Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
By faith we understand creation...
By faith Abraham offered Isaac up to God...
By faith we please God...
By faith in reverent fear Noah constructed an ark...
By faith they and we obey God's call to go not knowing where...
By faith we all live in the land of promise looking forward to A Better Country...
By faith Sarah conceived a child when past the age because
Faithful is God Who has promised...
And these friends in the Bible all died in faith
Not having received the things promised...
Will I walk by faith this moment in time?
Will my faith still speak even when I die? ~ Hebrews 11:4
Oh, to have the faith that Abraham had, to be willing to offer up the son of promise to the God who had given him that son. Noah blesses me today, as I see him building the ark and no one believing his God, yet he continued on and built it amid scorn and ridicule.
ReplyDeleteI do have faith but NOT that kind of faith. My faith is so puny in comparison to those in the Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11. I do find it growing stronger day by day and then I find that it does falter at moments and I cry out to Him, help thou my unbelief. They had no written word of God, they had very few around them if any, to encourage and uplift them and edify them, yet they believed in Him. This thought makes me feel so ashamed of myself, for I know in my head far more than any of them did, yet my faith falters at times.
How I pray that I will have more faith moment by moment and maybe most of all, that my faith will speak even when I die and perhaps after I die.
May it be said of all of us Pearls that we were women of faith who lived it out in front of others.
Amen to you both. By faith, the Pearls...
ReplyDelete"Any faith that must be supported by the evidence of the senses is not real faith." ~A.W. Tozer
ReplyDeleteGod has been working powerfully in our lives. It has been over a month now since my husband's department was terminated. Everyone wonders how we can be so calm.
ReplyDeleteWe are trusting in God to provide and to take care of us, and realizing this is not the worst thing that could happen to us.
Almost 2 years ago, after our granddaughter was born, our daughter and granddaughter were abruptly and unexpectedly removed from our lives by our son-in-law. That was far worse, more devastating than I could have ever imagined. Through it all, our faith grew in a way we could never imagine. Our faith was all we had, and it grew deeper. And miracle of miracles, an amazing thing happened, God changed our hearts.
God worked in my heart through the fruit of the spirt. Weeds had choked the garden of my heart, and I hadn't noticed until He got rid of them. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness and self-control are all things that didn't necessarily come easily to me. I struggled, working my way through them in paintings. The final breakthrough was when my painting, "The Fruit of the Spirit", won an award on Thursday at a regional Art Show. When we returned home that evening I received a text message from our son-in-law inviting us to the hospital when our second granddaughter is born. We hadn't heard from him for about 18 months, and as usual, it was God's perfect timing. The next morning, I checked my phone for verse of the day and it was Galatians 5:22-23, the fruit of the spirit.
Praise Be To God.
Oh Jan! Beautiful stirring words. With tears running down my face for you, that's just an amazing story. God is so faithful to you. The Invisible Hand is on your shoulder! Love you!
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