No 1...God Of All Comfort • Devotional
No 2...UCB Word For Today. WEDNESDAY 02 Feb 2022
GIVE JESUS A CHANCE 'Come, follow me, and I will show you how to... Matthew 4:19 NLT
When others don't see your potential, Jesus does. In common fishermen, He saw the capacity to change the world. Here is something you may not have considered: there are two sides to following Jesus - you believe in Him, and He believes in you.
Jesus toid Simon Peter and Andrew, 'Come, follow me, and I will show you how to... Do you doubt that? So did Nathanael. When he was invited to meet Jesus, he said, 'Can...any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see (John 1:46 KJV).
Even after three years of witnessing Jesus' miracles, His disciples still had doubts. Notice how often He said to them, 'O ye of little faith'; 'Still you do not believe'; and 'If you believed, you would see'.
Knowing they were anxious about what would happen when
He left them and went back to heaven, Jesus said, "I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever (John 14.16 KJV).
The Greek word for comforter is parakletos, meaning one who comes alongside to help you. The truth is, there will never be a day when you don't need God's help or when it isn't available to you. Maybe you still have doubts. If so, take heart! Jesus loves doubters Didn't he handpick Thomas? Maybe you think you have too many weaknesses. So did Peter but Jesus made him the head of the church.
Just come as you are, and let His presence rub off on you. What do you have to lose? If you have tried it your way and it's not working, come rive Jesus a chance!
No 3...life point
In Matthew 5:4, Jesus said that thoses who mourn are blessed and that they se will be comforted. The comfort of God,which is administered by His Holy Spirit, is so awesome that it is almost worth having a problem just to be able to experience it. As with most of the things of God, it goes far beyond any kind of ordinary comfort.
Let God be your source of comfort. When you are hurting, just ask Him to comfort you. Then wait in His presence while He works in your heart and emotions. He will not fail you.
Love today's message. Grief was trying to enter my heart and when it does doubt comes with it. But I know now this is when I lean in on the Holy Spirit more.
Jesus asked His Father to send us someone to walk beside us because He knew that we would become anxious and that we would be overcomed with our emotions.
But with the Holy Spirit by our sides we can be overcomers
So the final point is No 4...
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