Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1, KJV
Does chapter 11 of Hebrews suggest that faith is to believe we will get anything for which we hope if we just ask God? No, faith is not a magic wand. Hebrews 11 does say that faith puts a wrapping of reality around the hard-to-grasp guarantee that God will keep all of His promises; faith makes those promises real in our hearts even before we see God's promises fulfilled. The more developed our faith, the less we worry about whether or when God will keep His promises. Faith tells us that though we fall short, God cannot fail.
The perfect faithfulness of God casts a shadow in the heart of each believer. The closer one moves toward Him, the larger the shadow (one's own faith) emerges.
Once upon a time I thought that faith was a matter of gritting my teeth and squeezing my eyes shut as though I could strain out more faith through mere determination and prayer. But we must study the word of God to know His promises before we can assert faith in them. The greater our knowledge of His word, the stronger a foundation we have for our faith in God.
If I don't know what God has promised, my faith can't be based on anything but misapprehension or fantasy. I will expect things from God that He will never deliver, and then I will find myself disappointed. I may even become bitter against God, all because I did not bother to learn what I should expect from Him.
What if I told you that I used to stop at Burger King some mornings to pick up a hot, convenient breakfast, but one day I wanted my shoes shined too because I had an important meeting first thing at work that day. The Burger King attendant wouldn't shine my shoes and her manager rejected my request too, so I got angry and never went back to Burger King. Would you think I'm crazy? Should I know better than to try to get my shoes shined at Burger King? Why? Because I've read the menu and seen the television ads and never did Burger King promise to shine my shoes.
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manolo blahnik bridal shoes, the King of the Universe, God Almighty, has also provided me with a menu of promises and an advertisement of all He will do and has done for me. It's called the Bible, and I need to read or listen to the entire collection of books in it in order to know God's will, His ways, and His commitments to me. Lasting faith requires first learning God's promises
christian louboutin shoes on sale How to Find Chea, then believing those promises and behaving as if I believe them. No magic wand.
The math types declare there is dependency in the baccarat game. Dependency means as the first half of the baccarat shoe is played it necessary determines the composition of the second half of the baccarat shoe. Therefore, we should be able to develop some edge over the house in the second part of the shoe since we already know which cards have been played in the first half of the shoe (of course we would have to keep track somehow to know this). Card counting pioneered and used successfully in blackjack was attemped in baccarat. The result was slightly positive but very disappointing as the player advantage was very very slight. My advise on baccarat card counting; don't waste your time, it won't work.
Other methods of extracting the "dependency" from the baccarat game have been explored.
Dr. S.H. Johnson performed extensive computer research using large volumes of live baccarat data. He studied thousands of reoccuring patterns in relation to the dominence of the shoe (banker or player) at the time the pattern occurred. He was able to extract an advantage only slightly less than created by card counting in blackjack. Dr. Johnson reports the practical limitation of this baccarat strategy is the very infrequent occurence of betting opportunies. This strained the ############'s patience when he set out two thirds of a shoe before placing his advantaged play. The play required very large bets and a large bankroll to generate a modest profit. The good doctor concluded the strategy was more of a moral victory that a practical solution to taking the advantage in the baccarat game.