Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 05:57
Conclusion:
You have faith the question is where will you invest your faith; will it be in this world and the ways of this world or will it be in Chris Jesus?
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Another way of saying this is Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.
Take the time to read Hebrews 11
From Hebrews 11:3 to Hebrews 11:31
We are given 18 examples of what faith in GOD accomplished
11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.
11:4 By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain
11:5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death
11:7 By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark
11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed
11:9 By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land
11:11 By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life
11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau
11:21 By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph
11:22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons
11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents
11:24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter
11:27 By faith he (Moses) left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king
11:28 By faith he (Moses) kept the Passover
11:29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land
11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down
11:31 By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient
18 examples of what happened when mere humans set their faith in GOD Take the time to go and read about these men and women who put their faith in God and what that accomplished no only in their lives but in the world.
Romans 4:16-25 ¶ For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
(as it is written, “A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE YOU”)
in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist. In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE.”
Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb; yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.
Therefore, IT WAS ALSO CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him, but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.
i truly believe one reason our faith is so week is because instead of learning to trust GOD we have been deceived by this world into believe it (the powers of this world) can provide our needs.
But this world can not bring us true peace, comfort nor true peace nor true wealth.
Ony by putting our faith in Christ and Father God can we be given these things and much more.
The word of God tells us it is by faith we are saved, by faith we can be healed, it is by faith we will inherit the kingdom of God, by faith all our need (needs not necessarily our wants) will be taken care of by the Lord.
If our faith is placed in the world and the things of this world then the world will be our reward, but if our faith is set in Christ Jesus and Father God our reward is eternal life with them, and all, yeas all our NEEDS will be provided.
We are also told where our treasure is that also will be where our heart is.
If we will seek first the kingdom of God our faith in Him will grow and our reward will be the kingdom of God. What more could anyone truly want?
Fame, riches are but dung,
Find the narrow path that leads to the small gate.
Allow your faith in God to grow by not running to the world for you need but rather giving Father God the time to provide them to you.
Learn to be patient for a answer to your prayers. We are told to be anchoes for nothing.
And just like every thing with GOD and the Lord Jesus; it is your choice to except, believe, receive, to entering.
And it is your choice to ask the Lord Jesus to be your Lord, it is your choice to put your faith in Him or not.
It is your choice to enter in to His kingdom or to be cast in to the pit of hell.
Seek first the kingdom of heaven, not the pleasers of this world. Store up your treasures in in heaven, not in this world.
What will you do?
It is your choice.
Heaven or hell, make the choice and then live with it.
Matthew 16:26
“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?
Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”
Mark 8:36 “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?
Hebrews 9:27-28 And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
Is Christ coming back for you?
Do you have faith in Him that He will do as He has promised?
Are you eagerly awaiting His return?
Are you working at gaining the world?
The worlds stuff and things?
Or are you willing to except Christ at His word?
If so then ask Him to come in to your heart, repent of your sins and ask Him to forgive you rejecting Him in the past.
And remember if you repent, He will give you a new life, a life in Him.
But remember it is your reasonability to walk in that new life,
It may mean walking away from old friends and stepping in to a bible teaching church and finding new friends, friends who can help you make that new life from Christ a reality in your raver day walk.
But even more important is to remember that once you have excepted Christ Jesus as your lord and savior, He has gone to the Father and asked Him to send the Holy Spirit to teach you, you just have to listen to His still small voice.
Sunday, January 21, 2024, 02:43
Luke 12:28
“But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You men of little faith!”
Luke 12:22-32
¶ And Jesus said to His disciples,
“For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!
And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life’s span?
If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You men of little faith!
And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.
For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things.
But first seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.”
Luke 12:33
¶ “Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
{{{ We show lack of faith in the Lord Jesus when we are concerned about what we will eat or what we will put on our bodies.
Trusting in Jesus is to put all your cares upon Him.
Having faith in Jesus is excepting what He provides for us, not what the world tells us we must have.
