NCarolinian

To overcome is a process.  Dictionary.com defines it as "to get the better of in a struggle or conflict".  This reinforces the idea that "there is not a crown, without a cross" (Michael English song).   Overcoming is good for personal growth.  If we do not tackle a problem then and there, the likelihood of it haunting you is great.  Better to at lest start making a dent in the situation.  Overcoming is a great way to be so challenged we change.  If we are open to God's control of our life the transformation could include a name-change - "Then the man said, 'Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome." (Genesis 32:28).  Another struggle we might gain victory over, documented in The Bible, is unbelief.  "Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, 'I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!' " (Mark 9:24)   These are just two instances of overcoming a...

Biblically speaking, Signs are miraculous events or physical manifestations performed directly by God or by God through one of His humble, available servants, helping to prove God's Sovereignty. (my definition) After performing a word search on crosswalk.com of S igns , the following is how I found the word to be used. In Genesis 1:14 there is the use of signs that refers to the mark of the seasons. "And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years," Most of the book of Exodus uses signs as proof of God's miracles by using Moses to force pharoh to let His people go. In 1 Sam 10:7, the word signs is used as proof of fulfilled prophecy. "Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on Saul's head and kissed him, saying, "Has not the LORD anointed you leader over his inheritance?   When you leave me today, you will meet two men n...