned and experienced so you, too, can apply them to what hopefully will become — if… Read More »
One of the things I’ve seen repeatedly in other believers is that they wait until a major crisis occurs before going to God’s Word and claiming His promises to deal with it. In other words, when they or their loved ones get seriously ill or the husband or wife in a two-income family suddenly lose one or both… Read More »
