A devotional reflection from my Bible reading today using the “Necessary Food” Bible reading plan: 1 Chronicles 2:1-55; Proverbs 23:19-25; Micah 1:1-16; John 20:30-31; Hebrews 11:32-40
Hey, just let me say “Faith” is good for MORE than simply miracles and prosperity! It also sustains godly people through trials, sickness, loss, and persecution! To make “faith” simply a “gimme key” for miracles and prosperity is an affront to the rich legacy of “faith heroes” in Hebrews 11! FAITH IS “CONFIDENCE IN GOD” FOR ALL THAT LIFE BRINGS OUR WAY!
Here it is from my Bible reading during Coffee with the Lord this morning…
“And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets — WHO THROUGH FAITH conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women received back their dead by resurrection…
But some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated — of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. AND ALL OF THESE, THOUGH COMMENDED THROUGH THEIR FAITH did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better!” (From Hebrews 11:32–40)
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