This is Namma for Christ with the
two hundred twenty-seventh inspirational message dated Tuesday, June 14th, 2022.
The title of this message is “For God Is With Us – 1st John 5:14 –
Confident In God”.
The first five words of this message’s title are also the words in the name of the below inspirational song/video, “For God Is With Us” (with lyrics) as performed by the Christian group “for KING & COUNTRY”. The below passage of scripture (that accompanies this message) is from the New Testament book of First John – the fourteenth verse of the fifth chapter:
1st John 5:14
New King James Version
(NKJV)
14 Now this is the
confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His
will, He hears us.
For many years, I have enjoyed reading the daily inspirational messages as
provided by Our Daily Bread Ministries in their publications of "OUR DAILY
BREAD".
I recently read the message
for the day (for June 5th, 2022) and found it to be so inspiring, memorable and
“thought-provoking”.
I wanted to share this message with you (see the below message). Our
Daily Bread Ministries has the website of: www.odb.org so that you can read and
enjoy life-changing wisdom of daily inspirational messages based on scripture
from the Bible. Please read and enjoy:
CONFIDENT IN GOD
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask
anything according to His will, He hears us.
– 1st John 5:14
Today's Scripture &
Insight:
1ST John
5:13-15
A 2018
study of adults in the United Kingdom found that, on average, “they checked their smartphones every twelve
minutes of the waking day.” But let’s be honest, this statistic seems
extremely conservative when I consider how frequently I search Google to find
the answer to a question or respond to endless alerts that come to my phone
throughout the day. Many of us consistently look to our devices, confident
they’ll provide what we need to keep us organized, informed, and connected.
As
believers in Jesus, we have a resource infinitely better than a smartphone. God
loves and cares for us intimately and desires for us to come to Him with our
needs. The Bible says that when we pray, we can be confident “that if we ask anything according to His
will, He hears us” (1st John 5:14 – see this
verse above). By reading the Bible and storing God’s words in our hearts,
we can pray assuredly for things that we know He already desires for us,
including peace, wisdom, and faith that He’ll provide what we need (see verse 1st John 5:15 below).
Sometimes
it may seem like God doesn’t hear us when our situation doesn’t change. But we
build our confidence in God by consistently turning to Him for help in every
circumstance (see verse Psalm 116:2 below). This allows us
to grow in faith, trusting that although we may not get everything we desire, He’s
promised to provide what we need in His perfect timing.
1st John 5:15
New King James Version
(NKJV)
15 And if we know that He
hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have
asked of Him.
Psalm 116:2
New King James Version
(NKJV)
2 Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon
Him as long as I live.
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to this song).
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BE BLESSED!
