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Don’t Believe the Lies

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Sometimes we, who too often believe we are self-empowered strong black women, lose belief when OUR powers wane. We may begin to think we can’t do anything spectacular, impact a soul with the power of the Holy Ghost or change our mind even though we’ve tried dozens of times. We may not have peace in the midst of a storm. Perhaps we get here because we haven’t understood or really yet believed the pure Gospel of Jesus Christ. We can change that.

    1. Pick preachers who follow this example: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
    2. Select scriptures that point you toward belief beyond salvation: Psalm 112:6-7, Matthew 5:16, Luke 10:19, Romans 10:17, 2 Corinthians 3:18; Philippians 2:13, 4:13, Hebrews 11:6.
    3. Find friends who will stand with you like Jonathan’s armor bearer: 1 Samuel 14:1-15
    4. Meditate more on these scriptures and other things like them: Philippians 4:4-9

You can do whatever God commands and be whoever He declares you are. Yes. Now please believe that.

Copyright 2011 by Rhonda J. Smith

Repeat Your Belief-The 9th Day of Christmas

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On the 9th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, three reasons to always believe Him (Obadiah 15-21).

Two hours before she was to preach, she had a fever and no voice, but her husband laid hands and his faith on her throat and she wrapped her faith around them both, believing God at His word so she could deliver the word she knew He had for us. This was my sister, the Rev. Sharon D. Moore, last night, and I heard her preach. God healed her voice so we could hear her message—”Do You Believe?”—and believe.

Like my post on Monday (which she hadn’t read), she challenged us to believe God, and magnify Him, be humble, and expect mighty things from God just as Mary, the mother of Jesus, did in Luke 1:45-49. Her message—my Monday message—is what God’s obviously wants us to get this week, and Obadiah gives us three good reasons to do so: He reveals God “as the Judge of the nations (15-16), the Savior of Israel (17-20) and the Possessor of the kingdom (21)” (Talk Thru the Bible); these three aspects show us that God has the final say, is compassionate and longsuffering (to be a savior of people who constantly reject Him) and will rule. These three aspects speak to Jesus.

And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end (Luke 1:31-33).

When we remember that God is judge, savior and ruler, which speak to His being just, perfect and orderly, it’s hard not to believe such a God. When we consider His sacrifice and suffering so we would believe in Him and be saved, why wouldn’t we believe such a God in daily matters of a life that He died for us to have?

So I think the challenge is to keep in the front of our minds who Jesus is and what He did for us. This has to go beyond Communion Sunday and into every day because we need to believe Him every day and not just the day of and week after taking communion. Our life must reflect that we always believe.

Copyright 2010 by Rhonda J. Smith