"The Lord then said to Noah, 'Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth. Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.' And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him" (New International Version, Gen. 7:1-5). This is just one of the hundreds of stories painted in The Bible; one of the hundreds of stories with real people,
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God is sovereign and we as people do make our own selections in life. His sovereignty is not supposed to be confusing or questioned, it is supposed to comfort us. It is our security. Being sinners and making the wrong choices every once in a while, we should strive to live by God's Word and in unity with it through all of them. When we are faced with uncertainty, the first thing we need to ask ourselves is, "What would God do? What does His Word say about this situation I'm in?" and act accordingly. Swami Vivekananda, a spiritual guru of India and around the world, once said, "The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free". Vivekananda also hits on that "All power is within you; you can do anything and everything" which resembles the Bible verse "I can do all things through Him who gives me strength" (New International Version, Phil. 4:13). These is very true statements. God supplies all of our needs and total freedom is found in Him alone. We are born into sin and chains, but God's grace covers this sinful nature if we let Him. With The Lord, we do not lack anything. We do not hunger or thirst. He is already in us. We all have access to His power if only we acknowledge
God is sovereign and we as people do make our own selections in life. His sovereignty is not supposed to be confusing or questioned, it is supposed to comfort us. It is our security. Being sinners and making the wrong choices every once in a while, we should strive to live by God's Word and in unity with it through all of them. When we are faced with uncertainty, the first thing we need to ask ourselves is, "What would God do? What does His Word say about this situation I'm in?" and act accordingly. Swami Vivekananda, a spiritual guru of India and around the world, once said, "The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free". Vivekananda also hits on that "All power is within you; you can do anything and everything" which resembles the Bible verse "I can do all things through Him who gives me strength" (New International Version, Phil. 4:13). These is very true statements. God supplies all of our needs and total freedom is found in Him alone. We are born into sin and chains, but God's grace covers this sinful nature if we let Him. With The Lord, we do not lack anything. We do not hunger or thirst. He is already in us. We all have access to His power if only we acknowledge