Bible Gems

Encouraging, Powerful, Uplifting

All Power with One Problem

16 years ago   -  5 comments

Think about all you the problems that you have for a moment. Weaknesses, bad character traits, mistakes, financial problems, debts... the list is just endless! What if you could somehow come up with a secret way in which all those problems could be reduced to one problem? One problem. Would you go for it? Well friends, there is such a solution. And guess what? Its not secret! We will unpack this idea in a moment. But first, let's size up the problems at hand. In order to conquer somet...

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All Power (part 2)

16 years ago   -  5 comments

(continued from part 1 ) God has promised that He will be our strength, and that He will help us and deliver us in our times of trouble. But how do we actually have this power and help in our life? Its ok to read it in the Bible and think wow that sounds amazing! But how does this come down to a practical everyday level? Psalms 37:39-40 But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is] their strength in the time of trouble. And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he ...

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All Power (part 1)

16 years ago   -  8 comments

Have you ever felt discouraged in your life? Do you sometimes feel like giving up because failure after failure seems to come your way? Lets see if this is what the our lives should be like, and if not, how can it be different. Remember to pray for God's guidance before reading the Bible. In Psalms 31:10 David, the Psalmist writes: "For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed." Hav...

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How Much are You Worth?

16 years ago   -  71 comments

Do you sometimes feel worthless? Or, at times, have you been slighted or treated as though you were of little value? Should we value some people more/less than others? And how should we set a value upon each other? Let's open the Bible and find some answers. Remember to pray and ask God to give us wisdom before we read His word. How much does God care for us? And how much does He value us? Matthew 10:29-31 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall n...

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Way of Peace & Happiness

16 years ago   -  20 comments

Where is the way to peace, happiness, love, joy, contentment and the other good things that we want to experience in our life? Lets begin our journey in the Bible and see what it says: Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death. So there is a way, or a direction that we can take, which seems right to us, but it will end in unhappiness and ultimately death. So according to this verse, if there is a way that leads to death ,...

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How can We be Truly Content?

16 years ago   -  1 comment

Why is it that many people in this world today, live their entire lives searching for something..... yet never finding it? What is it that they are searching for? It is Contentment. Many people live their entire lives trying to find contentment, yet they have a miserable existence. Why is this so? Lets see what the Bible says....... 1 Timothy 6:4-5 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is...

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The Purpose of Life

16 years ago   -  50 comments

What is the REAL purpose of life? Why are we here on this earth? James 4:14 For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Our life is short, so short in fact that the Bible says it is even as a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Lets ask ourselves, if the average lifespan of a human is 70 years, what is this compared to 50,000 years in heaven, or 10,000,000 years with Jesus, but as we know, in heaven ...

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