Good Morning!! Its Monday. Start your week with devotional. :) Day # 19 Building Up Your Faith (Part 1 of 2) Building up yourself on your...faith. Jude v.20 NKJV The apostle Jude writes, But you, beloved, building yourself up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit. Jude places the responsibility of building yourself up spiritually and strengthening your faith where it belongs-squarely on you. There are two kinds of faith: mechanical faith and intentional faith. Each time you flip on a light switch youre exercising mechanical faith. But when you face the unknown, the untried, and the undone, you need intentional faith-faith that believes God will do exceedingly abundantly above all that [you] ask or think. (Eph 3:20 NKJV) If youre proactive, your faith will grow. If youre passive, it wont. Like the rush of water against a riverbank, theres an erosion of faith that comes simply from living every day. If you dont do anything to secure and strengthen your faith, it begins to deteriorate. Christ told the church and Ephesus to remember the heights from which they had fallen. (See Rev 2:5) What a strange thing to say! Youd remember falling from such a significant height, wouldnt you? Not if the fall was so gradual that you didnt notice it. So ask yourself: Have those who know me best begun to notice that the gleam has gone out of my eye, the joy out of my step, the peace out of my spirit, and the Word of God ouy of my conversation? Faith is like a muscle; if you dont exercise it consistently, it will atrophy and become powerless. So the word for you today is: Strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die. (Rev 3:2 NKJV) Soulfood: John 4:39-54, Ps 41, Pr 24:5-6 God bless you today.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 00:58:04 +0000
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