I heard that “if I believed I would see the glory of God”. Jesus knew that Lazarus would die and so he took his time to come to him. Mary and Martha were quiet upset that Jesus had arrived 4 days later and that if Jesus had come when they requested him to come he would be alive. I’m like Martha and Mary I want the healing to happen today, but Jesus has another plan. I need to persevere in my prayer life, make time to listen to God and be patient and wait. Take it slowly
I was really surprised by the distinction of believing in God and believing God. I will have to try harder to believe He will answer all of our prayers but it has to be in His time, not necessarily in ours.
Recognize that our faith goes deeper. As a child we believed we trusted our parents, no doubt,and as we grow up our faith in God begins by knowing,loving,serving him, and it goes beyond now a new realm we are blessed beyond grace to know that we know that our lives will always go from believing in him to “believing God” he is the answer to finding the glory that he has instilled in us I love this message thank you for anointing Bruce to pray and share with us your word.
I understand that God had told him that Lazarous was going to die and that he was going to bring him back from the dead. That is why Jesus was disturb when Martha told him the bad news. However, Jesus knew what he had to do because he believed in his Father. He had faith in him and that is why he was able to rise Lazarous from the dead. This part of the reading impacted me and made me think, I know I believe in God but to say I believe God, sometimes its hard and on people, specially… Read more »
Dear Maria, yes many of us believe in God but to believe God is much harder. Your faith already shines through in your words. May God increase your faith this Lenten Season. God’s blessings to you Rosemary Downes
Kathy
3 months ago
Thank you Bruce for giving me a deeper understanding of believing in God
Sina
3 months ago
I never thought of faith and belief in God this way. My journey from believing in God to believing God has started. Thanks to you Bruce for your valuable insight
Valerie Lack
3 months ago
Thank you Bruce. Thank almighty GOD for revelation and understanding. It suddenly occurred to me when you spoke of Lazarus being in the tomb, a cave, for four days and the stone over the tomb, that it paroled Jesus death and that the raising of Lazarus for the glory of GOD similar to the resurrection of Jesus. Obviously there were differences, but the similarities were there too. The difference between saying I believe and really believing, truely makes one think.
Leonie Cornell
3 months ago
Lord I believe you. I have heard you calling in the night. I have heard you tell me this through to wonderful voice of Bruce and also through Catechism in a Year, which also calls me to not only believe in God but to believe Him and trust him in all circumstances.
ANDREA McHUTCHON
3 months ago
Please pray for me I would like prayer for PSP. A form of Parkinsonism. Mainly falls, speech and swallowing. The prognosis is five to ten years. Please pray for my mood.
Dear Andrea, We will pray for you and your condition. Oh God have mercy upon your daughter.Help her, heal her if that is your will. Send her your comfort and protect her mind from any thoughts that are not from you.Holy Spirit show her the joy of the Lord more and that God loves her completely.much love Rosemary Downes
Nuemia Harper
3 months ago
Thank you Bruce for all the time and effort that you put in to help everyone to be able to share in the word of the Lord 🙌 Please pray for the health of my husband, Edwin Harper 🙏
Yes we will pray for your husband. Thank you for the support of this Ministry and may many more people come to know the Lord Jesus Christ. much love Rosemary
Aster
3 months ago
Thank you Bruce for highlighting the difference in believing God & believing in God. Also healing is not assured when we pray but we still continue to do that as I have found it gives me hope to believe in the unseen.
Yes healing is not assured but also if we don’t ask we will not receive- what if God wants healing but we did not ask Him. He is always our Hope.God’s Blessings to you on this Lenten journey, much love Rosemary
Barbara Leah Brennnan
3 months ago
Wow what a great lesson, I never thought of it this way. Now I am trying to join them together, I ask you GOD to help me though this journey. AMEN.
Sandee
3 months ago
Thank you Bruce and to your wonderful team for all the daily insightful and deep teaching from the Holy Scriptures during this Lent season. The hard questions asked gets me to ponder deeper the things I took so lightly.. Thank you and your beautiful team for all the trouble taken to organise this Lenten retreat. Praise Jesus. God bless you and your team. What a blessing you’ll are in such troubled times.. Praise God.
Valerie
3 months ago
I hear Lord Jesus telling me to listen to Him, not just believe in Him BUT BELIEVE HIM IN WHAT HE SAYS. This message is challenging me to put my faith into practice, what our Lord God is saying to me through the sacred Scriptures, through the unexpected events that appear in my circumstances, through conversations, talks, homilies, in my relationships and these very messages. To go deeper, in my Loving relationship with my Loving God by making time to be alone with Him in prayer, to listen and DO WHAT HE SAYS. TO NOT GIVE UP BELIEVING HIM, if… Read more »
Inez Rodriguez
3 months ago
Please join me in prayer for my sons addiction to leave his body and that we will see God’s Glory manifest in his life. Mark is the child of the most high Jesus Christ
Lord God ❤️ please help Inez sons Addiction please let it leave His Body and help Him lead a Healthy Life. 😊Thank You Lord God ❤️. We ask this in the Name of The Father,Son and Holy Spirit. Amen 🙏
Sonya
3 months ago
Thank you Bruce, Rosemary and the wonderful team behind you. Last week I requested prayers for my daughter. Her issues have resolved, almost overnight. I called to check on her and she told me all was well and it was odd to her because it’s like all symptoms just disappeared! The power of prayer…love and faith….is strong. Thanks again.
