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Janet Smith – 6-7-17 ©gardenministries.org Romans 5:5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us. Somewhere along the way, I had lost hope! I could better grasp the importance of faith and love but hope seemed more conceptual. I noticed that some bitterness had creeped into my heart and was creating problems toward God and my loved ones. I struggled for a while to overcome the bitterness but could not ... continue reading...

Janet Smith ©12-15-2016 gardenministries.org The commendations and rebukes to the seven churches of Revelation 2 and 3 deal largely with how those churches either overcame or fell prey to Satan's religious spirit; the spirit of antichrist. We can extrapolate the characteristics of the counterfeit satanic religious spirit from the rebukes and the commendations within the 7 letters and with those extrapolations, better understand what we are asked to overcome. Keep in mind that Satan's ... continue reading...

Janet L. Smith ©gardenministries.org July 5, 2016 (updated 11-11-22) Unbelief is when a human actively chooses to stray from the Truth by believing lies. God is continually reaching out to humanity through His written and spoken word(s) and with believable actions that effectively back up what He says in His Word. Our gracious and loving God is not willing that any human being should perish but that all human beings come to the saving knowledge of God's gracious provision for salvation ... continue reading...

Janet Weaver Smith © 1-8-16 [revised 7-17-2021] gardenministries.org In the realm of timeless eternity, can a future flesh-and-blood human function and interact as a free will, choice-making spirit-being in heavenly fellowship with the Godhead, before they are birthed in their physical human body on earth? The issue in question about this controversial teaching is not that humans pre-exist in the heart of God through the Word before they become birthed as human beings. Multiple scriptures ... continue reading...

Janet Weaver Smith ©4-27-2016 – gardenministries.org In Acts 5, we read how the Apostles are carriers and prophetic administrators of God's divine power in unprecedented levels. Peter walks across town and his shadow falls upon people and they are healed and delivered (5:15). Greedy believers named Ananias and Sapphira, pretending to be generous but lie to the Holy Spirit are confronted with the truth behind their heart motives and fall over dead. Yikes! This level of God-power sparks intense ... continue reading...