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Two Words Change Everything

Posted in Abraham, Assurance, Faith, Trust, tagged on March 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife. – Genesis 20:3

A powerful king took Abraham’s wife, Sarah, to be his. Out of fear Sarah and Abraham had pretended to be siblings and now that a king was involved they were in a pickle!1

Then came two little words, “But God…”

We get ourselves into situations that look really bad – sometimes it’s our fault sometimes not. That’s when we need to remember, “But God…”, pray, trust, and obey.

How many “But God…” incidents can you recall. He’s got plenty more!

-fritz
1) Phrase: “In a pickle“

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Following Faith – Step 5 (Time)

Posted in Endurance, Faith, tagged , on March 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »

“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.” – Hebrews 11:13

There is one final step to following faith – time!

Faith followers of the past did not all receive during their earthly journey what they were wanting, neither did they all receive immediately.  Sure, by faith Abraham received his son, Daniel didn’t get eaten by the lions, and incredibly small armies defeated incredibly large enemies, but the Bible also points to others who received their reward later.

Some children never come to Christ while their parents are alive, yet those parents hold on in faith because of a longer view of life than their breathing.

God is for eternity, our life is for eternity, faith is for eternity.

Be willing to take that last step, the step of time.

– fritz

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Following Faith – Step 4 (Confession)

Posted in Faith, tagged on March 14, 2011| Leave a Comment »

“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.” – Hebrews 11:13

There is always a spoken element to following faith.

A careful reading of scripture points this out. For example, when Jesus taught on removing mountains by faith he said,

“[I]f ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.” – Matthew 21:21

Or when a women who couldn’t stop bleeding for 12 years came to Christ it reads

“For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.” – Matthew 9:21

But confession alone isn’t enough, there are three (3) steps that must come before. Many start confessing before they’re even convinced what they want is even possible.

And what did the heroes of faith confess? That they were only passing through to a better place! They weren’t trying to be friends with this world but living with eternity in mind.

– fritz

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