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Home Steps to ChristCh. 6: Faith and Acceptance

SC 49.1–SC 52.1 • Ezekiel 36:26; Mark 11:24; Isaiah 49:15Ready Offline

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Christ Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo • Believing God’s promise and receiving it

“If you believe the promise,—believe that you are forgiven and cleansed,—God supplies the fact; you are made whole, just as Christ gave the paralytic power to walk when the man believed that he was healed.”

“Faith and Acceptance”

Faith that takes God at His word

This chapter shows how to move from wanting forgiveness to receiving it: believe the promise and act on it. Notice the story of the paralysed man at the pool of Bethesda, and the father’s welcome of his returning son.

Chapter 6: Faith and Acceptance

pp. 49–52 · 9 paragraphs

Holy Scripture

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A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

24

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

15

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Steps to Christ

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End of Day 1(SC 49.1–SC 52.1)

Take a quiet moment to pause, pray, and meditate on these living truths.

You may engage with 3 gentle devotional review questions, record insights in your journal, or advance when ready.

Heart Reflection (Optional)

“What does God promise in Ezekiel 36:26? Who does the changing?”

Observation: The promise

Prayer & Practice (Optional)

Prayer Focus

“Father, I take You at Your word. I believe You forgive me and give me a new heart.”

Practical Action

Choose one promise from this chapter and thank God for it each day, whether you feel different or not.

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