As I shared in the previous post, spending time with God, is one of the most important things we should do as a believer. Relationship with God is what we were created for. It's our destiny in this world and our reason for living. Within our very D.N.A, is a burning desire to want to know God, personally for ourselves.
John (15:4-5) "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing."
Abiding in God, carries with it the idea of being in fellowship and continually connected with the father, through prayer and also the word. Abiding with God means that His life, His love, the fruit of the spirit is flowing freely through us and manifesting in our lives. The character and nature of Jesus is reflected in us as we yield to His life-giving presence. Spending time with God (because we love Him and want to), is abiding in Him and will produce fruit in our lives
The fruit of the spirit and the power of God is a by-product of hanging out with the Lord almighty. It's natural for a fruit tree to produce fruit, it doesn't struggle or strive and as children of God, neither should we. When we choose to chill with God, we naturally become more like Him in every way. Our very being begins to become saturated and soaked with His presence, we begin to carry around with us the very fragrance of Christ.
Choose today to spend quality time with God. He wants to be with you. He loves you so much.
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Wednesday 30 March 2011
Sunday 27 March 2011
Relationship with God Series : Part one
At the heart of Christianity is a deep personal, intimate, relationship with God through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Relationship with God, it's our purpose in life, our destiny and the very reason that we were created for. God could have had fellowship with the angels, but He didn't. He could of had fellowship with the animals, but He didn't. He choose us, the pinnacle of His creation, because His desire is for us. The Lord almighty, who created the heavens and the earth, wants to spend time with us. He wants us to experience His presence and love and wants us to know Him more intimately than we've ever known Him before. That's amazing, that's awesome. Praise God! He wants to chill with mankind!
The bible says in Daniel (11:32) "that those that know their God, shall be strong and do exploits". Throughout the bible and history, we see men and women who knew God and consequently saw the power and love of God manifested in their lives. We see enoch Genesis (5:22-24), who walked with God so closely, that it says God took him and he was nowhere to be found. We see Abraham who had such a close relationship with Him, that God called Him a friend of God, James (2:23). Jesus, our saviour, as we all know was and is (God manifest in the flesh), called the Son of God (the four gospels). Last century, there was a man by the name of Smith wigglesworth, who felt undressed if He didn't have His bible on him and felt like he was backsliding, if he wasn't moving forward in his relationship with the Lord. This man saw amazing miracles in His life and ministry. He saw blind eyes open, the deaf hear, tumours fall of bodies, the paralysed and crippled walk by the power of God. He spent hours with God on a daily basis and was a man who knew God.
Do we know God? Do we want to know Him, not out of duty or obligation, but because we love Him and love being with Him? We can know all about Him for the rest of our lives, but until we actually meet Him, through Jesus, and spend time with Him, through His word and prayer, we'll never actually know Him, personally for ourselves. Choose to spend time with Him today. Not tomorrow, but today. He loves you and wants to spend time with you.
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The bible says in Daniel (11:32) "that those that know their God, shall be strong and do exploits". Throughout the bible and history, we see men and women who knew God and consequently saw the power and love of God manifested in their lives. We see enoch Genesis (5:22-24), who walked with God so closely, that it says God took him and he was nowhere to be found. We see Abraham who had such a close relationship with Him, that God called Him a friend of God, James (2:23). Jesus, our saviour, as we all know was and is (God manifest in the flesh), called the Son of God (the four gospels). Last century, there was a man by the name of Smith wigglesworth, who felt undressed if He didn't have His bible on him and felt like he was backsliding, if he wasn't moving forward in his relationship with the Lord. This man saw amazing miracles in His life and ministry. He saw blind eyes open, the deaf hear, tumours fall of bodies, the paralysed and crippled walk by the power of God. He spent hours with God on a daily basis and was a man who knew God.
Do we know God? Do we want to know Him, not out of duty or obligation, but because we love Him and love being with Him? We can know all about Him for the rest of our lives, but until we actually meet Him, through Jesus, and spend time with Him, through His word and prayer, we'll never actually know Him, personally for ourselves. Choose to spend time with Him today. Not tomorrow, but today. He loves you and wants to spend time with you.
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Monday 21 March 2011
Faith Series : Faith-Filled Words
Words. All around us, every day, we hear them spoken and out of our lips they come forth. They bring life and they also bring death, Proverbs (18:21) "The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit." They build us up and they tear us down. They bring blessings and they bring curses. Words are powerful and are used in our lives on a consistent basis. They're used to encourage, but also to criticize.
