FAITH IS THE FOUNDATION OF A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
FAITHFUL & MOST BELOVED:
OUR INDIVIDUAL FAITH IN GOD THROUGH CHRIST JESUS IS THE ONLY KEY TO THE FULFILLMENT OF GOD’S PROMISES IN OUR INDIVIDUAL LIFE.
THIS SAME FAITH IS THE FOUNDATION OF A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH CHRIST.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, “WITHOUT FAITH, NO ONE CAN PLEASE GOD. FAITH IS THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST JESUS. (HEBREWS, 11:-6-12) JOHN, 5:-24: JESUS PROCLAIMED, “VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, HE THAT HEARS MY WORD AND BELIEVES IN HIM THAT SENT ME, HAS EVERLASTING LIFE, AND SHALL NOT COME INTO CONDEMNATION, BUT IS PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE.”
FAITH IS ABSOLUTE TRUST, FAITH COMES BEFORE HOPE BUT THEY ARE INSEPARABLE. HEBREWS, 11:-1 “NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN.”
OUR FAITH IN GOD MUST BE JEALOUSLY GUIDED AGAINST FEAR AND DOUBT. (MATTHEW, 14:-22-31) OUR FAITH IS THE PRIME TARGET OF SATAN.
HE WILL CONSTANTLY DRIVES FEAR INTO US THAT WE MIGHT BE DOUBTFUL AND LOSE FAITH. THEREFORE IN EVERY UNPLEASANT SITUATION, WE MIGHT FIND OURSELVES AS FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST, WE MUST STABILIZE OUR FAITH IN GOD. 1 CORINTHIANS, 10:-13 “NO TEMPTATION HAS OVERTAKEN YOU EXCEPT WHAT IS COMMON TO MANKIND. AND GOD IS FAITHFUL; HE WILL NOT LET YOU BE TEMPTED BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN BEAR. BUT WHEN YOU ARE TEMPTED, HE WILL ALSO PROVIDE A WAY OUT SO THAT YOU CAN ENDURE IT.”
IN CONCLUSION: LET US INCULCATE THE HABIT OF ENDURANCE AND PERSEVERANCE, THAT WE MAY COMPLETE OUR WORKS OF FAITH WITHOUT BLEMISH.
PLEASE JOIN US IN PRAYER FOR OUR PERSECUTED BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST ALL OVER THE WORLD, MOSTLY THOSE IN AFGHANISTAN, CHINA, AND NIGERIA; IN ADDITION TO OUR ONGOING PRAYERS FOR LOVE AND UNITY AMONG CHRIST-FOLLOWERS REGARDLESS OF DENOMINATION. PRAYER FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM, PEACE IN NIGERIA, AND PEACE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PRAYER FOR VICTORY FOR THE HOLY LAND OF ISRAEL OVER ENEMIES, AND VICTORY FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON ALL FRONTS.