TRYING TO BELIEVE AND BEING A BELIEVER 12-10-21 VIDEO
A believer is someone who has confidence in the truth or the existence of someone or some thing that they haven’t seen with their own eyes. Faith is not intellectual it’s spiritual. Trying to believe it’s very different from believing. Repeating words like I am healed over and over again will never take place of believing in your heart. God acts out of His heart. Believing a simple trusting in God. The Pharisees believe in signs but did not believe in Jesus. Peter had to come to the realization of who Jesus was.
JAMES 2:19 You can believe all you want that there is one true God, that’s wonderful! But even the demons know this and tremble with fear before him, yet they’re unchanged—they remain demons. TPT
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JAMES 2:19 Congratulations! So you believe in one God; so do demons; however, their belief in God doesn’t change them it just gives them the shivers. MIRROR
JOHN 20:24 But Thomas, the Twin, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 The other disciples told him that they have seen the Lord. But his response was, “I will never believe it unless I see his nail pierced hands and thrust my finger into the wounds and also my hand into his side.”
26 The next Sunday evening, Jesus again just showed up in their midst even though all the doors were locked and greeted them with, “Peace be unto you!” This time Thomas was with them.
27 Jesus immediately turned to Thomas and said to him, “Give me your finger and touch my hands so you that can see for yourself; and give me your hand and thrust it into my side! Replace your skepticism with persuasion!”
28 Without hesitation Thomas responded to Jesus with, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him, “You believe because you saw with your own eyes; blessed are those who believe even though they do not see!”
30 The disciples of Jesus witnessed many more signs than the ones recorded in this book.
31 But what is written here is enough evidence for the reader to be absolutely convinced that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. And thus your belief will echo the zoe-life unveiled in his name. MIRROR
Mark 9:21 He asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been going on?” “Ever since he was a little boy.
22 Many times it pitches him into fire or the river to do away with him. If you can do anything, do it. Have a heart and help us!”
23 Jesus said, “If? There are no ‘ifs’ among believers. Anything can happen.”
24 No sooner were the words out of his mouth than the father cried, “Then I believe. Help me with my doubts!”
25 Seeing that the crowd was forming fast, Jesus gave the vile spirit its marching orders: “Dumb and deaf spirit, I command you — Out of him, and stay out!” MSG
Rom 10:9 Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation. AMP ▼▼▼
ROM 10:9 And what is God’s “living message”? It is the revelation of faith for salvation, which is the message that we preach. For if you publicly declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will experience salvation.
10 The heart that believes in him receives the gift of the righteousness of God—and then the mouth confesses, resulting in salvation. TPT
Job 36:5 Behold! God is mighty, and yet despises no one nor regards anything as trivial; He is mighty in power of understanding and heart. AMP
Ps 28:7 The Lord is my Strength and my [impenetrable] Shield; my heart trusts in, relies on, and confidently leans on Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song will I praise Him. AMP
Ps 37:4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart. AMP
Prov 4:23 Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that’s where life starts. MSG
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PRO 4:23 So above all, guard the affections of your heart, for they affect all that you are. Pay attention to the welfare of your innermost being, for from there flows the wellspringof life.TPT
MATT 6:21 For your heart will always pursue what you esteem as your treasure.
22 “The eyes of your spirit allow revelation-lightto enter into your being. If your heart is unclouded, the light floods in! TPT
MATT 12:34 But you who are known as the Pharisees are rotten to the core like venomous snakes. How can your words be good if you are rotten within? For what has been stored up in your hearts will be heard in the overflow of your words!
35 “When virtue is stored within, the hearts of good, upright people will produce good fruit. But when evil is hidden within, those who are evil will produce evil fruit. TPT
Heb 10:39 But our way is not that of those who draw back to eternal misery (perdition) and are utterly destroyed, but we are of those who believe [who cleave to and trust in and rely on God through Jesus Christ, the Messiah] and by faith preserve the soul. AMP
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Heb 10:39 But we’re not quitters who lose out. Oh, no! We’ll stay with it and survive, trusting all the way. MSG
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HEB 10:39 But we are certainly not those who are held back by fear and perish; we are among those who have faith and experience true life!TPT
LUKE 8:49 While Jesus was still speaking to the woman, someone came from Jairus’ house and told him, “There’s no need to bother the Master any further. Your daughter has passed away. She’s gone.”
50 When Jesus heard this, he turned to Jairus and said, “Don’t yield to your fear. Have faith in me and she will live again.”
51 When they arrived at the house, Jesus allowed only Peter, John, and Jacob—along with the child’s parents—to go inside.
