Love and Faith
To truly love God there has to be faith, to die to self and our natural sinfulness, love leads the way.
Beware of such thoughts as:
* “God doesn’t care”…”He doesn’t love me”…”His Word is not true.”
These thoughts are born of the flesh and the devil, seeking to push us further and further away from faith in God’s Love.
* “Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in your faith…”1 Peter 5:8-9
“In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help.” Psalm 18:6a
Some healing thoughts about faith and love:
* I believe God works miracles in answer to the prayer of faith. And I believe every promise in God’s Word. But, through much suffering, I have discovered something wonderful about the way God works.
Below is what helped me renew
My confidence in the Lord and set me free from the bondage of trying to
figure out FAITH.
* If you cannot give God perfect faith, give Him perfect love.
* “Perfect love casts out all fear.” Perfect love is the rest God has for His people. He wants us to rest in His love, trusting that He will always come to our aid as a father to a hurting child in spite of our inadequate faith.
*Stop evaluating or grading your faith. And stop trying to figure out faith.
The Bible says, “Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of
these is love” (1 Corinthians 13:13).
** If you are going to specialize in
anything, specialize in love—faith works by love.
* If God does not answer certain of our prayers, we can be sure He has
some great eternal reason for not doing so.
*It boils down to this: God has all power and can do anything. Nothing is
impossible to Him. He has promised to answer every prayer in Christ’s name,
so we must ask in full assurance of faith, expecting an answer.
* But should God delay that answer or choose another path for us, He must have a mighty good reason for it all. *And we must believe that whatever God permits in our lives will one day all work to our good (Romans 8:28).
*When an opportunity is blocked, God has a reason. And He is providing love and protection, even in your disappointment.
When one door has closed, a greater one is about to open. Be wise and watch for it “His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.”
*Our heavenly Father knows exactly where we are going and what we need. *He will give us what is best, in proper Holy Spirit timing (Matthew 7:11).
God will not permit you to be overcome by your trials. You may come to what you think of as your breaking point, yet you will survive and live to tell of His
faithfulness if you will not harden your heart but fall into His arms, trusting
His everlasting love.
You, My beloved, have been given power over ALL the works of the enemy. That even means the power of something that seems bigger or more powerful than you are. All you have to do is be led by My Spirit and have Faith to defeat all of the powers of darkness. Do not be afraid; no weapon formed against you will prosper!
2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Be merciful to those who doubt; save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh. To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. (Jude 20-25)