Category Archives: Faith

Forgiveness and Bitterness

Jesus in Matthew 6 teaches us to pray:  “Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. ”  Then He says:  14 “For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. 15 But if you don’t forgive people, your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing.

Jesus mentions the word “forgive” six times, it must be significant.  The opposite is to hold a bad feeling, and eventually get bitter.  Bitterness is subtle and hurts ourselves more than others.   Both an unwillingness to forgive and bitterness will hinder prayer.  That’s why the Lord mentioned it in Matthew 6 when talking about prayer.

Law of the Spirit of Life

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. In Romans 7 and 8 Paul uses the term “law” several times. Let’s focus on the best and top law – the Spirit of Life that sets us free from another law. This law of the Spirit is like a rocket blast that is able to free an object from the law of gravity. One law frees from another law (or overcomes it).  So the more we live in the Spirit the move we can overcome the effects of sin and death.

The Spirit said to Philip

In the desert, the Spirit is speaking. He spoke to Philip in Acts chapter 8. Verse 26,  Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place…..8:29 And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” The result of this glorious sovereign circumstance is that Christ is preached, taught and exalted. The person riding on the ancient vehicle learned about and was brought to Christ. The passage in Isaiah was used by the Spirit to exalt Christ. We should always trust the Spirit to bring circumstances for Christ to be made known.

Things Going Wrong?

Things in our lives may seem to be going funny (all wrong), but God understands our circumstances better than we do.  Jesus in John 14 says:   1“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.”  Here is the secret, just lean on  Jesus and let Him…

Trust in Following the Lord

Never dread any consequence resulting from absolute obedience to His command. …  “The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord is enthroned as King forever” ( Ps.  29:10 ). A storm is simply the hem of His robe, the sign of His coming, and the evidence of His presence. Dare to trust Him! Dare to follow Him!   From  F. B. Meyer

Here is Faith

The Israeli spies saw giants, but Joshua and Caleb saw God! Faith can see God. God has spoken, He wanted them in the good land, the land of Israel. But it seemed like a lot of problems and issues to get there. It takes faith to believe that God has given us all we need to obey Him.

We limit God…

The only thing that limits God is our faith.  Small faith small things, large faith then God can do more.   But this is balanced by obedience.  In the Christian life obedience is required, but understanding “why” is optional.  Sometime we do not understand things until later.

So in brief we limit God by our lack of faith, lack of prayer and lack of obedience to Him.

From Hebrews 12 – …let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith.