This is the last episode of The Hope for Healing, Faith for Living Podcast. Thank you for joining me. I hope to connect with you again starting in January with the new podcast, Bible Study with Tim Dumas. Episode Summary God is good. He cares about us. We can and should trust him. Scriptures John 14:1 Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. Psalm 55:22 Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved. 1 Peter 5:6-7...
Nov 21, 2024•8 min•Ep. 205
Summary: The Word of God reveals the will of God. The Word of God will produce faith in our heart to believe, do, submit to in thought and action, and obey the Will of God. Scriptures: James 2 AMPC 17 So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead). 22 You see that [his] faith was cooperating with his works, and [his] faith was completed and reached its supreme expression [when he implemented it] by [goo...
Nov 14, 2024•11 min•Ep. 204
Summary: We do not work for our salvation but we do work our faith. We do act on our faith so that our actions work with what we believe is the will of God. Scriptures: Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Romans 9 30 What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but tha...
Nov 07, 2024•15 min•Ep. 203
Summary: Don't quit. God will continue doing a work in your and fulfill his purpose for you! Psalm 138:8 ESV The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. 1 Chronicles 29:26-28 ESV Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. Then he died at a good age, full of days, riches, and honor. ...
Oct 31, 2024•9 min•Ep. 202
Summary Righteousness is a gift God has given us to put on and live in. We do this by faith. Scriptures: James 5 13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16 Therefore ...
Oct 24, 2024•15 min•Ep. 201
Summary: Righteousness is a gift given to us by God because of the redemptive work of Christ. It's a gift we need to take for our own and identify with so that our relationship with God is firm and our prayers are powerful. Scriptures: James 5 13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offe...
Oct 17, 2024•11 min•Ep. 200
Summary: Today I want to share mainly on one verse, 1 Thessalonians 1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other Having a growing faith and an abounding love should be a goal, a top priority and we should have a bible based plan to do it. Blessings in Christ, Tim Dumas https://timdumas.net/living-by-faith/...
Oct 03, 2024•12 min•Ep. 199
Summary: Holiness is being set apart. We are called to strive to separate from the things of this world that do not please God to a life that is pleasing to him so that we can know him as our God and Father. Scriptures: Hebrews 12:14 ESV Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 1 Peter 1:14-16 ESV 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all y...
Sep 26, 2024•12 min•Ep. 198
Summary: Righteousness is a gift we receive and walk in by faith. It's not our good works. It's receiving what Jesus has done for us and provided for us through His redemptive work. Scriptures: James 5:13-16 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; ...
Sep 19, 2024•11 min•Ep. 197
Summary: When we find ourselves feeling down because of our circumstances, we must get back to what the Word of God say and let God, by his Word, strengthen us in our spirits. Scriptures: Proverbs 18:14 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition The strong spirit of a man sustains him in bodily pain or trouble, but a weak and broken spirit who can raise up or bear? Psalm 43:5 ESV Why are you in despair, O my soul? Why have you become restless and disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for ...
Sep 12, 2024•9 min•Ep. 196
Summary: In Matthew Chapter 14, we see the true account of Peter walking on the water but then began to sink. Jesus saved Peter and then asked, "Why did you doubt?" We can learn from this true account and answer our own question, "Why did I doubt?" Let's keep learning and growing and thanking God for his goodness. Blessings in Christ, Tim Dumas https://timdumas.net/living-by-faith/
Sep 05, 2024•12 min•Ep. 195
Summary: 1 Thessalonians 3:12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. Romans 5:5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. God’s love, according to Scripture, is already in us but the manifestation and power of that love can increase as we walk with God and grow. Galations 5:22 NIV But the fruit of the Spirit is love Philipp...
Aug 29, 2024•16 min•Ep. 194
Summary: We all face times where we were not chosen. It starts early in life when someone doesn’t choose you to be part of their group or team. Remember being on the play ground and teams were chosen and you were not picked until last? As we get older, we are not chosen for a job position, a leadership role, as a girl friend or boyfriend, or even as a representing realtor. The closer the one not choosing you the harder it is to handle and the more it often hurts. I was talking with a lady who ha...
Aug 22, 2024•9 min•Ep. 193
The First Comandment With A Promise In Ephesians 5, Paul is giving direction for how followers of Christ are to live and conduct their life. Towards the end of Chapter 5, Paul is giving instruction for marriage. The in Ephesians 6, Paul speaks to children and includes one of the 10 commandments. Now let me point out the obvious, your parents will always be your father and mother but you will not always be a child. Paul is giving instructions for how a child is to live and connects it with the pr...
Aug 15, 2024•19 min•Ep. 192
Summary: Jesus is who heals us. We see it in the Old Testament and we see it in the New Testament. To begin our healing journey, we must committ to being attentive to the Word, believe it and act on it as we look unto Jesus. Scriptures: Acts 9:32-35 Numbers 21:4-9 John 3:14-15 Hebrews 13:8 Galatians 3:13 Isaiah 53:5 Blessings in Christ, Tim Dumas https://timdumas.net/living-by-faith/...
