Terrie's Tender Touch

When you read what I am about to say you are probably going to think I am the slowest Christian ever!   Until yesterday I never considered that "having faith" is actually a commandment!   Jesus said, “And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. ”   Mark 11:22   He said it in another way also in John 14:1, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me .” I hear people say how they try to believe, they try to have faith, they wish they could have faith – yet Jesus told us to have faith!   That is really a tough one, because we never consider believing in something as a choice – it is something we do or don’t do – but not something we think about choosing.   The truth is – we do choose what we are going to believe!   That is where our deceitful hearts get us – because we make belief choices on what we think or how we feel.   I know that many will say that you can’t be told to believe something you don...

“And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD , which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.”   Exodus   14:13 Years ago, shortly after we became Christians, we found ourselves in a predicament.   My husband, a business man, had created a partnership with an unsaved man.   Shortly into the venture he realized that this was not a wise move.   The man, though inexperienced, refused to take heed to my husband’s concerns about the way he was handling the business even though my husband had been in his own business for several years.   To make things worse, my husband realized that he was unequally yoked and therefore doing something God warned against.   We began to pray and ask God to help us out of this situation.   We didn’t know how to get out of it but as we prayed we trusted God and waited for Him to remedy t...