Florence
3 months ago
Thank you Bruce for such clarity in showing us the difference between ‘believing in God and believing God’. I pray my faith grows stronger each day by listening to your talks. God bless you and your group for helping us this Lenten season.
Sam F
3 months ago
My wife is one of the kindest people I have ever known, Her mother passed away this past Tuesday. Since then she has been with the children who are trying to help get the house ready, but not the way she wants. It has been difficult for the children. I understand that she is going through grief and therefore not herself. The is not as easy for the children to understand. She is alienating the children. I pray that God will give her the consolation she needs to get through her grief and give the children the understanding they need.
Wow! I was partially correct. I do “Believe in God”, but do I “Believe God”. I thought I did. If God would come to me tonight, I would do whatever he would say to me. I would not question him or ask “Why”, because I know he is my Father. I am his child. I would obey him; however, here on Earth every day I know I fail him by doing things I want to do or need to do to live and survive. Life is stressful, Life is different than when Jesus walked the Earth. Bruce Downes, you are… Read more »
Mary Lynn DeGreene
3 months ago
Thank you Bruce. The clarity of believing in versus believing is brilliant!
Mary Lynn DeGreene
3 months ago
Please pray for my partner Dave. Prayers needed for his health and sobriety.
Dominga Cooksey
3 months ago
Pray for grandson who has autism let him get well and be able to function normàlly. Also that me and my husband get along better that he does not yell a nd scream at me and call me names.
Dear Dominga. We are praying for you. May God send His Holy Spirit to your marriage and give you both wisdom, ways forward to improve the relationship and to heal and comfort the hurt and pain. Almighty God hear Dominga’s prayer. We will continue to pray for you and your husband. Also for your grandson to advance in health and ability. God Bless Rosemary Downes
Robert
3 months ago
Thank You 😊 Bruce&Rosemary and Team 😊for helping to understand Learning more about Lent 🙏.
Vicky
3 months ago
Thank you, Bruce, for opening our eyes to the difference between believing in God and believing God. Another great lesson.
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Comments and Reflections
After watching the message take some time to reflect on the following:
I heard that “if I believed I would see the glory of God”. Jesus knew that Lazarus would die and so he took his time to come to him. Mary and Martha were quiet upset that Jesus had arrived 4 days later and that if Jesus had come when they requested him to come he would be alive. I’m like Martha and Mary I want the healing to happen today, but Jesus has another plan. I need to persevere in my prayer life, make time to listen to God and be patient and wait. Take it slowly
Veronica, I totally agree with you!!! May the Lord bless you!
In Christ’s Love
Valerie
I was really surprised by the distinction of believing in God and believing God. I will have to try harder to believe He will answer all of our prayers but it has to be in His time, not necessarily in ours.
Amen 🙏
Recognize that our faith goes deeper. As a child we believed we trusted our parents, no doubt,and as we grow up our faith in God begins by knowing,loving,serving him, and it goes beyond now a new realm we are blessed beyond grace to know that we know that our lives will always go from believing in him to “believing God” he is the answer to finding the glory that he has instilled in us I love this message thank you for anointing Bruce to pray and share with us your word.
I understand that God had told him that Lazarous was going to die and that he was going to bring him back from the dead. That is why Jesus was disturb when Martha told him the bad news. However, Jesus knew what he had to do because he believed in his Father. He had faith in him and that is why he was able to rise Lazarous from the dead. This part of the reading impacted me and made me think, I know I believe in God but to say I believe God, sometimes its hard and on people, specially… Read more »
Dear Maria, yes many of us believe in God but to believe God is much harder. Your faith already shines through in your words. May God increase your faith this Lenten Season. God’s blessings to you Rosemary Downes
Thank you Bruce for giving me a deeper understanding of believing in God
I never thought of faith and belief in God this way. My journey from believing in God to believing God has started. Thanks to you Bruce for your valuable insight
Thank you Bruce. Thank almighty GOD for revelation and understanding. It suddenly occurred to me when you spoke of Lazarus being in the tomb, a cave, for four days and the stone over the tomb, that it paroled Jesus death and that the raising of Lazarus for the glory of GOD similar to the resurrection of Jesus. Obviously there were differences, but the similarities were there too. The difference between saying I believe and really believing, truely makes one think.
