Be Encouraged, Be Inspired

Life is like a photography.  You need the negatives to develop.  - Unknown

 We learn something from everyone who passes through our lives.  Some lessons are painful, some are painless... but, all are priceless.  - Unknown

 The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.  - Billy Graham
From God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray


 The Word of God

 "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4

 To secure a strong and powerful spiritual life, God's Word everyday is very indispensable.  And if you seek fellowship with Him, you will find Him in His Word.  Christ will teach you to commune with the Father through the Word, even as was His custom.

 Confession of Sin

 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." I John 1:9

 Confession means not only that I confess my sin with shame but that I hand it over to God, trusting Him to take it away.  By an act of faith I reckon on God to deliver me.  This deliverance means, in the first place, that  I know my sins are forgiven, and secondly, that Christ undertakes to cleanse me from the sin and keep me from its power.

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