{"id":25452,"date":"2017-10-11T01:39:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T08:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=25452"},"modified":"2017-10-11T01:39:52","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T08:39:52","slug":"belief-is-just-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/11\/belief-is-just-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"Belief is just the beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAnd the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John 7:31<\/b>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, \u201cWhen the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?\u201d<\/p>\n

John 4:39<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, \u201cHe told me all that I ever did.\u201d<\/p>\n

John 2:23<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.<\/p>\n

John 8:30<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0As he was saying these things, many believed in him.\u00a0\u00a0So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, \u201cIf you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,\u00a0\u00a0and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\u201d<\/p>\n

John 12:42<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue;<\/p>\n

John 3:2<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, \u201cRabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

John 9:16<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Some of the Pharisees said, \u201cThis man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.\u201d But others said, \u201cHow can a man who is a sinner do such signs?\u201d And there was a division among them.<\/p>\n

John 10:41<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And many came to him. And they said, \u201cJohn did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0And many believed in him there.<\/p>\n

Matthew 11:3<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0and said to him, \u201cAre you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?\u201d\u00a0And Jesus answered them, \u201cGo and tell John what you hear and see:\u00a0\u00a0the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.\u00a0\u00a0And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is one thing to believe but there is so much more than belief. \u00a0Believing that Jesus was the Anointed One from God is the beginning. \u00a0Trusting in, relying on, and clinging to His redemptive work on the cross for the forgiveness of your sin is when belief turns into faith and a live changing path that has eternal rewards. \u00a0At the point and time He sends the Holy Spirit to indwell and lead you on this walk to eternity. \u00a0This heart, mind, and soul deep conversion takes place creating a new person with a single purpose – to honor and glorify our heavenly Father. \u00a0Let the roots of this conversion continue to grow deep into your life. \u00a0Choose and commit to humbly serving, honoring, following and obeying Him. \u00a0Start each day with this commitment. \u00a0For those that do, He will be their rock, fortress, help in time of trouble, power, strength, hope, and ever present in their lives to lead them into eternity. \u00a0For those who do not believe, trust in, rely on, and cling to Him there is a promise of eternity in hell where there is no future hope, only total separation, destruction, pain, and suffering forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAnd the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away.\u201d John 7:31\u00a0\u00a0Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, \u201cWhen the Christ appears, will he do more signs … Continue reading “Belief is just the beginning”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5222,199,81,378,3345,14,212,213,5225,423,5223,265,165,214,5227,5226,5228,137,264,1356,4248,5220,5224,5221,211,244,1439,184,4562,7,147],"class_list":["post-25452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-authorties","tag-believe","tag-blessed","tag-blind","tag-christ","tag-confess","tag-dead-raised","tag-deaf-hear","tag-division","tag-fall-away","tag-fear-of-pharisees","tag-good-news","tag-jesus","tag-lame-walk","tag-lepers","tag-many-believed","tag-offended","tag-poor","tag-preached","tag-rock","tag-root","tag-samaritians","tag-sawbath","tag-set-you-free","tag-sight","tag-signs","tag-sinner","tag-teacher","tag-testimony","tag-testing","tag-truth"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25452"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25454,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25452\/revisions\/25454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}