Having faith pleases God. "Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must beleive He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. ( Hebrews 11:6 ). It is important to make God happy.
Having faith keeps us from sin. "Whatever is not from faith is sin" ( Romans 14:23 ). It is sinful to not have faith.
Having faith protects us from the enemy. "Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one " ( Ephesians 6:16 ). We need that kind of protection every day.
Having faith helps us fine peace. "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" ( Romans 5:1 ). When we let doubt come in and swallow our faith, we lose our peace.
Having faith helps us find healing. "Then Jesus said to him, 'Receive your sight; your faith has made you well'" ( Luke 18:42 ). We all need healing at one time or another in order to stay alive.
Having faith helps us to live successfully. "For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith'" ( Romans 1:17 ). We do not want to just get by in our lives, we want to have lives with impact. And that cannot happen without faith in the power of God to help us to be all He has called us to be.
Having faith breaks down walls in our lives. "By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days" ( Hebrews 11:30 ). The only way we can break down the obstacles that are erected in our lives is by faith in God to do what we cannot.
With God, all things are possible. Miracles happen because people have faith. Not faith in miracles; faith in God, who performs miracles.
Worship is...a place where we can drown out the voices of fear and doubt with a flood of adoration and praise. As we come before the Lord, He reminds us of all that He is, and that increases our faith.
If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and nothing will be impossible for you. Matthew 17:20
I pray that my faith, no matter how it is tested by fire, will glorify You and bring all the praise and honor and glory that belong to You. Thank you that You have given me Your Word whereby my faith can be increased. Help me to grow in my understanding of it. May your Word be mixed with my faith that it will glorify You. ( Hebrews 4:2 )
5 comments:
Dennis,
Again, you brought the glory to God! I want to praise you for your job well done! God is already glorified!
I am sure everyone in FXCC would be encouraged by this so pray to God first to ask him if He wants you to share this with the members at church this Sunday.
God bless you,
Holly
These reminders of things I already know have helped me decide some things I've been hassling over.... now I pray for faith to stay strong.
Another seven! Powerful!! SIBI awaits you.. I can picture Jesus posing like Uncle Sam with his fingers pointed directly at you with a caption saying, "GOD NEEDS YOU!".. :)
I can see you used some verses from the Evangelism class. A great way to put them to use on your blog: sharing with us what you're studying/memorizing.. :)
Love the last line regarding worship: "..drowning out our fear and doubt flooding it with adoration and praise.."! Absolutely true!! However, we have many people in the world who are what I call, "worship-illiterate". They don't understand why we worship or how we worship. They see it all backwards and their emotions are all jumbled up. I pray that when we focus on the real meaning of worship the next few weeks will help those with the illiteracy will begin to understand the real meaning of worship.
Thanks for your time in blogging this, brother!!
Another seven! Powerful!! SIBI awaits you.. I can picture Jesus posing like Uncle Sam with his fingers pointed directly at you with a caption saying, "GOD NEEDS YOU!"..
Seven is a good number! God rested on the 7th day of the week! We will rest with Him, our faithful Father.
Ha, you're funny - that would be an awesome poster!
Haven't heard from you for a while... happy Sunday!
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