Tag Archives: faith

Growing Young

Posted on March 1, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Children have an ability to trust that we often lose as we grow older and become more jaded and cynical.  We must recover that child-like trust to enter the reality of God’s kingdom. Continue reading →

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Help Me Overcome My Unbelief

Posted on February 27, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

The boy’s father expresses the true state of most of our hearts: a mixture of hope and doubt—a combination of belief and unbelief. Yet Jesus seems to focus on the faith of the man—however incomplete—and seeks to encourage him to trust him even more. Continue reading →

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Last Minute Dinner Plans

Posted on February 23, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

What opportunities before you seem overwhelming? Where do your resources seem limited? Take it all to Jesus and watch him work the impossible. Continue reading →

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Lord of All

Posted on February 21, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Jesus is Lord of all. Whatever you are facing, know that he has authority over it. He is still able to calm the storm, push back the forces of darkness, heal a broken body and even to raise the dead. Nothing is too difficult for Him! Take your situation to him. Trust Him. Continue reading →

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What is Your Need?

Posted on January 31, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

What is your need? Bring it to Jesus. Like he did with the blind men, he asks: “What do you want me to do for you?” Continue reading →

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Faith that Refuses to Give Up

Posted on January 23, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Don’t give up. Persist in your faith. Press on with your prayers. Wait expectantly. Jesus sees and, when the time is right, will answer. Continue reading →

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How Long, O Lord?

Posted on January 21, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

We’ve all had times when we can relate to the psalmist’s questions. There are times when we wonder if the Lord is really listening—times when the answer is slow in coming.   Continue reading →

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Praying and Going

Posted on January 14, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Jesus calls us to pray and then he calls us to be part of the answer to our own prayers. He asks us to take the need to the Father, and then to go and become part of the solution.  Continue reading →

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A Risk of Faith

Posted on January 13, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

What is your need? Come, like the woman, take a risk of faith. Cry out, like the blind men, for the grace and mercy of Jesus. It is amazing to see what blessings are brought about as we believe. May it be done according to your faith! Continue reading →

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Bring Them to Jesus

Posted on January 12, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

We don’t know about the paraplegic’s faith, we only know that Jesus commends his friends for having faith enough to bring the man to Jesus for healing.   Continue reading →

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