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<div> <font size="3" face="Arial">.<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">..theologian Henry Drummond ...
makes a distinction between a doubter and an unbeliever. I have
found his distinction between a doubter and unbeliever helpful and I
hope this distinction may be helpful to your life as well. Let me
explain. A doubter is a person who searches for God and the godly
life; the person is on a journey, a quest, a search to find God and
the love of God. Not an unbeliever. An unbeliever isn’t searching
for God but for the pleasures of this world. An unbeliever is not
searching for God or the god question or the love of God but for
situations in life which will bring happiness. A doubter is a person
who has a thousand questions for God; questions about life, love,
God’s existence, purpose, the divinity of Christ and many other
questions. No the unbeliever. An unbeliever isn’t asking questions
about God, the divine dimension. The unbeliever is apathetic to God
and the God question does not really come up in his or her daily
life. A doubter struggles with God and struggles to live a godly
life and struggles to find the purpose of life, but not an
unbeliever. An unbeliever simply struggles to pay the bills, find a
spouse, find a job, find a house. That is all. And so there is an
enormous difference between an honest and questioning doubter and a
secularized unbeliever who does not struggle with the God question
and the divine dimensions of life.<br>
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Lazarus has died and Jesus says to his disciples, <em>"Lazarus has fallen
asleep,"</em> and then states, <em>"I am going to wake Lazarus up,"</em>
The disciples don't get it. Lazarus will be okay if he's sleeping they say. <em>"No...
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</font><font size="3" color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Then comes this incredibly
revealing comment from Thomas, <em>"Let us also go,"</em> he says to his
colleagues, <em>"that we may die with him." </em>In other words, if Jesus is
going to go and join Lazarus in death, then Thomas is ready to go with him. While our
knowledge of Thomas is limited, we do know this one thing. Thomas had so invested his life
in Jesus that he was willing to follow him into death if that's what it took to be near
him! Jesus had become the hub around which Thomas' life revolved.</font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><br>
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<div><font size="3">We as people of faith often do not realize the Lord wants us to
experience his aliveness through the medium of believing his existence
within us in our daily experiences. Not just believing his existence
with us, but also believing his aliveness for our good as we live our
lives. Sometimes we are guilty of thinking God, thinking Jesus, but we
fail to open ourselves up to this aliveness of Jesus by believing. Let
me share with you the power of this aliveness believing.</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">Madame C. J. Walker, who was born Sarah Breedlove, in Delta,
Louisiana, became America's first black millionaire. She defied the odds
of her state of existence. She was illiterate but eventually developed a
business that influenced the world's hair products. Madame Walker's
husband was killed when she was 20. As a single parent she raised her
two-year old daughter. She could not read or write during this period of
her life. At a point in her life she found herself going bald. She
prayed to the Lord to save her hair. Ingredients to make a formula
appeared to her in a dream. She understood her dream to be evidence that
the Lord was alive in her experience and guiding her. Through her
belief in the Lord's presence, she became successful.</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">Now, you may think that a silly thing to do: Pray for God to save
your hair. But the Lord honored that simple belief. From that simple
belief, Madame Walker experienced the reality of the Lord's aliveness in
her life. Because of this experience, she went ahead to produce hair
products and methods that contributed to the development of the whole
hair product industry.</font></div>
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</font><font size="4" color="black" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="3">http://day1.org/633-experiencing_jesus_aliveness_through_believing<br>
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