Good morning. Remember
from yesterday – perfect love, God's love, casts out fear. As hard as it seems
decisions do not have to be made right this instant. In fact the more insistent
that we are in making a quick decision, the more likely it is that we will make
a mistake. Trust in yourself – and trust in God. I guess it is a
"coincidence" what we going to talk about today. From first John
chapter 5: and this is the confidence which we have before Him, that if we ask
anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in
whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from
Him. When our car is giving us trouble and we know that we need a new one, it's
"easy" to believe that He will answer our request for a new car. When
we see that beautiful new Mercedes though, it's a lot harder to believe that He
will give us that one - that that car is the one that He will give us. You know
that it is God's will to meet your innermost need. It's a lot harder to believe
that a particular person is the one that will meet that need. In the end
though, it's not the person but God through that person that meets your needs.
We humans can't meet your needs only God can. Is your request God's will? Then
you can know for certain that He hears you and that He will grant you whatever
you ask. Settle it in your heart for certain today. Remember from Mark chapter
11: believe that you have received them and they shall be granted you. Father
help the reader to have confidence in You that You will hear his/her requests
and that You will answer them. Take the fear out of decision-making. Help him/her
to know that he/she knows that he/she knows that You will answer his/her
requests.
Unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God
Good morning. While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, observing His signs which He was doing. Jesus was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men. Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. It doesn’t say, but I assume it is still during this time of the Passover. This man came to Jesus by night. Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do the signs that You do unless God is with him. It just said that the people believed in His name because of the signs He was doing; yet it does not say what those signs were. Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. That is why unbelievers cannot tell what is of the kingdom of God and what is not – they’re not born again. Nicodemus doesn’t have a clue. How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he? Unless one is born of water and the Spirit ...
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