Press Forward: Strengthen your faith, face the world

By Vincent H Chough

Want to know how to impress God? Or maybe you feel cheated by God? What about God's economy? Another favorite title is, "Of course Jesus had peace, He didn't have kids." 

Deepen your faith with the reflections found in Press Forward. These short reads will have you thinking about your relationship with God and yourself in surprising ways. 

Get answers and encounter new challenges for growth. And above all, celebrate your faith!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vincent H Chough
• Release date: Oct 22, 2015
• ISBN: 9781519929358

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Introduction

It pays to pause and think upon some basic truths once in a while. These reflections are personal but at the same time universal. We wonder about God and society. We wonder about ourselves. These short essays will give you some answers and will also provoke questions.

They will also give you reason to celebrate.

May the Lord’s blessings be poured out over you in abundance.

Your friend,

Vince

How to impress God

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Is there nothing humans cannot achieve? The Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2550 BC and remains one of the largest structures ever built. The accuracy of the workmanship is such that the four sides of the base have an average error of only 58 millimeters. Scientists still can’t agree on how it was built. We are so smart that we can even outsmart ourselves for over four thousand years.

We build civilizations and peer into the universe and atoms. We send ideas to each other through the air. Our ability to reconstruct the human body is nearly miraculous. And our capacity to destroy competes with nature itself. Is there anything we can’t do?

Does any of this impress God? He watches us explore and discover his universe, but nothing is new or unknown to him. So how do we call his attention?

The only thing that ever impressed Jesus was our faith. It literally astounded him.

Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant

Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, pleading with him, saying, Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.

Jesus said to