Day: October 22, 2022

Growth ln Faith

God has given a measure of seed of faith to everyone of us. Faith comes by hearing the WORD of God. Our God can communicate his WORD to us.

How can we hear that word and get that seed to grow in the soil of our lives.

Romans 10:17-“So then faith comes by hearing the word of God”.

 Hearing is not  a passive act of hearing the sounds, it means to act upon what has been heard  .When God speaks it’s a command ; we either act on it or disobey it, we must know that disobedience hinders the growth of faith and then we wonder why it has not happened.  God says “ “He that has my word, and keeps it (acts on it) he it is that loves me. We have to grow from glory to glory and from faith to faith. You can not imitate someone else’s faith. lf you act upon the word of God when it comes to you, things happen .

Love-It is essential for the growth of faith. lf you have love then faith will work by love.        

 Galatians 5:6 “For in Jesus neither circumcision or uncircumcision availeth much, but Faith which worketh by LOVE.

      God speaks through ; 1)Written word .2) Spoken word.

We need to know the difference between them in order to know the ‘Hearing’ of the word of God.    God still speaks today through His written word through his anointed servants, through dreams ,visions and inward assurance or circumstances.

We live not by His written word alone but by the word that still “continues to proceed out of God’s mouth.  We should not reject the fact that God can speak to us through other ways than the written word (The Bible). Some say that the days of miracles are past. So they live by what God ‘SAID’ and refuse to hear what He ‘IS SAYING’. So the God   of   miracles  are  rejected there.    

So prayer and fasting are the key to greater faith. Believe what you speak.lt is called “Saying Faith” or “Speaking Faith”. It is a Higher than   Asking Faith”.   Jesus  said, 

“ Varily l say unto you that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be removed and  be cast into the sea and believe; then whatever he says, shall come to pass”. 

 lf you get God’s words and say them, they become life and health to you. If you repeat God’s word and walk in faith, not by sight, your faith will increase.                       

Rom 4:20,21-“Be strong in faith, giving glory to God, being fully persuaded that what he says he is able to perform”.

Let us stir up our faith, and make it grow by continuously practicing these principles.           

HEAR ! OBEY!  LOVE ! SAY !

Testimony–Whenever wherever l prayed for the people by saying the  Written, Healing scriptures in faith ,they received healing. All glory to God.

Prayer : l thank you Lord for your faithfulness, love and truth  because of which you heard  our prayers and healed the sick. Amen.                   

                            Sol: Noreen.

Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1

In the above verse we see Apostle Paul asking people to follow him as example as he follows the example of Christ.

To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 1 Peter 2:21

Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. 1 John 2:6

The above verse clearly tells that we should follow the example of Christ. But Apostle says to the people of the Corinth church to follow his example as he follows the example of Christ. He was so confident that he is following the example of Christ.

Are we following the example Jesus showed us? Are we  being a role model to the people around us so that people can follow us an example?

All of us want to live a holy life without any sin in the sight of the Lord. But is it really holy in the sight of The Lord. We need to examine ourselves daily in the Light of The Holy Spirit. When the room is dark we don’t see any dust but a small light enters from the window we see dust particles in the air. The Holy Spirit is the light which can penetrate through the dark room and show the dust. Only seeing ourselves in the light of The Holy Spirit we can examine ourselves.

The Bible says even little jealousy or anger or gossip is a sin. The little gossip we do in the office or the little complaining we do about our Boss or little diverting the law of the rules of the road while we are travelling is a sin and we are not showing an example to the people or society. Even these little things can scatter the souls near us rather than to make them come to us or learn from us.

In Corinthians apostle Pauls talks about eating in 1 Corinthians 8 & 10. Even though we have the right to eat what we like but if it is causing my friend or another person discomfort The Bible tells it is a sin.

 But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. 1 Corinthians 8,9

I’ve heard a missionary in Bihar saying that in their mission fields they never eat cow meat. There are strict rules that none of the missionary working there should eat cow meat. This is a tradition followed by the non-believers in that state but the missionaries do not eat because they don’t want be a stumbling block for the non-believers to come to them or a stumbling block for them to reach out to them. If the people disapprove their eating they would disapprove The Gospel. It is a sin as per 1 Corinthians 8:12. Apostle Paul carefully explains even a food can be stumbling block for us to be an example and lead people away from Christ.

Today people are watching us in our work place, in our gatherings, in congregations, let us be careful to present ourselves, let us be conscious that our example should present Christ in us and leading a sinless life for the souls to follow us as an example and to lead the lost souls to us to share The Gospel of Christ.

Prayer:

Our Gracious heavenly Father we thank you Lord for giving your Son our Master Jesus Christ to be the example that we should follow. Give us the grace O Lord to lead a similar life blameless and pleasing in your sight that we may not be a stumbling block to other but as example for them to follow to lead them to Christ. In Jesus name I Pray. Amen

Sol.Leo