The Year 2011
Things I believe will happen this year.
1. The Father showing His love to the world, like it was in the early 70"s. Heb.1:1-3, Eph 3
2. It will be a year that the sons will see the faithfulness of the Father. 1 Cor 2:9
3. We are to be the expression of the Father on the earth just like Jesus was. John 14
4. Their will be many problems and lost in the world, but in the Kingdom it will be a year of much increase. 2 Pet 1
5. Will be a year to be a doer of the word, not just a hearer. James 1:22
6. It will be a year of recoverer. 1 Pet 5
Those that have ears let them hear what the spirit of the Lord is saying.
Blessings and Grace
Doug
Have Faith in God
Have you ever been told to just have faith in God when you were in a hard place? Yea sure, not much help.
I have been thinking about that. I think we need to understand what have faith in God is all about.
1. We know that without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those that seek Him. (Heb 11:6)
2. We know that He has given each one of us faith. (Rom 12:3)
3. We live by faith ( Gal 2:20)
4. We walk by faith ( 2 Cor 5: 7)
I think sometimes we think it is all what we do or what we have done with faith, that makes things happen in our lives.
We forget that it is not about us, but all about the one who loved us and gave himself for us.
I think that when we are in a hard place, we need to just have faith in the not what we have to do, but in what He has done.
(believing in the person of the Father, the integrity and character of who He is, knowing that He will finish what He has begun in our lives)
It is easier for me to believe in His ability to be God than my ability to have faith to do.
I am glad that He is faithful, even when I am not.
John 15;16 You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name, He may give to you.
Eph 1:4 He close us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him.
So the next time you hear, Have Faith in God. Have Faith in who He is and what He has already done.
Food for thought.
Grace on your journey.
Doug
Being Convinced that God is Faithful.
The Lord spoke to me about being convinced that He is able to bring to pass what He has spoken and that He is able to keep what I have trusted to Him.
Heb 11:6
Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for He who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those that seeks Him.
He gives each a measure of faith. Did you catch it? He gives us what pleases Him to start with so that we can please Him. How cool is that.
We must believe that He is. Is what? He is God, He's the Man, He is the beginning before the end. He holds the universe in the palm of His hand. That means He is BIG.
"Seek you first the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you." He tells us that when we seek Him first all these things will be added because He knows we have need of them. How cool is that.
I made a list of things that I am convinced of:
1. God loves me. John 3:16
2. God chose me. John 15:16
3. God will never leave me or forsake me. Duet 31:6
4. Greater is He who is in me than against me. 1 John 4:4
5. His word will not return to Him without accomplishing what He sent it for. Isa 55:11
6. He is a rewarder of those that seek Him. Heb 11:6
7. All things work together for good. Rom 8:28
8. No weapon formed against me will prosper. Isa 54:17
9. Whatever I ask according to His will, He hears me. 1 John 5:14
10. That signs and wonders follow me. Mark 16:17
11. That His blessings will overtake me as I walk believing. Deut 28.2
12. He is able to finish what He has begun. 2 Tim 1:12
I would encourage you to make your list of the things that you are convinced God will do.
He is faithful and He keeps proving Himself faithful.
Blessings
Doug