HE Speaks…In Finding Faith

In search of truly finding faith?

We can truly find faith by trusting the word of God!

When we live by it, act on it, and cling to it…faith begins

We must continually remind ourselves, that the words on the pages of the bible are ALIVE!

These holy words feed the soul!  They instruct us, they encourage us, and they speak the truth!

The bible is more than mere words on a page…they are GOD breathed!

Remember this!  We should and NEED to come to them ALWAYS with Reverence!

AMEN

Romans 10:17 (New International Version, ©2010)

¹⁷ Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

It starts with Thanks…

In THANKS…we focus on the WHO…Our Lord and Savior…Jesus Christ!

When we focus on the WHO…we begin to feel the peace…

When there is peace…Trust begins…

In Trust…we have a Hope for Now and a Future in Eternity!

And when there is Hope…There IS Joy! 

Joy in abundance for Now, and for an Eternity of unrestricted ecstasy of HIS unconditional love!

Start TODAY with THANKS!

AMEN!

Jeremy Camp - In your presence 'tradução'

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HE Speaks…It is HIS Desire…

I am scared, because it looks hopeless…

I am discouraged, because obstacles continue to cross our path…

I am exhausted, because these circumstances seem endless…

But these feelings and emotions are only a reflection of our human frailty.  It is ok to be scared, discouraged and even exhausted...

But…rather than face it alone…We have a best friend, a confident, a savior that can EASE the burden

This IS His desire…acceptance of our limitations, and release of what we cannot understand, and cannot handle…

In thankfulness and trust we walk…

Not asking ourselves…How will I handle this…but Hallelujah!...He walks before me!

One step at a time…I hold my Saviors hand!

Isaiah 46:4 (New International Version, ©2010)

⁴ Even to your old age and gray hairs
   I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
   I will sustain you and I will rescue you.

Matthew 11:28-30 (New International Version, ©2010)

   ²⁸ “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Jeremy Camp "My Desire"

HE Speaks...The Blessings of Faith!

Psalm 91: 9-16

 ⁹ If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,”
   and you make the Most High your dwelling,
¹⁰ no harm will overtake you,
   no disaster will come near your tent.
¹¹ For he will command his angels concerning you
   to guard you in all your ways;
¹² they will lift you up in their hands,
   so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
¹³ You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
   you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

 ¹⁴ “Because he^[a] loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him;
   I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him;
   I will be with him in trouble,
   I will deliver him and honor him.
¹⁶ With long life I will satisfy him
   and show him my salvation.”

The Potter’s Clay

Isaiah 64:8 (New International Version, ©2010)
8 Yet you, LORD, are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.

As a believer in Christ, the word says we are clay in His hands…But what about fear?…fear turns the clay hard
Fear allows the clay to begin to turn into a stale dry mass..Completely unshapable

But the potter NEVER throws away the clay
He can wash the old clay in water, and re mold into a brand new shape…including changing its purpose!

Stepping out in faith with God, on what terrifies us the most, is much like the potters wheel.  The clay must be on the potter’s wheel to begin to be shaped and made into something new!

God has BIG plans for you.  Stepping on to the potters wheel may be the hardest thing you will ever do…
But…it will be the most rewarding!

His plans, for your shape, are far more exquisite than you will ever know or could even imagine!

As the potter, He will ALWAYS keep His eye on you, and lovingly shape you to whom He saw you to be...Before He knit you in your mother’s womb

Jeremiah 18:3-4 (New Living Translation)

³ So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. ⁴ But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over.

HE Speaks…You are Known!

As believers in Christ..we are claimed...known...chosen by our Savior! Eternally loved and watched over! Amen!

Isaiah 43 (New King James Version)
The Redeemer of Israel:

But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel:

“ Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name;
You are Mine.

Audrey Assad - Known (Slideshow With Lyrics)

The Author and Perfecter of your faith!

Fix your eyes on Me!...the Author and Perfecter of your faith, and many difficulties on the road ahead will vanish before your reach them.  Jesus Calling, February 14th, Sarah Young.

In this Faith journey…As much as we think we “see” the future as God sees it…we are just fooling ourselves…

Stop…

Trust Him in complete blindness…

There the light will be revealed!

Hebrews 12:2 (King James Version)

 ²Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Brandon Heath - The Light In Me

The Deepest of LOVE…The Lord God…Our Redeemer

When going through rivers of difficulty…

We have a choice…

Let the waters sweep us away..OR

Hold on to the Lord…whose roots run deep..and are safely grounded

In His strength, and by our faith…we can hold on to His hope for us!

For God SO LOVED us…that He gave us His only Son…for Hope,  For Peace, For Life abundant, For Eternity with an everlasting, loving, and Holy God!

AMEN!

Isaiah 43 (New King James Version)

The Redeemer of Israel

 ¹ But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob,
      And He who formed you, O Israel:

      “ Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
      I have called you by your name;
      You are Mine.
       ² When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
      And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
      When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
      Nor shall the flame scorch you.
       ³ For I am the LORD your God,
      The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
      I gave Egypt for your ransom,
      Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
       ⁴ Since you were precious in My sight,
      You have been honored,
      And I have loved you;
      Therefore I will give men for you,
      And people for your life.
       ⁵ Fear not, for I am with you;

A Prayer of HOPE in a time of discouragement...

Psalm 42:5-11 (New Living Translation)
 5 Why am I discouraged?
      Why is my heart so sad?
   I will put my hope in God!
      I will praise him again—
      my Savior and 6 my God!
   Now I am deeply discouraged,
      but I will remember you—
   even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan,
      from the land of Mount Mizar.
 7 I hear the tumult of the raging seas
      as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.
 8 But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me,
      and through each night I sing his songs,
      praying to God who gives me life.
 9 “O God my rock,” I cry,
      “Why have you forgotten me?
   Why must I wander around in grief,
      oppressed by my enemies?”
 10 Their taunts break my bones.
      They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?”
 11 Why am I discouraged?
      Why is my heart so sad?
   I will put my hope in God!
      I will praise him again—
      my Savior and my God!

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Lord...I NEED you NOW!