Words contain within them the power to create and words were used by God, through faith, to create the universe, Hebrews (11:3) In the book of Genesis Chapter One, nine times it says "And God said". The Lord's words were full of faith and as He spoke, the power of God was released to create the universe. Everything we see around us, was spoken into existence by God. Words are carriers and containers of the life, power and love of God, that when released in faith, carry within them the ability and potential to change the situations around us.
Matthew 12:34
"Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh"
"For out of the abundance of the heart", what is in our heart in abundance, will eventually find it's way into our thinking and mouths. As we dwell upon and study the word of God, as we think upon Jesus and the things of The Spirit, our hearts become full and overflowing with abundance, with the very life of God. That life is released through our words, into the natural world around us, to produce change and transformation in peoples lives. Through our words, that are full of truth and grace, we can choose to encourage, build up and speak well of the people around us. All too often we're tempted to criticise, judge and to tear down, but instead let's focus on the positive in people and speak of the positive that we see, so that we can bring the life and love of God to the world. Let's be containers, through our words, to make a difference in peoples lives.
Words contain within them the power to create and words were used by God, through faith, to create the universe, Hebrews (11:3) In the book of Genesis Chapter One, nine times it says "And God said". The Lord's words were full of faith and as He spoke, the power of God was released to create the universe. Everything we see around us, was spoken into existence by God. Words are carriers and containers of the life, power and love of God, that when released in faith, carry within them the ability and potential to change the situations around us.
Matthew 12:34
"Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh"
"For out of the abundance of the heart", what is in our heart in abundance, will eventually find it's way into our thinking and mouths. As we dwell upon and study the word of God, as we think upon Jesus and the things of The Spirit, our hearts become full and overflowing with abundance, with the very life of God. That life is released through our words, into the natural world around us, to produce change and transformation in peoples lives. Through our words, that are full of truth and grace, we can choose to encourage, build up and speak well of the people around us. All too often we're tempted to criticise, judge and to tear down, but instead let's focus on the positive in people and speak of the positive that we see, so that we can bring the life and love of God to the world. Let's be containers, through our words, to make a difference in peoples lives.
Wednesday 16 March 2011
Faith Series : Faith without works is dead
James (2:17) "Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself."
As I've shared in previous posts, we have the faith of God within us, within our re-born, re-created spirits. Having faith, is not an issue, but having faith and failing to act upon it is an issue and will not produce results in our lives. We need to put legs to our faith and begin to beleive God's word and do what God tells us to do on a daily basis.
We do what God says, not because we have to, out of duty or obligation or because we're trying to earn God's love and acceptance. We act upon our faith because we want to, because it's a by-product of our love for the Lord and what we believe, of what God has done in our lives through Jesus's death and resurection. We respond in faith to God's word, to His promises, to His amazing grace and love, through becoming doers of His word and not just hearers only, James (2:22-25). God has done His part through Jesus Christ and our part is to realease our faith and trust in His word and begin to live out our faith in Him, in this world.
In the book of acts we can see the early Church putting action to their faith. They shared the Gospel wherever they went, not only in word, but also in deed through the demonstrations of the power of the Holy Spirit. Countless lives were changed and transformed by the power of God. Many people were converted, healed and delivered through God's people becoming and doing what the Lord created them to do. If we desire to see our friends, family and community transformed by God's love and Glory, then let's be bold in believing God's word and begin acting upon it. Let's begin by sharing the Gospel with wisdom and love, let's pray for the sick expecting them to get healed, let's love the people around us in a genuine way. Let's put legs to our faith and expect to see a another great awakening.
As I've shared in previous posts, we have the faith of God within us, within our re-born, re-created spirits. Having faith, is not an issue, but having faith and failing to act upon it is an issue and will not produce results in our lives. We need to put legs to our faith and begin to beleive God's word and do what God tells us to do on a daily basis.
We do what God says, not because we have to, out of duty or obligation or because we're trying to earn God's love and acceptance. We act upon our faith because we want to, because it's a by-product of our love for the Lord and what we believe, of what God has done in our lives through Jesus's death and resurection. We respond in faith to God's word, to His promises, to His amazing grace and love, through becoming doers of His word and not just hearers only, James (2:22-25). God has done His part through Jesus Christ and our part is to realease our faith and trust in His word and begin to live out our faith in Him, in this world.