Aug 08, 2024•15 min•Ep. 191
Summary: The Word of God reveals his will for our life. When we are not experiencing what we see in Scripture, don’t give up. Keep growing, keep pushing forward and keep believing and walking by faith. James 5:13-16 World English Bible 13 Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises. 14 Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, 15 and the prayer of faith will h...
Aug 01, 2024•23 min•Ep. 190
Summary: When going through a trial or suffering, you need to know how to encourage yourself so that you are strengthened, willing and able to fight and pursue God's will. Scriptures: Romans 15:4 English Standard Version For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. James 5:13 Amplified Is anyone among you afflicted (ill-treated, suffering evil)? He should pray. Philippians 2:12-...
Jul 25, 2024•21 min•Ep. 189
To know God's will for our lives, we first go to the Word but we also have the Holy Spirit to lead us. We don't look for signs like they did before the Holy Spirit came. We look for the leading of the Holy Spirit. Scriptures: Acts 16 6 Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. 7 When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would...
Jul 18, 2024•21 min•Ep. 188
Summary: Success, blessed and getting more done. All those things sound good and it’s things that most people want but what really matters is that in the right context, it’s also what God wants for us and we see it in Scripture. Not only do we see it in Scripture, but we see God’s plan to experience it in life. Today I want to encourage you to know that God is good and he wants good for you just like any good father would. Let’s look at just a few of the Scriptures on these subjects and allow Go...
Jul 11, 2024•18 min•Ep. 187
Summary: What the Word reveals as God's will for our life, we should expect. When we see God's promises, we should know He is faithful and therefore begin to confess it's true for us! Scriptures: Hebrews 10:23 ESV Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. Mark 5:25-34 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition Blessings in Christ, Tim Dumas https://timdumas.net/living-by-faith/...
Jul 03, 2024•13 min•Ep. 186
Summary: We do not have to feel shame or condemnation knowing God has qualified us in Christ to experience His goodness. Scriptures: "12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." - Colossians 1:12-14 ESV Hebrews 8:13 ESV For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I wi...
Jun 26, 2024•15 min•Ep. 185
Summary: It's not about you or me. It's about Jesus and what's he's done so that we can know God and experience His Will for our lives. Scriptures: Romans 10:17, Acts 14, Acts 3, 2 Peter 1 Blessings, Tim Dumas https://hopeforhealingfaithforliving.transistor.fm/
Jun 19, 2024•24 min•Ep. 184
In our last episode, we shared how the Scripture talks about taking hold of this life we now have in Christ. We do it by faith and part of that process is confessing or agreeing with God what his Word says about what he has given us and done for us through the redemptive work of Christ. Part of that is found in Romans 5:5 where he find out that God’s love has been poured out in our hearts by the Spirit of God who has been given to us. We talked about how 1 Corinthians Chapter 13 tells us what lo...
Jun 14, 2024•12 min•Ep. 183
Summary: God has given us life through the redemptive work of Christ and he is calling us to take hold of it. Part of that is by confessing what he has given us. According to the website Bible.org, the primary Greek word for “confess” is homologeo which basically means “to say the same thing” and then “agree, admit, acknowledge.” Scriptures: 1 Timothy 6:12 (WEB) Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sig...
Jun 11, 2024•14 min•Ep. 182
Summary: Faith is like confidence. We know God's will because we can read it in his Word. Scriptures: 1 john 5:14-15 NIV This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. Hebrews 10:35-36 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has...
Jun 07, 2024•14 min•Ep. 181
Summary: The Word of God reveals the will of God. Look to God's Word to find His revealed will concerning you. Ask God for it and be confident that God hears you and gives you what He has revealed He wants for you. Scriptures: 1 John 5:14-15 NIV 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. Hebrews 10:35-36 NIV 35 So do not throw away y...
Jun 04, 2024•11 min•Ep. 180
Summary: Scripture teaches us to pray and not lose heart which means we will have the opportunity to be discouraged and give up. Let's be aware of that and guard ourselves by keeping our thoughts on the Truth of God and His faithfulness so what we will be able to stand strong and steadfast. Scriptures: 1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there ...
May 31, 2024•12 min•Ep. 179
Summary: Sometimes we have no one who will stand with us, no one except for God. We need to know how to strengthen ourselves in the Lord just as David knew how. Scriptures: My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. - Psalm 119:28 (NIV) The strong spirit of a man sustains him in bodily pain or trouble - Proverbs 18:14 (Amplified) 1 Samuel 30 is where we read the true account of David strengthening himself in God after his own men turned against him. May God's Richest and...
May 24, 2024•10 min•Ep. 178
Summary: Today I share from Psalm 142 and Psalm 27. If you are discouraged today, put your hope in God. May God's Richest and Best be Yours, Tim Dumas Hope for Healing, Faith for Living
May 21, 2024•6 min•Ep. 177
Summary: “A spiritual law that few recognize is that our confession rules us. It is what we confess with our lips that really dominates our inner being.” - F.F. Bosworth Let’s look at the word here for confession. Point: homologeō Confession also carries the meaning, To agree with, to assent to, covenant. Confession is our opportunity to come into agreement with God. If you say things outside of scripture, then you are not in agreement. sōtēria Salvation also carries the meaning of rescue or saf...
May 17, 2024•11 min•Ep. 176
