What do you do when you feel jealous or discouraged? Or when you are bitter towards someone, or love fame more than Jesus? Do you try using will-power to change your heart? Do you feel guilty and go into a tail-spin? Do you press on with life and hope time will change you? I’ve done all these — and none of them helped. But there’s good news The good news is that everything in the Christian life flows from faith in Christ — joy, peace, and hope (Rom 15:13), love for others (Gal 5:6), victory over sin (I John 5:4), power over Satan (Eph 6:16), and obedience (Rom 1:5; Heb 11:8). So when we lack any of these the problem is with our faith. Which means that to strengthen these areas we need to fight the fight of faith (1Ti 6:12; 2Ti 4:7). Here’s steps I take to fight this fight – Turn immediately to Jesus and trust Him to help you. Don’t try to change yourself first. You can’t. But Jesus can — and will. So turn to Jesus with your worry, lust, or laziness — and trust Him to help you. Because of His mercy He accepts you as you are — and He will change you into what He calls you to be. Earnestly plead with the Father for more of the Spirit’s work. No matter how weak your faith, no matter how unspiritual you feel, the Holy Spirit has the power to transform you (Luke 18:27). So earnestly ask the Father to increase the work of the Spirit in you — to strengthen your faith, show you His glory, and break the power of sin. Pray passages like Psa 13:3; Mark 9:24; Eph 1:17-18. See your unbelief.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 03:16:41 +0000
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