In the book of acts we can see the early Church putting action to their faith. They shared the Gospel wherever they went, not only in word, but also in deed through the demonstrations of the power of the Holy Spirit. Countless lives were changed and transformed by the power of God. Many people were converted, healed and delivered through God's people becoming and doing what the Lord created them to do. If we desire to see our friends, family and community transformed by God's love and Glory, then let's be bold in believing God's word and begin acting upon it. Let's begin by sharing the Gospel with wisdom and love, let's pray for the sick expecting them to get healed, let's love the people around us in a genuine way. Let's put legs to our faith and expect to see a another great awakening.
Monday 14 March 2011
Faith Series : Hindrances to our faith : Part Four
"For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love" (Amplified Bible, Galatians 5:6).
Our faith is a gift that the Lord has given to us through Christ and not through our performance. We can't earn faith through the things we do, but like everything else the Lord has given to us, have to believe, receive and put our trust in what He has accomplished and given to us through the cross of Jesus. Faith has been given to us, but is hindered through unbelief, fear and also as we can see through the verse just mentioned, a failure to walk in the love of God. As we walk in love towards our brothers and sisters in Christ and also the people that we come in contact with, our faith is activated, energized and expressed through the love that God has placed within us. As we walk in love, our faith in God, in His promises begin to manifest in a real and tangible way. Our faith begins to work.
What is love? 1 Corinthians (13) is the great love chapter and tells us exactly what love is and I would encourage you to read this chapter over and over again, as it's an expression of how God's love is towards us. Romans (8:38-39) says that nothing can seperate us from the love of God. What we do or don't do, cannot change God's love towards us, there's nothing that we can do to make God love us more and nothing we can do, to make Him love us less. His love for us is unconditional, consistant and not based on our performance. Reading the bible, praying, going to church and doing good deeds are all good things, that we as believers should all be doing, but not to change God and make Him love us more. We should be doing these things, so that we will be changed and so that we will love Him more. Love is a manifestation of God's character, nature and all that God is. The bible says that God is Love and when we begin to love one another with the love of God, God's character, nature and pressence is released into this world and our faith becomes more effective and produces results.
We can love like God, for the bible says in Romans (5:5), that the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit. Glory to God, we have God's love within us! We have the same capacity and potential to realease and manifest the love of God, wherever we are and whoever we're with. As we choose to beleive that we have God's love in us and choose to love those around us, in ways that the Holy Spirit leads us to, we will see our faith work and produce life and hope. We may not feel like loving those around us, but make a descion today to love those who may have hurt you in the past. You may be holding unforgivness towards them, but choose to release the love God into their lives. You can make a difference in people's lives, through the power of love.
Our faith is a gift that the Lord has given to us through Christ and not through our performance. We can't earn faith through the things we do, but like everything else the Lord has given to us, have to believe, receive and put our trust in what He has accomplished and given to us through the cross of Jesus. Faith has been given to us, but is hindered through unbelief, fear and also as we can see through the verse just mentioned, a failure to walk in the love of God. As we walk in love towards our brothers and sisters in Christ and also the people that we come in contact with, our faith is activated, energized and expressed through the love that God has placed within us. As we walk in love, our faith in God, in His promises begin to manifest in a real and tangible way. Our faith begins to work.
What is love? 1 Corinthians (13) is the great love chapter and tells us exactly what love is and I would encourage you to read this chapter over and over again, as it's an expression of how God's love is towards us. Romans (8:38-39) says that nothing can seperate us from the love of God. What we do or don't do, cannot change God's love towards us, there's nothing that we can do to make God love us more and nothing we can do, to make Him love us less. His love for us is unconditional, consistant and not based on our performance. Reading the bible, praying, going to church and doing good deeds are all good things, that we as believers should all be doing, but not to change God and make Him love us more. We should be doing these things, so that we will be changed and so that we will love Him more. Love is a manifestation of God's character, nature and all that God is. The bible says that God is Love and when we begin to love one another with the love of God, God's character, nature and pressence is released into this world and our faith becomes more effective and produces results.
