Unconditional Childlike Faith

Jun18

Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”
Luke 18:17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.18.17.NASB1995

This verse got me thinking. What does childlike faith look like?

I looked at attributes of a child; attributes of a child toward their caregiver. . .

They are innocent, dependent on and trusting those who care for them. They demonstrate unconditional love. They are curious to learn and explore. They often adapt well to new circumstances because they do not have a care in the world. They feel secure.

I’m sure you can come up with some yourself.

If God is our cargiver and we are His children, do we demonstrate these attributes as we walk with Him?

He (God) has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mic.6.8.NASB1995

and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 18:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.18.3.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

🌹Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Doing What is Commanded

Jun17

So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’ ”
Luke 17:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.17.10.NASB1995

This is humbling and puts a whole new twist on obedience. We serve the Lord God, not the other way around. We don’t “deserve” anything but death and turmoil. But God.

🙏Thank You, Jesus, that through Your obedience to the Father, we are blessed and with the Holy Spirit we can be one who blesses others unbegrudgingly.

🌹Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1co.6.19-20.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

We Have Been Called

Jun16

“I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I will also hold you by the hand and watch over you, And I will appoint you as a covenant to the people, As a light to the nations, To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.
Isaiah 42:6-7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.42.6-7.NASB1995

In Christ all things are possible.

And looking at them Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:26 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.19.26.NASB1995

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:19-20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.28.19-20.NASB1995

🌹I am the Lord, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven images.
Isaiah 42:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.42.8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

There Is None Else

Jun15

Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and its offspring, Who gives breath to the people on it And spirit to those who walk in it, ✨️
Isaiah 42:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.42.5.NASB1995

🙏Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Psalms 102:25 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.102.25.NASB1995

🙏in whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
Job 12:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/job.12.10.NASB1995

🌹The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it. For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the rivers.
Psalms 24:1-2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.24.1-2.NASB1995

🌹…He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;
Acts 17:25b NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/act.17.25.NASB1995

🙌The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 33:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/job.33.4.NASB1995

✨️For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens…, “I am the Lord, and there is none else.
Isaiah 45:18 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.45.18.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Glad in The Lord!

Jun12

But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult in You. For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O Lord, You surround him with favor as with a shield.
Psalms 5:11-12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.5.11-12.NASB1995

Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!
Psalms 2:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.2.12.NASB1995

🌹The righteous man will be glad in the Lord and will take refuge in Him; And all the upright in heart will glory.
Psalms 64:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.64.10.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Abiding God

Jun11

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
1 John 4:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.4.15.NASB1995

This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.
1 John 3:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.3.23.NASB1995

🌹The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
1 John 3:24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.3.24.NASB1995

🙏 Thank you God for Your Spirit that lives in us.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Faith Under Fire

Jun10

Nebuchadnezzar responded and said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up?
Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, very well.

But if you do not worship, you will immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can deliver you out of my hands?”

How deep is your faith in the one true God?

Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to give you an answer concerning this matter.
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
Daniel 3:14-18 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/dan.3.14-18.NASB1995

How assured are you in your faith?
Are you willing to step into the fire?

Nebuchadnezzar responded and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who put their trust in Him, violating the king’s command, and yielded up their bodies so as not to serve or worship any god except their own God.
Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation or tongue that speaks anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego shall be torn limb from limb and their houses reduced to a rubbish heap, inasmuch as there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way.”
Daniel 3:28-29 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/dan.3.28-29.NASB1995

Do you have testimonies of faith?

🌹Glory to God!!

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Compassionate & Forgiving

Jun9

He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
Psalms 103:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.103.10.NASB1995

Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear (revere) Him.
Psalms 103:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.103.13.NASB1995

🌹Thank You, Lord, for Your compassion and forgiveness.

🙏LORD GOD, do not give me what I deserve.
Sanctify me in Your righteousness, for Your namesake. Humbly I ask in the name of Jesus, amen.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

My Soul is Yours

Jun8

Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.

Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Psalms 143:8, 10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.143.8-10.NASB1995

🌹Make glad the soul of Your servant, For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
Psalms 86:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.86.4.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Praise God

Jun5

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all.
Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone.
1 Chronicles 29:11-12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1ch.29.11-12.NASB1995

🌹Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name.
1 Chronicles 29:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1ch.29.13.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org