learning from Bible stories

Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB

Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.

God has a plan. God wants to walk in our lives and give us the best possible path. We will miss His best and His blessings if we don’t lean on Him and go His way.

Let’s add in another fact. We must learn from the stories of the Bible. God didn’t give us this book to simply add to our lives. He gave us the Bible to guide and found our lives on. These stories and facts of faith are intended to shape us.

Daniel 3:17-18 NASB

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.”

What we believe about God determines what we do when trouble comes. Do we believe that He is able to care for us and does He care about our problems? The answer to both is yes.

I love the story of the friends of Daniel being thrown in to the fiery furnace. They were incredibly loyal to God because they knew their faith was real and worth holding on to. We learn from this story, and many Bible stories, that faith removes fear from our lives. The reason they would now bow to the king is because God was real. That came from their experience as well as what they had been taught.

2 Corinthians 9:8 NASB

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;

Our God is able. We are not too far from Him. Watch this story and see some of the points that we might miss at first reading.

God is able to do more than we can do without Him. That is something that is time to cling to. God has a plan for our success, and our faith removes the barriers to the more or the abundance that God promises. It is time to learn from the stories of the Bible and to live by faith!

Hebrews 11:6 NASB

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.

Have you heard of EDITH BURNS?

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her. Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved. Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith said, "Well, what do you ...

wash feet, sharing hope

John 13:4-5,14 NLT So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow. He served. He valued and gave value to others. That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet. It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives. Jesus said we should do this. See the verse above. Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

Catalyst ticket arrived

My ticket to the Catalyst Conference, in Atlanta Oct 8-10, just arrived. I'm excited!

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