We can love like God, for the bible says in Romans (5:5), that the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit. Glory to God, we have God's love within us! We have the same capacity and potential to realease and manifest the love of God, wherever we are and whoever we're with. As we choose to beleive that we have God's love in us and choose to love those around us, in ways that the Holy Spirit leads us to, we will see our faith work and produce life and hope. We may not feel like loving those around us, but make a descion today to love those who may have hurt you in the past. You may be holding unforgivness towards them, but choose to release the love God into their lives. You can make a difference in people's lives, through the power of love.
Sunday 13 March 2011
Faith Series : Hindrances to our Faith : Part Three
As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, faith is not our problem. We have the faith of God and the faith that He's given to us doesn't lose it's power, diminish over time or evaporate. The bible says that all we need is faith as small as a mustard seed, to move mountains, Matthew (17:20). We don't need great faith to accomplish what God has called us to do, to believe the word of God, to share the Gospel and to lay hands on the sick and see them healed. All we need is begin to use the faith that God has given to us through Jesus.
I began to share through my last post, how certain things can hinder us from believing god and releasing our faith. One of those Hindrances is unbelief and another is fear. Before I gave my life to Jesus and received the awesome gift of salvation and the baptism in the Holy Spirit, I struggled greatly in this area. Fear seemed to dominate my life and paralysed my growth as a person. I was very shy and withdrawn and found it very difficult to communicate with the people around me. I was afraid. Afraid of failing, afraid of rejection, afraid of saying the wrong things and afraid that people wouldn't like me. I was bound by fear for a very long time and it took Jesus for me to be set free. Praise God!! I still struggle with the symptoms of fear in my life at times, but not anywhere near close to what I struggled with before I got saved.
Fear is a weapon that the devil uses against God's people, to intimidate and stop us, from fulfilling whatever it is God's called us to be and to do. Satan uses fear to put the brakes onto the Body of Christ, from walking and living in faith on daily basis. In Luke (8:44-50) Jarius, a ruler of a synagogue, was taking Jesus to his daughter of twelve years old, to heal her. As Jesus was on His way there, a woman with an issue of blood touched the hem of Jesus garment and the healing power of God flowed out of Jesus and healed her. While this was going on, someone came from Jarius house, to tell him that his daughter had died. What an opportunity this was for satan to sow fear into this man's mind and emotions and I'm sure Jarius was tempted to be afraid. Notice Jesus reaction to this news and what He says to the ruler of the synagogue, in verse fifty, Jesus says to him "fear not, believe only and she shall be made whole." Jesus response to fear is to believe only. As Jarius refused to be afraid and continued to believe, he saw the power of God raise his daughter from the dead. Fear is faith in what satan can do and faith is believing in the promises of God and in what Jesus can do and what he has accomplished through the cross. Praise God!! Refusing to fear releases the power of God in our lives. In Jarius case he saw his daughter raised from the dead. What an awesome miracle that must have been!
Personally, as I've refused to fear in my life and chosen to obey God, believe His word and act upon it, I've seen many demonstrations of the power of God. I've seen people healed as I've laid hands on the sick, led people to the Lord as I've shared the Gospel with them and done things I never thought possible. Glory to God!! There are many people in the body of Christ today who have also refused to fear and instead have believed and acted on God's word and seen tremendous results in their lives.
The bible tells us that we have been delivered from fear, Romans (8:15), 2 timothy (1:7). Jesus has set us free from fear, it no longer has any hold, power or authority over us anymore, we don't have to give into or tolerate it in our lives for a second longer. Do we believe God's word? Is all our attention on what we feel or on what God Say's in His word about us? Do we believe we've been set free from fear? Let's learn as believer's, to walk in this freedom from fear, so that we can live by faith in this world without out faith being contaminated by fear or anything else that causes our walk with the Lord to be hindered.
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I began to share through my last post, how certain things can hinder us from believing god and releasing our faith. One of those Hindrances is unbelief and another is fear. Before I gave my life to Jesus and received the awesome gift of salvation and the baptism in the Holy Spirit, I struggled greatly in this area. Fear seemed to dominate my life and paralysed my growth as a person. I was very shy and withdrawn and found it very difficult to communicate with the people around me. I was afraid. Afraid of failing, afraid of rejection, afraid of saying the wrong things and afraid that people wouldn't like me. I was bound by fear for a very long time and it took Jesus for me to be set free. Praise God!! I still struggle with the symptoms of fear in my life at times, but not anywhere near close to what I struggled with before I got saved.