Having a heart of gratitude, gratefulness and thankfulness towards GOD for what is provided for you, not only shows faith in Him but by living a life of gratitude, gratefulness and thankfulness for what GOD provides will boost your faith in Him.
But as long as you are looking to the world, its ways, man or money to provide what you need your faith in GOD will grow stagnate and dwindle away. }}}
Luke 12:29-31
And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.
For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things.
But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.”
{{{ we are told do not seek what we will eat or drink, it appears to me that we are not to seek any worldly things, not food nor drink, not clothing, not stuff nor things, not ririches, but we are told to Seek His kingdom, the Kingdom of GOD.
The Lord says by doing so not only will He provide our needs but will also give to us entrance to His kingdom.
By doing so will also cause our faith in Him will grow.
Giving Him the opportunity to provide our needs, as He is faithful to do so.
If we are grateful for what He has provided for us, living a life of gratefulness and gratitude allowing Him to noy pnly be not only be our provider but also our provision, our faith in Him will grow to be strong and powerful. )))
Where does your daily walk show your faith is planted?
think about it.
Saturday, January 20, 2024, 03:34
Matthew 16:8
But Jesus, aware of this, said, “You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread?”
Matthew 16:5-12
¶ And the disciples came to the other side of the sea, but they had forgotten to bring any bread. And Jesus said to them,
“Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
They began to discuss this among themselves, saying,
“He said that because we did not bring any bread.”
But Jesus, aware of this, said,
“You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you do you not yet understand or remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up?
Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up?
How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread?
But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
{{{ aging the Lord shows us even His disciples had a problem with faith, but yet they became each who took up their cross and followed Christ, and are the ones He used to take His gospel to the world.
Are we any different? I don’t think we are any different,
As we saw yesterday Christ Jesus has stated He will never forsake us, and if we have excepted Him in to our hearts He has asked the Father (GOD) to send us the Holy Spirit to dwell in us to teach us,
He Christ Jesus has given us every opportunity to succeed and become faithful followers of His.
His free gift of salvation, and His free gift of the Holy Spirit sent to dwelling in us, these are all we need.
A major problem is we have become so attached to the ways of the world, the money, the stuff and things, a position, worldly concepts we have become a people that think more is better, more is success, a people of little to no form of gratitude or thankfulness for what Christ has dune for us by hanging on that cross, or by raising from the dead three days later.
Christ Jesus makes it verry clear in Matthew 7:21-32 what will happen to those who put their faith in all of the above rather than Him
Matthew 7:21-23
¶ “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS."
This is not a game, for once Christ appears in the clouds for those who are His it is dune.
You need to totaly grasp the fact this not a game that you can hit refresh and start over.
We are told in Matthew 7:13-14
¶ “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
Christ has given us warning after warning. Our faith may be week but we need to take the faith we do contain and place it in Christ and in Christ alone.
James 1:5
¶ But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
If you are double minded: if all the world’s riches, goals, desirers are more important to you then your walk with Christ, then your faith in Christ will be at the least week, chances are in reality it will be non-excitant.
Want your faith in Christ to be stronger than get in His word and start following His lead, repent of the sin in your life, follow His commandments, and start living the life He set out for you before you were even born.
James 4:1
¶ What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?
You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God?
Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose:
“He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?
But He gives a greater grace. Therefore, it says, “GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.”
Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.
Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
James 4:8
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
{ If you will draw near to God, He will draw near to you, let go of the world and its ways, draw close to God and see what happens.}
James 4:3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
{ You ask but do not receive because you ask because your motives are wrong.
Want your faith in the Lord to grow?
Then make your priority’s wright spend time in the word of GOD, not just reading the words but reading what the Lord your God is saying to you, His book the Bible was written to you for you. To show you how you are to live, and by spending time with it on a personal level asking the Holy Spirit to teach you what Father God and Christ Jesus are so eagerly waiting for you to know except and understand about their love for you.
For if you understand these things your faith will grow. }
Will you take time to consider what the Lord has said, and dune.?
Do you want your faith in Christ to grow?
