It is not a yes or no question. I think He does for a number of reasons.
Reason #1- Y'shua prayed for Peter...
Reason #2- Y'shua is our High Priest interceeding for us.
There are many more reasons I believe Y'shua believes in believers and those who have not yet come to a saving knowledge of himself.
I have heard a Minister proclaim, "God does not need us".
I think God's love or desire or "want" for our heart mind and
soul actually makes this Ministers proclaimation (although possibly true)irrelevant in reference to the message of the gospel.
Heb.6
[13] For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself
I have said it before and I will say it again...we are his reward and to become joint heirs. (really just quoting the NT but anyway...) We may be cracked, dusty, fragile, near death, blind, lame, deaf, anyway you can come up with to have the answer be He doesn't need us. But I like to say ...this is the time of prayer.
When the kingdom comes and the incorruptable flesh is given. Where will the prayers be? I mean those saved are now(then) in the reward! We will not be praying for them then, eh?
This is the time of prayer, communion, compassion, mercy, forgiveness, and LOVE the greatest of all~!
so We are indeed His Own when we first believe and He loves us!
bye for now,
kimberly
Pray for me, and my broken family! I am so certain that the enemy has desired to sift us like wheat! I am posting a note from another thread, to this thread, because it is about the very question here, "Dose Yeshua believe in you?" I have had to only rely on His promise in this situation I am posting. He alone knows the both sides...or the real heart of the matter! but it is my desire to leave it to His discretion..that He might bring this matter to an end, is my heart's desire....even so..come LORD Yeshua, come!
Dear LORD, all who claim Him above all names!
I am praying for my Mom, Judith, my Uncle, Harry and my friend, Diana. Below is a note Diana sent to me. I have put into parenthesis the two sections most disturbing to me. She..does not know, having not been informed..is more like it ...of all the Mother's Day cards I sent and the Birthday presents I sent to My Mom. She is being lead down a path of accusation not wanting to know my situation....I not the person she accuses me to be..Here is her letter to me:
Kim:
Hi. So, how are things in Alaska? Hope all is well.
Sunday I visited with your Uncle, and he mentioned that Thursday is your mother's birthday. He wanted to buy her something special, but of course he is unable to get out. I asked what he wanted to get, and he said "White Shoulders" cologne.
((((((Harry also mentioned that they do not know where you are. I thought you would at least give them your address or something? Why are you hiding? Why are you punishing your mother by not telling her where you are? What is the point? They will certainly not follow you, but it hurts a mother when her child hides from her.))))))
I am so blessed in that my daughter and I are close. I do not try to tell her how to live her life, as it is hers alone to make that decision. If I had my choice, of course I would want her to go to church and take her family; however that is not what she wants now. I cannot tell her how to live, and she does not try to tell me how to live. Your mother loves her brother and likes caring for him. That is not bad - that is her life and she deserves to live it her way. She does take time for herself, as Sunday she left Harry for the entire afternoon and visited friends.
((((((Please stop punishing her for not living her life YOUR way. She certainly does not try to tell you how to live, and you should give her the same opportunity.))))))
Just thought I would share those things with you. Countryside is having a "Military Appreciation Day" on June 28. Uncle Harry said he would go, except he has some pressure sores that are just not healing and he is unable to get out. I pray for him and your mother. He is not a bad person, although he is not the person you want him to be.
I am praying for you and hope all is well. God bless and may He bring you peace in the knowledge that God is in control of the lives around you, including those of your mother and Uncle.
Your friend,
Diana