Fear is a weapon that the devil uses against God's people, to intimidate and stop us, from fulfilling whatever it is God's called us to be and to do. Satan uses fear to put the brakes onto the Body of Christ, from walking and living in faith on daily basis. In Luke (8:44-50) Jarius, a ruler of a synagogue, was taking Jesus to his daughter of twelve years old, to heal her. As Jesus was on His way there, a woman with an issue of blood touched the hem of Jesus garment and the healing power of God flowed out of Jesus and healed her. While this was going on, someone came from Jarius house, to tell him that his daughter had died. What an opportunity this was for satan to sow fear into this man's mind and emotions and I'm sure Jarius was tempted to be afraid. Notice Jesus reaction to this news and what He says to the ruler of the synagogue, in verse fifty, Jesus says to him "fear not, believe only and she shall be made whole." Jesus response to fear is to believe only. As Jarius refused to be afraid and continued to believe, he saw the power of God raise his daughter from the dead. Fear is faith in what satan can do and faith is believing in the promises of God and in what Jesus can do and what he has accomplished through the cross. Praise God!! Refusing to fear releases the power of God in our lives. In Jarius case he saw his daughter raised from the dead. What an awesome miracle that must have been!
Personally, as I've refused to fear in my life and chosen to obey God, believe His word and act upon it, I've seen many demonstrations of the power of God. I've seen people healed as I've laid hands on the sick, led people to the Lord as I've shared the Gospel with them and done things I never thought possible. Glory to God!! There are many people in the body of Christ today who have also refused to fear and instead have believed and acted on God's word and seen tremendous results in their lives.
The bible tells us that we have been delivered from fear, Romans (8:15), 2 timothy (1:7). Jesus has set us free from fear, it no longer has any hold, power or authority over us anymore, we don't have to give into or tolerate it in our lives for a second longer. Do we believe God's word? Is all our attention on what we feel or on what God Say's in His word about us? Do we believe we've been set free from fear? Let's learn as believer's, to walk in this freedom from fear, so that we can live by faith in this world without out faith being contaminated by fear or anything else that causes our walk with the Lord to be hindered.
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Wednesday 9 March 2011
Faith Series : Hindrances to our Faith : Part 2
One of the hindrances of faith is unbelief. Unbelief is the opposite of faith and is a negative force that comes against it. Faith is a powerful force, that when it's released and walked in, can dramatically change our lives and make a difference to the people around us.
In Matthew (13:54-58) Jesus came to His hometown to make a difference and was unable to do many miracles there because of their unbelief. It wasn't that He was unwilling to perform miracles, but He was unable to, because of the unbelief in the town. The town's unbelief hindered the flow of the power of God.
Jesus was and is for people, but against unbelief, (matthew (17:14-21), Mark (16:14) and spoke out against it and as Believers we've all struggled in this area, at one time or another. Even Jesus was tempted in this area by satan. When Jesus was led into the wilderness, He was tempted by the devil for forty days and forty nights. Satan tried to get Jesus to doubt who He was, by saying twice to Him "if you are the Son of God." Jesus knew who He was and counteracted the temptation to doubt, by quoting the Word of God. Jesus response to "if you are", was "it is written".
The answer to dealing with and getting rid of unbelief is and always will be the word of God. Romans (12:2) tells us to be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Renew you mind to what God says you are, to what God says you can do. Release your faith in God's word and not in what you can feel or see. It may be a fact right now, that your situation seems hopeless, but facts are subject to change and faith in God, in His word, can apply pressure on the facts and change them. Redirect your faith in God's word. God's truth applied can push out unbelief and get rid of it. Believe God's word. Begin to act upon it, pray for the sick believing that they'll get healed. Share the Gospel in word and in love, believing that the people will receive salvation as you share the message of the cross. Believe God and refuse to doubt. Release the force of faith, that God has put within you and make a difference to your community.
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In Matthew (13:54-58) Jesus came to His hometown to make a difference and was unable to do many miracles there because of their unbelief. It wasn't that He was unwilling to perform miracles, but He was unable to, because of the unbelief in the town. The town's unbelief hindered the flow of the power of God.
