This morning I only have a few minutes to write but I feel the need to say something. This economy is going in the toilet bowl and everyone seems to be enamored by it swirling down the porcelain highway. Cats and dogs do the same. Gas prices are skyrocketing, food prices are high... $2.89 for a head of lettuce?... So what are we as Christians going to do about it?
The job market is like finding Waldo. Only once you find him you lost him again. Jobs across the country are being cut and not replaced. Even the more important jobs for our future are facing layoffs. So what do we as Christians do about this?
Moral values are being attacked. It's like the censorship boards were laid off along with our teachers and policeman. This generation of students are growing up seeing their parents split. They are seeing very immoral acts being modeled to them not only in their home but also in the media. So what are we as Christians going to do about it?
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Faith
After last weeks snowstorm I have resumed my "normal" routine. This morning God has been showing me things about faith. Now I kinda knew what faith was... things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen... but I never really pondered upon it. I have always heard the term used in a manner to describe a Christian such as: "Oh he has found faith" or " He lost his faith". But if we really examine the Word of God to know what it means it might just blow you away just as it did me.
Faith requires our ENTIRE trust in the Lord. What I mean is when we say we have faith it is like we have just given control of our lives to God. It is an action that is contrary to our nature. At first it is harder to give up control but just like any domesticated animal, then over time we accept it. But, because of our fallen nature we tend to want to take back control. In the Christian maturity this seems to be less often. Faith in this manner requires an action. If we were to truly give God total control, we will see Him do things in our lives that only He can do. The Bible tells us that we need only the faith the size of one of the smallest seeds known, the mustard seed. Once we see God working in our lives from our faith , our faith grows and it gets a little easier to put faith into action. It is not always easier and we don't always want God to be in control of our situations but when we see God working in our lives it should spur us on and increase our faith.
For those who are not saved ("saved" definition coming soon) faith is the action one must exercise to see God. It is the agent that one MUST have in order to receive grace. ("Grace" definition coming soon.)
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Faith requires our ENTIRE trust in the Lord. What I mean is when we say we have faith it is like we have just given control of our lives to God. It is an action that is contrary to our nature. At first it is harder to give up control but just like any domesticated animal, then over time we accept it. But, because of our fallen nature we tend to want to take back control. In the Christian maturity this seems to be less often. Faith in this manner requires an action. If we were to truly give God total control, we will see Him do things in our lives that only He can do. The Bible tells us that we need only the faith the size of one of the smallest seeds known, the mustard seed. Once we see God working in our lives from our faith , our faith grows and it gets a little easier to put faith into action. It is not always easier and we don't always want God to be in control of our situations but when we see God working in our lives it should spur us on and increase our faith.
For those who are not saved ("saved" definition coming soon) faith is the action one must exercise to see God. It is the agent that one MUST have in order to receive grace. ("Grace" definition coming soon.)
Please I enjoy reading comments. If you have one, submit it!
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