{"id":16919,"date":"2024-04-22T01:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=16919"},"modified":"2024-04-09T14:09:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T18:09:15","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-4-22-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-4-22-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 4-22-24"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John 20:29 (NKJV) 29 Jesus said to him, \u201cThomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomas was a doubter. He refused to believe what the other disciples told Him about Jesus being resurrected unless he saw it himself.<\/p>\n

Thomas had questions. How could Jesus really be alive? He had been crucified and buried. Everyone knew it.<\/p>\n

How could his fellow disciples, whom he had spent the last three years with, be so cruel as to tell him that Jesus was no longer in the tomb?<\/p>\n

It was hard for him to accept what he was being told even though Jesus had told them all in advance what would take place.<\/p>\n

John 20:25 (NKJV) 25 The other disciples therefore said to him, \u201cWe have seen the Lord.\u201d So he said to them, \u201cUnless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many of us are just like Thomas. We refuse to believe something unless we see it with our own eyes. We question everything, even if God Himself has said it.<\/p>\n

This will not only cause our faith to falter, but it will also allow doubt to grow in our minds.<\/p>\n

But there is no need to fret because God tells us some things that will help us.<\/p>\n

First, He told us that His ways and His thoughts are higher than ours.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 55:9 (NKJV) 9 \u201cFor as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.<\/p>\n

Next, He told us not to rely on our own understanding.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.<\/p>\n

Then, He told us that we are to walk by faith, not by what we see.<\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.<\/p>\n

Let us not be like Thomas, doubting the words of Jesus or what God has told us in His word.<\/p>\n

We may not understand some of it, or we might find some of it hard to comprehend.<\/p>\n

But let us take Him at His word, learning to trust Him and believe Him even when we might not understand it.<\/p>\n

And as we make a deliberate effort to grow our relationship with Him, we will find ourselves doubting and questioning Him less and less.<\/p>\n

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n

Seven Seas Ministries
\n49 N Lamplighters Walk
\nHampstead, NC 28443<\/p>\n

401-439-3780<\/p>\n

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