Faith developed over a lifetime
Greetings in the name of Jesus:
While we are often troubled with this world and its hatred of God's children, we most often find ourselves even more frustrated by the idea that we cannot seem to get our prayers answered by the father. For most of us this is a daily struggle to continue to believe that he hears us, but the truth is that we are the cause of most of the problems in our prayers being effective.
In the book of 1 JOHN 3:19-24 we read: "and hereby we know that we are of the truth and shall assure our hearts before him: for if our hearts condemn us, God is greater then our heart, and you know all things. Beloved if our hard does not condemn us then we have confidence toward God and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, then we should believe on the name of his son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave the commandment. And that he that keeps his commandment dwellest in the him and he in him. And hereby we know that he abides in us by the spirit that he has given us."
This preface is not brand-new but still even in these small things do we fall short of the objective? Yes most of the time we do. We allow Satan to continue to condemn us through our memories of one we have done in the past; therefore we have a heart filled with self-condemnation and pain when it comes to our prayer. We know and we remember the past sends although they have been wiped clean by his blood for us. Although we have forgiveness we still are attacked by the memories that Satan drags up to make our prayer and communication with the father ineffective. We say that we believe Jesus is the Christ, the son of the living God, and yet we don't act on it. If we don't act on it then how can we say that we believe it with all of our hearts?
Again the choice is ours to make as to how effective we will become in the father's love for us. No wonder Christ could still say to us as he did to those who stood before him long ago," OH YE OF SUCH LITTLE FAITH "and he would be right! This kind of faith and love for the father is developed over a lifetime of trust and love. It is founded on the honesty of our souls toward him even in our anger and our frustration in building the relationship between him and us. If we abide in him truly, he will abide in us. We don't have to be perfect when we have been given the gift of a perfect one time sacrifice for our sends, but we do have to be honest. Think on this the next time you go to the father in prayer. May you richly bless God through your life in him.
YHE UNWORTHY SERVANT
While we are often troubled with this world and its hatred of God's children, we most often find ourselves even more frustrated by the idea that we cannot seem to get our prayers answered by the father. For most of us this is a daily struggle to continue to believe that he hears us, but the truth is that we are the cause of most of the problems in our prayers being effective.
In the book of 1 JOHN 3:19-24 we read: "and hereby we know that we are of the truth and shall assure our hearts before him: for if our hearts condemn us, God is greater then our heart, and you know all things. Beloved if our hard does not condemn us then we have confidence toward God and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, then we should believe on the name of his son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave the commandment. And that he that keeps his commandment dwellest in the him and he in him. And hereby we know that he abides in us by the spirit that he has given us."
This preface is not brand-new but still even in these small things do we fall short of the objective? Yes most of the time we do. We allow Satan to continue to condemn us through our memories of one we have done in the past; therefore we have a heart filled with self-condemnation and pain when it comes to our prayer. We know and we remember the past sends although they have been wiped clean by his blood for us. Although we have forgiveness we still are attacked by the memories that Satan drags up to make our prayer and communication with the father ineffective. We say that we believe Jesus is the Christ, the son of the living God, and yet we don't act on it. If we don't act on it then how can we say that we believe it with all of our hearts?
Again the choice is ours to make as to how effective we will become in the father's love for us. No wonder Christ could still say to us as he did to those who stood before him long ago," OH YE OF SUCH LITTLE FAITH "and he would be right! This kind of faith and love for the father is developed over a lifetime of trust and love. It is founded on the honesty of our souls toward him even in our anger and our frustration in building the relationship between him and us. If we abide in him truly, he will abide in us. We don't have to be perfect when we have been given the gift of a perfect one time sacrifice for our sends, but we do have to be honest. Think on this the next time you go to the father in prayer. May you richly bless God through your life in him.
YHE UNWORTHY SERVANT
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