Lord I believe you. I have heard you calling in the night. I have heard you tell me this through to wonderful voice of Bruce and also through Catechism in a Year, which also calls me to not only believe in God but to believe Him and trust him in all circumstances.
Please pray for me I would like prayer for PSP. A form of Parkinsonism. Mainly falls, speech and swallowing. The prognosis is five to ten years. Please pray for my mood.
🙏🙏
I pray that our heavenly Father will walk with you.
Dear Andrea, We will pray for you and your condition. Oh God have mercy upon your daughter.Help her, heal her if that is your will. Send her your comfort and protect her mind from any thoughts that are not from you.Holy Spirit show her the joy of the Lord more and that God loves her completely.much love Rosemary Downes
Thank you Bruce for all the time and effort that you put in to help everyone to be able to share in the word of the Lord 🙌
Please pray for the health of my husband, Edwin Harper 🙏
Yes we will pray for your husband. Thank you for the support of this Ministry and may many more people come to know the Lord Jesus Christ. much love Rosemary
Thank you Bruce for highlighting the difference in believing God & believing in God. Also healing is not assured when we pray but we still continue to do that as I have found it gives me hope to believe in the unseen.
Yes healing is not assured but also if we don’t ask we will not receive- what if God wants healing but we did not ask Him. He is always our Hope.God’s Blessings to you on this Lenten journey, much love Rosemary
Wow what a great lesson, I never thought of it this way.
Now I am trying to join them together, I ask you GOD to help me though this journey. AMEN.
Thank you Bruce and to your wonderful team for all the daily insightful and deep teaching from the Holy Scriptures during this Lent season. The hard questions asked gets me to ponder deeper the things I took so lightly.. Thank you and your beautiful team for all the trouble taken to organise this Lenten retreat. Praise Jesus. God bless you and your team. What a blessing you’ll are in such troubled times.. Praise God.
I hear Lord Jesus telling me to listen to Him, not just believe in Him BUT BELIEVE HIM IN WHAT HE SAYS. This message is challenging me to put my faith into practice, what our Lord God is saying to me through the sacred Scriptures, through the unexpected events that appear in my circumstances, through conversations, talks, homilies, in my relationships and these very messages. To go deeper, in my Loving relationship with my Loving God by making time to be alone with Him in prayer, to listen and DO WHAT HE SAYS. TO NOT GIVE UP BELIEVING HIM, if… Read more »
Please join me in prayer for my sons addiction to leave his body and that we will see God’s Glory manifest in his life. Mark is the child of the most high Jesus Christ
Lord God ❤️ please help Inez sons Addiction please let it leave His Body and help Him lead a Healthy Life. 😊Thank You Lord God ❤️. We ask this in the Name of The Father,Son and Holy Spirit. Amen 🙏
Thank you Bruce, Rosemary and the wonderful team behind you. Last week I requested prayers for my daughter. Her issues have resolved, almost overnight. I called to check on her and she told me all was well and it was odd to her because it’s like all symptoms just disappeared! The power of prayer…love and faith….is strong. Thanks again.
Thank you Bruce for such clarity in showing us the difference between ‘believing in God and believing God’.
I pray my faith grows stronger each day by listening to your talks. God bless you and your group for helping us this Lenten season.
My wife is one of the kindest people I have ever known, Her mother passed away this past Tuesday. Since then she has been with the children who are trying to help get the house ready, but not the way she wants. It has been difficult for the children. I understand that she is going through grief and therefore not herself. The is not as easy for the children to understand. She is alienating the children. I pray that God will give her the consolation she needs to get through her grief and give the children the understanding they need.
Amen 🙏
Great talk
Wow! I was partially correct. I do “Believe in God”, but do I “Believe God”. I thought I did. If God would come to me tonight, I would do whatever he would say to me. I would not question him or ask “Why”, because I know he is my Father. I am his child. I would obey him; however, here on Earth every day I know I fail him by doing things I want to do or need to do to live and survive. Life is stressful, Life is different than when Jesus walked the Earth. Bruce Downes, you are… Read more »
Thank you Bruce.
The clarity of believing in versus believing is brilliant!
Please pray for my partner Dave. Prayers needed for his health and sobriety.
Pray for grandson who has autism let him get well and be able to function normàlly. Also that me and my husband get along better that he does not yell a nd scream at me and call me names.
Dear Dominga. We are praying for you. May God send His Holy Spirit to your marriage and give you both wisdom, ways forward to improve the relationship and to heal and comfort the hurt and pain. Almighty God hear Dominga’s prayer. We will continue to pray for you and your husband. Also for your grandson to advance in health and ability. God Bless Rosemary Downes
Thank You 😊 Bruce&Rosemary and Team 😊for helping to understand Learning more about Lent 🙏.
Thank you, Bruce, for opening our eyes to the difference between believing in God and believing God. Another great lesson.