Reasons to believe in the power of the Bible
Rhesymau i gredu ym mhŵer y Beibl
‘There are hundreds of verses from the Bible that comfort me, but this one galvanises me. It’s 1 John 5.12, “God offers us eternal life and it can be found only in his son. So, anyone who has genuine contact with Jesus Christ has eternal life, and anyone who rejects him, rejects life." I feel that I have only 20 years left to do stuff for God and I don’t want to waste a moment of it. This galvanises me to find out people who have leanings towards God and see whether I can encourage them. When I first heard this verse, I was shocked. I realised that my life was running about trying to prove that I was a good person, not helping people find God. We do a lot of prayer in the valley where I live. We’ve been running a Bible study group for 10 years. We’ve built friendships over 10 years and then invited people to our home for Food For Thought suppers and we didn’t have an agenda. We never expressed an agenda. They felt we were okay. My husband and I pray every night before we have a meal and usually the food is going cold on the plates! People in villages like this may have everything the world can offer: skiing holidays, horses, kids in public school and massive Range Rovers, but they need God as much as the person who’s struggling in the food bank. This verse galvanises me and excites me. I know that, as I pray and trust, good stuff will happen.’
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Hoffech rannu sut mae’r Beibl wedi cael effaith ar eich bywyd? E-bostiwch mybible@biblesociety.org.uk
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