From: "Beverly French" <frenchb@vcss.k12.ca.us>
To: "C & P Greene" <greenehouse72@juno.com>
Subject: Sunday Greetings to All
Date: Sunday, April 09, 2000 7:50 AM

"Jesus said to her, 'Did I not say to you, if you believe, you will see the
glory of God?'"  John 11:40  (Read the account in Vs. 30-44)

"...if you believe..."
The New Testament in Basic English says,
"...if you had faith..."

To believe is to trust in, cling to, rely on Christ Jesus.  It is in Him
that we have our being.  He is the head of the Church, His body.  Therefore,
all that has to do with us is in His hands.

Believe; a fundemental element for the Believer as we see in the following
verses:
"...Believe in the Lord your God and you shall be established..."
2 Chronicles 20:20.

When asked "What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?  Jesus
answered and said to them, 'This is the work of God, that you believe in Him
whom He has sent.'"  John 6:27

"And without faith it is impossible to please Him; for he who comes to God
must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him."
Hebrews 11:6

"And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus
Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.  And the one who
keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him.  1 John 3:23-24

It is essential to prayer,
"But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men
generously and without reproach, and it  will be given to him.  BUT let him
ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf
of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.  For let not that man expect
that he will receive anything from the Lord.  James 1:5-7

Hebrews 11:1 tells us,
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen."

Let us not be like Martha in our beginning Scripture, but as the writer of
the Book of Hebrews says,
"...Let us also lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily
entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
FIXING OUR EYES ON JESUS, the author and perfecter of faith..."  Hebrews
12:1-2

Let us worship our Lord and Savior for in Him and through Him is the glory
of God displayed.  All praise to our wonderful Lord.