Faith Saves

Jun3

But Jesus turning and seeing her said, “Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well (saved you).” . . .
Matthew 9:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.9.22.NASB1995

And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well (saved you); . . . ”
Mark 5:34 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mrk.5.34.NASB1995

And Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well (saved you).” . . .
Mark 10:52 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mrk.10.52.NASB1995

And He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
Luke 7:50 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.7.50.NASB1995

And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well (saved you); go in peace.”
Luke 8:48 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.8.48.NASB1995

And He said to him, “Stand up and go; your faith has made you well (has saved you).”
Luke 17:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.17.19.NASB1995

And Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well (saved you).”
Luke 18:42 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.18.42.NASB1995

How’s your faith?

🌹And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.11.6.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Faith

Jun2

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
Luke 17:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.17.5.NASB1995

How is faith increased?
Is it by trusting in the giver of faith?
By the word of God?

¹Hebrews 12:2 Jesus is the author and perfecter of faith.
²Romans 10:17 faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
³Colossians 1:23 Continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast in the hope of the gospel.

Is faith increased by the encouragement and fellowship with one another?

⁴1 Thessalonians 3:2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you as to your faith,

⁵2 Timothy 1:13 Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

⁶Philemon 1:5-7 because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints; and I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ’s sake. For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

Faith is our assurance of things hoped for.

⁷Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.
Hebrews 11:6 without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

⁸James 1:3 NASB1995
So let us run this race called life knowing that the testing of our faith produces endurance.

🌹For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
1 John 5:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.5.4.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

¹ https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.12.2.NASB1995

² https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.10.17.NASB1995

³ https://bible.com/bible/100/col.1.23.NASB1995

⁴ https://bible.com/bible/100/1th.3.2.NASB1995

⁵ https://bible.com/bible/100/2ti.1.13.NASB1995

⁶ https://bible.com/bible/100/phm.1.5-7.NASB1995

⁷ https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.11.1-6.NASB1995

⁸ https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.1.3.NASB1995

Grace

Jun1

He (Jesus) said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks (temptations to sin) come, but woe to him through whom they come!
Luke 17:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.17.1.NASB1995

Be on your guard (Take heed to yourselves)! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.”
Luke 17:3-4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.17.3-4.NASB1995

Grace is difficult. . . until I recall the many times in a day I ask forgiveness for my sin. God’s grace was poured out on the cross for all peoples. Jesus paid the ultimate price already. . . so can I follow His command, His example, to forgive?

🌹Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus *said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
Matthew 18:21-22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.18.21-22.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God of Wonder

May29

Who is like You among the gods, O Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, Awesome in praises, working wonders?
Exodus 15:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/exo.15.11.NASB1995

‘O Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as Yours?
Deuteronomy 3:24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/deu.3.24.NASB1995

. . . “O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart,
1 Kings 8:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.8.23.NASB1995

For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You?
Psalms 71:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.71.19.NASB1995

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love.
Micah 7:18 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mic.7.18.NASB1995

🌹Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who alone works wonders.
Psalms 72:18 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.72.18.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Is Your Light Shining?

May28

Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
John 8:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.8.12.NASB1995

Jesus, THE Light of Life, gives His followers the Light of life. He has the authority to do so because He is the way, the truth, and the life.¹  Through Jesus we come to the Father.

So what do we do with this light?

Jesus says:
Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.5.16.NASB1995
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
Matthew 5:14-15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.5.14-15.NASB1995

Is the light of Jesus shining through you? Are others seeing the living Light in you?

🌹Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
Daniel 12:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/dan.12.3.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

¹John 14:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.14.6.NASB1995

I AM Doing Something

May27

How long, O Lord, will I call for help, And You will not hear? I cry out to You, “Violence!” Yet You do not save.
Habakkuk 1:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/hab.1.2.NASB1995

This verse can bring to mind the condition of the world we live in today. Wars. Shootings. Robberies. Violence everywhere.(Recommended reading: Psalm 55:1-2)

Why do You make me see iniquity, And cause me to look on wickedness? Yes, destruction and violence are before me; Strife exists and contention arises. Therefore the law is ignored (ineffectual; lit. numbed) And justice is never upheld (never goes forth). For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out perverted.
Habakkuk 1:3-4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/hab.1.3-4.NASB1995
(Recommended reading: Psalm 55:9-11 and Isaiah 59:12-24, Isaiah 1:21-23)

We could be like Habakkuk, praying for God’s intervention. And yet the world doesn’t seem to be getting better, but worse. Where is our hope?

Our hope is in God alone.

🌹“Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days— You would not believe if you were told.
Habakkuk 1:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/hab.1.5.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Perfect Peace

May26

The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, For in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.
Isaiah 26:3-4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.26.3-4.NASB1995

When we are aware that God is Sovereign, supreme in authority and independent of outside authority, over all His Creation; we can trust that God will guide the steadfast mind of a believer, trusting in His power, to bring peace to our soul. He is the everlasting Rock!

🌹You will give us peace, Lord, because everything we have done was by your power.
Isaiah 26:12 CEV
https://bible.com/bible/392/isa.26.12.CEV

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Obey, Trust, Rely

May25

“Pay attention to Me, O My people, And give ear to Me, O My nation; For a law will go forth from Me, And I will set My justice for a light of the peoples.
Isaiah 51:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.51.4.NASB1995

My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My arms will judge the peoples; The coastlands will wait for Me, And for My arm they will wait expectantly.
Isaiah 51:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.51.5.NASB1995

Who is among you that fears the Lord, That obeys the voice of His servant, That walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.
Isaiah 50:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.50.10.NASB1995

🌹Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the Lord God is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”
Isaiah 12:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.12.2.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Worthy of Praise

May22

Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord, Praise the name of the Lord.
Psalms 113:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.113.1.NASB1995

God is so very good, loving, kind, and so much more to His servants. Serving God is a blessing that draws the heart closer to the Lord of the universe, the Lord of all.

🌹From the rising of the sun to its setting The name of the Lord is to be praised.
Psalms 113:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.113.3.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Praying For You

May21

God, I pray asking You to bless and keep the one reading this now. I pray, Lord, that You will shine Your face upon this precious soul, be gracious to them, and that You will be their peace as You show them favor.
Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; Be our shepherd also, and carry us forever, Lord God, I pray. Keep us as the apple of Your eye and hide us in the shadow of Your wings.
¹Numbers 6:24-26 NASB1995/²Psalms 28:9 NASB1995/³Psalms 17:8 NASB1995

🌹The Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in From this time forth and forever.
Psalms 121:7-8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.121.7-8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org