Jesus was and is for people, but against unbelief, (matthew (17:14-21), Mark (16:14) and spoke out against it and as Believers we've all struggled in this area, at one time or another. Even Jesus was tempted in this area by satan. When Jesus was led into the wilderness, He was tempted by the devil for forty days and forty nights. Satan tried to get Jesus to doubt who He was, by saying twice to Him "if you are the Son of God." Jesus knew who He was and counteracted the temptation to doubt, by quoting the Word of God. Jesus response to "if you are", was "it is written".
The answer to dealing with and getting rid of unbelief is and always will be the word of God. Romans (12:2) tells us to be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Renew you mind to what God says you are, to what God says you can do. Release your faith in God's word and not in what you can feel or see. It may be a fact right now, that your situation seems hopeless, but facts are subject to change and faith in God, in His word, can apply pressure on the facts and change them. Redirect your faith in God's word. God's truth applied can push out unbelief and get rid of it. Believe God's word. Begin to act upon it, pray for the sick believing that they'll get healed. Share the Gospel in word and in love, believing that the people will receive salvation as you share the message of the cross. Believe God and refuse to doubt. Release the force of faith, that God has put within you and make a difference to your community.
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Monday 7 March 2011
Faith Series : Hindrances to our faith : part one
I shared in a previous post, how we, as believers have the faith of God deposited within out reborn, recreated Spirits. Through the new birth, faith has been given to us and is not something we are trying to get, but something we already have. Throughout our walk with God though, there are many Hindrances to our faith, that the bible teaches on. Hindrances that stop the flow and power of God operating in our lives, that stop the promises of God becoming a reality to us. We don't have a faith deficiency, but our problems usually lie in negative Hindrances that come against our faith.
Over the next few posts, I'll be sharing on what these Hindrances are, so that we can become aware of them and learn to deal with these issues through the word of God, the power of the Holy Spirit and prayer.
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Over the next few posts, I'll be sharing on what these Hindrances are, so that we can become aware of them and learn to deal with these issues through the word of God, the power of the Holy Spirit and prayer.
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Faith Series : we've already got faith
Ephesians (2:8) "For by grace are you saved through faith ; and that not of yourselves : it is the gift of God."
Many times as Christians we find ourselves praying "Lord, give me more faith, give me more love, ect". I've done it, as I'm sure other believers have also, but there are some things that we don't actually need to pray for, as God has already, through the new birth, given us these things.
Galatians (5:22-23) speaks of the fruit of the Spirit. One of the fruits of the Spirit is faith. All the fruit of the spirit, which these verses speak of, were deposited within our reborn, re-created human spirit the moment we received the amazing free gift of salvation through Jesus. Faith is something we're not trying to get, but what God has already given to us. Where, if God has already given us faith, is He going to go to get more faith for us. He's already given us faith. We just need to believe, receive and walk in what's He's given to us through the new birth.
Romans (12:3), says He has given every man the measure of faith. We all, everyone of us have an equal amount of faith. God doesn't have favourites, He's not a respecter of persons. He loves and treats us all equally. When He says He's given us an equal measure of faith, He means it.
You have all the faith in the world. It may be dusty, through neglect of use and letting it lie dormant within you all this time, but dust it off, dig it out and activate it, through believing the living word of God and using the faith that God has given you.
John (15:5) "I am the vine, you are the branches; He who abides in me and I in Him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing."
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Many times as Christians we find ourselves praying "Lord, give me more faith, give me more love, ect". I've done it, as I'm sure other believers have also, but there are some things that we don't actually need to pray for, as God has already, through the new birth, given us these things.
Galatians (5:22-23) speaks of the fruit of the Spirit. One of the fruits of the Spirit is faith. All the fruit of the spirit, which these verses speak of, were deposited within our reborn, re-created human spirit the moment we received the amazing free gift of salvation through Jesus. Faith is something we're not trying to get, but what God has already given to us. Where, if God has already given us faith, is He going to go to get more faith for us. He's already given us faith. We just need to believe, receive and walk in what's He's given to us through the new birth.
Romans (12:3), says He has given every man the measure of faith. We all, everyone of us have an equal amount of faith. God doesn't have favourites, He's not a respecter of persons. He loves and treats us all equally. When He says He's given us an equal measure of faith, He means it.
You have all the faith in the world. It may be dusty, through neglect of use and letting it lie dormant within you all this time, but dust it off, dig it out and activate it, through believing the living word of God and using the faith that God has given you.
John (15:5) "I am the vine, you are the branches; He who abides in me and I in Him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing."
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