52 Jesus told those left outside, who were sobbing and wailing with grief, “Stop crying. She is not dead; she’s just asleep and must be awakened.”
53 They laughed at him, knowing for certain that she had died.
54 Jesus approached the body, took the girl by her hand, and called out with a loud voice, “My sleeping child, awake! Rise up!”
55–56 Instantly her spirit returned to her body and she stood up.
Jesus directed her stunned parents to give her something to eat and ordered them to tell no one what just happened. TPT
John 6:29 Jesus said, “Throw your lot in with the One that God has sent. That kind of a commitment gets you in on God’s works.”
30 They waffled: “Why don’t you give us a clue about who you are, just a hint of what’s going on? When we see what’s up, we’ll commit ourselves. Show us what you can do.
31 Moses fed our ancestors with bread in the desert. It says so in the Scriptures: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'”
32 Jesus responded, “The real significance of that Scripture is not that Moses gave you bread from heaven but that my Father is right now offering you bread from heaven, the real bread.
33 The Bread of God came down out of heaven and is giving life to the world.”
34 They jumped at that: “Master, give us this bread, now and forever!”
35 Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever.
36 I have told you this explicitly because even though you have seen me in action, you don’t really believe me. MSG
John 10:42 And many [people] there became believers in Him. [They adhered to and trusted in and relied on Him.] AMP
MATT 16:16 Simon Peter spoke up and said, “You are the Anointed One, the Son of the living God!”
17 Jesus replied, “You are favored and privileged Simeon, son of Jonah! For you didn’t discover this on your own, but my Father in heaven has supernaturally revealed it to you.
18 I give you the name Peter, a stone. And this rockwill be the bedrock foundation on which I will build my church—my legislative assembly, and the power of death[ will not be able to overpower it. TPT
1 Cor 6:2 The day is coming when the world is going to stand before a jury made up of Christians. If someday you are going to rule on the world’s fate, wouldn’t it be a good idea to practice on some of these smaller cases?
3 Why, we’re even going to judge angels! So why not these everyday affairs? MSG
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1 COR 6:2 Don’t you realize that we, the holy ones, will judge the universe? If the unbelieving world is under your jurisdiction, you should be fully competent to settle these trivial lawsuits among yourselves.
3 For surely you know that we will one day judgeangels, let alone these everyday matters. TPT
Heb 13:14 For here we have no permanent city, but we are looking for the one which is to come. AMP
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Heb 13:14 This “insider world” is not our home. We have our eyes peeled for the City about to come. MSG
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HEB 3:14 For we are mingled with the Messiah, if we will continue unshaken in this confident assurancefrom the beginning until the end.TPT
Heb 11:14 Now those people who talk as they did show plainly that they are in search of a fatherland (their own country).
15 If they had been thinking with [homesick] remembrance of that country from which they were emigrants, they would have found constant opportunity to return to it. AMP
Heb 13:24 Give our greetings to all of your spiritual leaders and to all of the saints (God’s consecrated believers). The Italian Christians send you their greetings [also]. AMP
Gal 5:6 For [if we are] in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love. AMP
Heb 13:1 LET LOVE for your fellow believers continue and be a fixed practice with you [never let it fail]. AMP
James 2:5 Listen, dear friends. Isn’t it clear by now that God operates quite differently? He chose the world’s down-and-out as the kingdom’s first citizens, with full rights and privileges. This kingdom is promised to anyone who loves God. MSG ▼▼▼
JAMES 2:5 So listen carefully, my dear brothers and sisters, hasn’t God chosenthe poor in the world’s eyes to be those who are rich in faith? And won’t they be the heirs of the kingdom-realm he promised to those who love him? TPT
JN 1:12 But those who embraced him and took hold of his namehe gave authority to becomethe children of God! TPT
1 TIM 1:12 My heart spills over with thanks to God for the way he continually empowers me, and to our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, who found me trustworthy and who authorized me to be his partner in this ministry.
13 Mercy kissed me, even though I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor of believers, and a scorner of what turned out to be true. I was ignorant and didn’t know what I was doing.
14 I was flooded with such incredible grace, like a river overflowing its banks, until I was full of faith and love for Jesus, the Anointed One! TPT
MK 16:17 And these miracle signs will accompany those who believe: They will drive out demons in the power of my name. They will speak in tongues.
18 They will be supernaturally protected from snakes and from drinking anything poisonous. And they will lay hands on the sick and heal them.” TPT
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Mark 16:17 “These are some of the signs that will accompany believers: They will throw out demons in my name, they will speak in new tongues,
18 they will take snakes in their hands, they will drink poison and not be hurt, they will lay hands on the sick and make them well.” MSG