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Faith Is Believing

What do you believe? Do you live each day smiling and

thankful because you understand that regardless of what
changes life may bring that Jesus Christ is still the
resurrection? Because he is the resurrection, anyone who

believes in him is living to live again. “We are confident, I
say, and willing rather to be absent from the body is to be
present with the Lord” (2nd Corinthians 5:8). Whatever
comes, whatever goes, be anchored in God so that there is

an understanding in your heart that you have already won.
Paul states, “In all things I have learned to be
content”(Philippians 4:11). Yes, you have already overcome!

Beloved, your joy is tied to your contentment. The

idea of true joy in life is never to compare yourself with
someone else. Never compare your wealth to someone else.
Do not measure what you may not have or may have to

what the next person may possess. You should be thankful
and content with what God allows you to obtain, and the
experiences that he allows you to encounter in life. Outside
of doing so, there are no other pathways to joy.

The unique thing about the walk of the believer is that if
he or she does not believe and live the scriptures, their walk
is already a failed walk. Jesus plainly states in John 3:17, “He
who does not believe is already condemned.” He also states,

“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceeds out of the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). It is
essential to our stability as Christians that we do not choose

to live our lives only by bits and pieces of the Bible. The word
of God commands us of much than partially believing. If we
do not believe the Bible entirely, we are lacking faith.

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