Tag Archive | Faith

SUNDAY SPIRITUAL

Dec31

We have come to the end another YEAR! How will you unshackle the fears of 2023 that proved to be fruitless? …and harness the potential of the unknown that awaits YOU in the FAITHFULNESS OF CHRIST? Give Him your fears, anxiety and trust that He will do the right right thing in every situation “IF” you have belief in His FAITHFULNESS? 

Why wait?

SUNDAY SPIRITUAL

Aug28

How Can I Move from A Place of Belief, to True Faith?……………..

TO KNOWING?

Since there is a difference between faith and belief, how do you go from the place of belief to the place of true faith? The answer is going to sound simple, but here it is: One step at a time, one action at a time. At some point in your journey with CHRIST you are going to have to take a step where you demonstrate your faith in Him with your actions.  Some blessings are conditional. In the Book of James 2, ‘Faith without works is dead.’

One area I struggle with is in giving. When I struggle with financial debt because I don’t know if I can make ends meet that month? I know God has said he will provide ALL my needs but how do I reconcile my bank statement with my faith? Because I know He exists. I must start by giving where I am and as I begin to see GOD provide in my life I can give more. Is that FAITH? This is not just true of giving but of everything GOD asks of me. The only way faith grows is by acting on it. It’s like a muscle that has to be used in order to build strength and endurance. My initial actions may be small, but the more consistent they are(WORK OUTS) the more my faith will grow(STRENGTHEN), and I will not just have belief but will have active, growing faith.

Let me remind you of something. God wants to move you from belief to faith and he wants your faith to grow. He desires this so that as your faith grows which leads you trust Him with bigger and bigger things. You began to trust Him with ALL things. But this is a process, and it does not happen all at once. The beautiful part is that God is gracious and will give you opportunities to demonstrate your faith. In God’s plan for your life, there are more things He has for you to do, but to get there FAITH is required. For this reason, He will graciously help you turn your belief into faith and all you have to do is ask for his help. Then you KNOW Him.

WEDNESDAY WISDOM

Jun26

INTEGRITY

~ the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles

Who are you if you are not your beliefs? How do you become YOU? Are you truly you? Are you what you do, more so than that which you believe? What are your principles…are you them? What are your rules you live, love and pray by? I want to be known for my integrity. Some things, I just will not do or agree with. What has happened to our moral integrity in America? What/who am I, if not who my Creator (I believe) say I am? Or am I really who I feel like I am…TODAY?

Why do we have to apologize for our FAITH or BELIEFS? I applaud those men and women that stand for what they ‘SAY’ they believe because now they are living it by standing in those beliefs for all to see.

Let that man or woman be YOU.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem. ~ Stephen Covey
Think About It?

SUNDAY SPIRITUAL

Jun25

FAITH VS BELIEF

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I’ve always believed that Faith was stronger than Belief. As I grew in the Faith, I would hear how the two are used interchangeably. Do we not know the difference? Do I?

Faith and Belief are not the same. The Biblical definition of faith – “Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1). I like KJV…”Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Some Scriptures are hard for me to recite in another version. Some Scriptures seems more fluid in King James. The dictionary definition of faith – Complete trust or confidence in someone or something. Faith in its truest from is when you have confidence in God to the point that it causes you to act.

James 2:19-21 KJV

19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? (ABRAHAM believed what GOD said!)

Belief on the other hand, The dictionary definition of belief – An acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists. Therefore, we can believe and not have faith.

Think About It?