"And He said to them: Be careful what you are hearing. The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure of virtue and knowledge (power and ability) that comes back to you - and more [besides] will come to you who hear."
Mark 4:24.
What is faith?
It is a total dependence on God and a will-ingness to do His will and to obey.
Your will is all you really possess. "Will" is defined as:
a) the power of choosing one's own actions.
b) a conscious choice to control one's own mind.
Faith comes from surrendering your will to HIS will. Surrender your will every morning before getting out bed.
A giant step in the walk of faith is the one we take when we decide God is no longer a part of your life. He IS your life.
a)"For the Lord is your life..." Deuteronomy 30:20.
b)"When Christ, who is your life appears..." Colossians 3:4.
Faith is a decision, not a feeling.
"Without faith it is impossible to please
God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him."
Hebrews 11:6.
Belief is a decision to stand on God's Word and not your feelings.
1. Isaiah 7:9b "If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all."
2. "Now faith is the assurance (the
confidence, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]." Hebrews 11:1.
3. "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible." Hebrews 11:3.
4. Faith is not believing in my own un-
shakable belief. Faith is believing in an unshakable God even when everything in me trembles and quakes.
Join us next week for another devotion In His Word
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