If so then turn away from this world ways and turn to Christ.
Spend more time with the Lord then in the ways of this worlds.
Are you truly awaiting His return or are you more concerned about the next sports event coming up, the next dollar you are going to collet, the next pat on the back you may receive?
are you on the broad path to the wide gate that leads to destruction?
Or are you willing to put your faith in Christ Jesus and take the pathe to Heaven on the narrow path that leads to the small gate.
That choice is yours and yours alone.
Think about it.
Friday, January 19, 2024, 06:48
Matthew 14:31
Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and Jesus said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
{{{ “You of little faith, why did you doubt?” }}}
Mattheew 14:28-33
¶ Peter said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”
And He said, “Come!”
And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus.
But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!”
Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and Jesus said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
When they got into the boat, the wind stopped.
And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “You are certainly God’s Son!”
{{{ Peter, a disciples of Christ Jesus, Petr who had been with Jesus from the beginning of His ministry.
Petter who personally saw Jesus do miracles, healings casting out demands, made the lame to walk and the blind to see, that Peter.
Matthew 14:22-27
¶ Immediately He (Jesus) made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away.
After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.
But the boat was already a long distance from the land, battered by the waves; for the wind was contrary.
And in the fourth watch of the night, He came to them, walking on the sea. When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear.
But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”
Jesus Came walking on the water to the disciples and it says they were terrified.
As a believer in Christ Jesus and a follower of Him He has asked the Father to send the Holy Spirit to dwell in you, so GOD is with you.
When fear or a time of being terrified, comes upon you remember that, remember that the spirit of Jesus is right there with you, saying to you “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid”
In Hebrews 13:5 Jesus tells us
Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said,
“I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,”
Deuteronomy 31:8
“The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
Joshua 1:5
“No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you.
If being a honest follower of Christ Jesus, obeying His commandments, putting our faith and hope in Him and Him alone, not doubting Him or His word, being content with our lives and what He provides for us (for we could not all handle being millionaires, it would destroy us) no mater what may come in to our lives, we need to take to heart that He will not desert us, nor will He fail us, nor forsake us.
He is our redeemer, provider, our provision, our Lord and our friend. If Christ be for us, whom can be against us.
Matthew 14:28-33
¶ Peter said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” And He (Jesus) said, “Come!” And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus.
But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and *said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
When they got into the boat, the wind stopped. And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “You are certainly God’s Son!”
{{{ But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink }}}
Peter did just what we do, He looked away from Christ, and Just as Peter did when we take our eyes off Christ we start to sink.
And just like with Perter, Jesus is right there and stretches out His hand and takes hold of us to bring us back to safety, and all we have to do is cry out to Him and ask “Lord, save me!”
Christ is faithful to His word, and faithful to those who are His.
Where do you stand?
Where is your faith anchored?
Thursday, January 18, 2024, 06:54
Matthew 8:26
He (Jesus) said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.”
{{{ And Jesus said it them and Jesus is saying the same to today you today “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” }}}
Matthew 8:23-27
¶ When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep.
And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing!”
He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?”
Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.
The men were amazed, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”
{{{ don’t give up because of your week faith, even Christs own disciples had a hard time with faith. As in what we saw yesterday; if we lack anything we need to ask the Father in the name of Jesus with out doubt. For having doubt, we should not expect anything from GOD. Seek first the Kingdome of God and His righteousness. }}}
{{{ Christs disciples were tested wall in the boat as the storm overtook the boat,
The disciples could have woken Jesus and said (hay Lord, could you calm the storm for us?) but no they responded more like we would (“Save us, Lord; we are perishing!”)
Fear and a lack of faith, but through following Christ Jesus look what they did in their walk with Christ, and if they can accomplish so much for Christ Jesus,
what is imposable for you if you surrender all to Christ and learn to trust Him?
Can you change the way you live?
Can you find contentment with where you are and what you have right now?
And leave it all to the spirit of GOD who dwells in you to guide and teach you into the ways of Christ Jesus to learn how to find the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. }}}