Tag Archives: miracles

A Risk of Faith

Posted on January 13, 2026 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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Time After Time

Posted on July 25, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

But even judgment showed the mercy of God. Instead of abandoning them, he used the adverse circumstances to bring them back to himself. Continue reading →

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Sometimes God Waits

Posted on May 20, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Sometimes God waits. Sometimes this is because he wants to bring greater glory. Sometimes it is because he wants to stretch our faith and teach us to trust him more deeply. Sometimes it is because he loves us and has something he wants to accomplish in our lives that he requires us to wait. Continue reading →

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Passing it on to the Next Generation

Posted on March 29, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

As we pass on the stories of God’s goodness—his intervention, his answers to prayer, his blessings—our words of testimony become a strong incentive for the next generation to love, trust and obey. Continue reading →

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Too Good to Be True

Posted on January 7, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Abraham and Sarah were promised a son, Isaac (meaning Laughter). Indeed he would be the laughter of an old couple that had no hope of their own—a source of joy that only the God of the impossible could bring. Continue reading →

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Help Me Overcome My Unbelief

Posted on February 27, 2024 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Our faith is often mixed with unbelief. It is hard to overcome what we see in order to walk by faith. Yet Jesus looks into our hearts and sees the seeds of faith and encourages them to bloom. He calls us to trust him more; to trust him for even the impossible. “Everything is possible for him who believes.”  Continue reading →

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Last Minute Dinner Plans

Posted on February 23, 2024 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Had they been paying attention? Were they ready for a big test? It was time to find out. Jesus saw an overwhelming situation and decided to test the faith of his young disciples. Continue reading →

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I’ve Got a Better Idea

Posted on June 23, 2023 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Naaman was a valiant warrior, but he was also a leper. Urged by his wife’s helper, he set off to find healing from the healing prophet whose reputation for doing extraordinary miracles was already becoming well established: Elisha. Continue reading →

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Out of the Shadows

Posted on May 22, 2023 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Jesus came as the light, yet people reacted in different ways to the light: some were hard-hearted, some half-hearted, some were whole-hearted. Continue reading →

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Last Minute Dinner Plans

Posted on February 23, 2023 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Had they been paying attention? Were they ready for a big test? It was time to find out. Jesus saw an overwhelming situation and decided to test the faith of his young disciples. Continue reading →

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