Tag Archive | belief

Trusting Surrender

Jan5

Zacharias, a priest in the days of Herod, was married to Elizabeth. They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
They were childless due to Elizabeth being barren. Both were advanced in age.
While Zacharias was in the temple of the Lord an angel appeared to him. The angel told Zacharias that his prayer for his wife to conceive was heard and Elizabeth would bear a son and he was to be named John.
Zacharias was told, “You will have joy and gladness and many will rejoice at his birth. He will be great in the sight of the Lord and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother’s womb. He will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God.”
Luke 1:5-16 paraphrased.

John was the forerunner of Jesus to make ready a people prepared for His coming as a Savior.

Zacharias’ response:

Zacharias said to the angel, “How will I know this for certain? For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years.”
Luke 1:18 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.1.18.NASB1995

How often in our lives do we lack the power of Almighty God to fulfill His plan because of our focus on our own human abilities? Are we trusting in our ability or in God’s power to accomplish what He has planned?

Will we surrender?

🌹Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.3.5.NASB1995

🌹For nothing will be impossible with God.” Luke 1:37 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.1.37.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Do You Believe?

Dec25

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”
Luke 1:45 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.1.45.NASB1995

🌹And Mary said: “My soul exalts the Lord, And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
Luke 1:46-47 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.1.46-47.NASB1995

Do you believe in His coming promises as Mary did?
Is Christmas a treasured blessing, of the Lord Jesus coming, to you?

Hoping you have a Merry Christmas celebrating the true meaning of Christmas.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Prayer is Power

Jan8

Daniel and his friends, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah went to the Lord in prayer . . .

Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven;
Daniel 2:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/dan.2.19.NASB1995

🌹To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, For You have given me wisdom and power; Even now You have made known to me what we requested of You, For You have made known to us the king’s matter.”
Daniel 2:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/dan.2.23.NASB1995

The power of prayer  Praise God!!!

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

This is Love

Dec24

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.3.16.NASB1995

By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.
1 John 4:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.4.9.NASB1995

💝 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.4.10.NASB1995

and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
1 Peter 1:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.1.8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Filled With Joy

Dec17

Jesus came to earth as a baby over 2000 years ago . . .

and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 1:8-9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.1.8-9.NASB1995

Jesus came to save . . .

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing. Know that the Lord Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Psalms 100:1-3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.100.1-3.NASB1995

🙏 O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your dwelling places. Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.
Psalms 43:3-4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.43.3-4.NASB1995

🙌 And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with a joyful shout.
Psalms 105:43 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.105.43.NASB1995

Are you a chosen one experiencing joy through the Holy Spirit who resides in you?

🌹And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
Acts 13:52 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/act.13.52.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Peace With God Through Jesus

Dec12

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 5:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.5.1.NASB1995

For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,
Romans 8:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.6.NASB1995

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Galatians 5:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.5.22.NASB1995

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.14.17.NASB1995

So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.
Romans 14:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.14.19.NASB1995

🌹Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.15.13.NASB1995

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
Romans 15:33 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.15.33.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Peacemaker Pt. 2

Jun6

He (Jesus) opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying
‭“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Matthew 5:1, 9 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.5.1-9.NASB1995

Yesterday’s devotion was regarding abiding in Christ, the Holy Spirit living in us. By faith a person is saved, justified, and thereby we have peace with God.

‭But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,
John 1:12 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.1.12.NASB1995

for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children.’
Acts 17:28 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/act.17.28.NASB1995

A child of God is a peacemaker.

So, what is the responsibility of a peacemaker?

To shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Luke 1:79 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.1.79.NASB1995

‭So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
John 20:21 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.20.21.NASB1995

The peacemaker spreads the “Gospel of Peace”.

For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,
Ephesians 2:14 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.2.14.NASB1995

‭by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity. And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near; for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household,
Ephesians 2:15-19 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.2.15-19.NASB1995

So children of God, let us put on gospel shoes and spread the gospel of peace.

‭and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Ephesians 6:15 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.6.15.NASB1995

🌹But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
James 3:17-18 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.3.17-18.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Are You A Child of God?

Apr4

For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Romans 8:14 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.14.NASB1995‭‭

What a blessing to be called a child of God by simply receiving and believing in Jesus Christ.

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,
John 1:12 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.1.12.NASB1995

In believing we are sealed and receive the Holy Spirit of promise.

‭In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,
Ephesians 1:13 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.1.13.NASB1995

What an awesome, spectacular, wonderful affirmation we receive – the Holy Spirit living in us and to know . . .

‭The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,
Romans 8:16 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.16.NASB1995

There is only one way to be a child of God. Through faith in Jesus Christ.
My hope is, if you are reading this, that you can say you are a child of God.
‭
🌹For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:26 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.3.26.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God is True

Jun29

If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that He has testified concerning His Son. The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son. And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
1 John 5:9‭-‬12 NASB

In Him (Jesus), you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,
Ephesians 1:13 NASB

who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge (down payment).
2 Corinthians 1:22 NASB

🌹He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true.
John 3:33 NASB

Can you truthfully say, “God is true”?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

Promise to Disclose

May9

He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”
John 14:21 NASB

I love those who love me (wisdom); And those who diligently seek me will find me.
Proverbs 8:17 NASB

The Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My sight and I have known you by name.” Then Moses said, “I pray You, show me Your glory!”
Exodus 33:17‭-‬18 NASB

Jesus *said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
John 11:40 NASB

disclose: to make known, reveal or uncover


🌹Is God disclosing Himself to you?

Jesus, I desire to see Your glory, for You to reveal Yourself to me. I love You, Lord God and through Your word I diligently seek You and Your wisdom. I long to be obedient to Your commandments out of reverence for You. Would You show me Your glory? Will you disclose Yourself to me? If I have found favor in Your sight my Lord God, I believe You will show Your glory to me.
In Jesus name and for His glory, amen.

Continually Seeking Him, 

Sharon