{"id":9813,"date":"2019-03-31T05:02:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T10:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=9813"},"modified":"2019-03-31T05:06:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T10:06:21","slug":"oh-yes-my-dear-you-are-a-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=9813","title":{"rendered":"Oh, Yes, My Dear \u2013 You ARE a Star!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At my weekly Bible study group, we were discussing the famous words: \u201cAbram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness.\u201d (Genesis 15:6) And then Paul the Apostle added<\/g> \u201cSo those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.\u201d (Galatians 3:6,9) Those words pack a punch. Abraham (the father of our faith) continued to believe that indeed he would be a father of many nations and here we are today \u2013 one of those stars that God pointed Abraham to when he said, \u201cLook up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!” (Genesis 15:5) Just look at us \u2013 we are one of those stars! We are the stars \u2013 the descendants \u2013 the seeds of Abraham!

Continuing on with our discussions, when I heard those words \u201cHis faith was accounted to him as righteousness\u201d, I thought about the faith journey of Abby Johnson\u2019s parents who kept praying and believing for their daughter to come to her senses during the eight years that she worked for Planned Parenthood. I\u2019m sure it seemed hopeless to them as Abby continued to \u201csell\u201d over 22,000 abortions to women, but they didn\u2019t give up on God and their prayers were answered.
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I mentioned to my group, \u201cI know what that kind of faith is all about. You see, my husband and I had that relentless faith when we were believing for his healing from cancer. We refused to believe anything other than his healing. We really weren\u2019t in denial. We were in faith.\u201d But, some would say \u201cBut, your husband died. Your prayers weren\u2019t answered.\u201d And I contend that they were answered. He was healed. Maybe that wasn\u2019t what we had believed for, but God\u2019s ways are so much higher than our ways. We believed. Others believed with us from around the world. At the end of the day \u2013 no one can say \u201cYou didn\u2019t have enough faith!\u201d Oh, we did and look at me, now! I\u2019m stronger in faith than I ever was before. My sweetheart is still alive so big in my heart and helping me help others to believe, to trust God, to live for Him and to serve Him with all their hearts.

And, I say to you, my dear, dear friends \u2013 know the prayers you\u2019ve prayed \u2013 those gut-wrenching, heartfelt prayers for your children, grandchildren, and loved ones, are still on God\u2019s heart too. Don\u2019t give up! That faith \u201cstand\u201d that you\u2019re taking? Don\u2019t stop standing! I pray that you are filled with the Abraham kind-of-faith that will be accounted to you for righteousness, too! Let your faith vision be one of prayers<\/g> answered, children<\/g> coming home, families reunited, and many joy-filled times of celebration! After all \u2013 that\u2019s what STARS do \u2013 they brighten the sky with the wonders of God\u2019s infinite love and grace.

\u201cAnd those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.\u201d Daniel 12:3
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At my weekly Bible study group, we were discussing the famous words: \u201cAbram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness.\u201d (Genesis 15:6) And then Paul the Apostle added \u201cSo those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.\u201d (Galatians 3:6,9) Those words pack a punch. Abraham…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12719,12718],"tags":[12539,5656,4943,1907,9314,267,12715,12714,147,9287,12716,12713,11674,728],"class_list":["post-9813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith","category-stars","tag-abby-johnson","tag-abraham","tag-bible-study","tag-blessed","tag-dont-give-up","tag-faith","tag-galatians-36","tag-paul-the-apostle","tag-planned-parenthood","tag-prayers-answered","tag-rely-on-faith","tag-righteousness","tag-stand","tag-star"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9813"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9816,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9813\/revisions\/9816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}