Week 115: Guaranteed 100%

                    Guaranteed 100%

     Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1

• Results guaranteed. . .

• Customer satisfaction guaranteed. . .

• Money back guaranteed. . .

When we pray, we have to make sure our prayers are aligned with God’s plans. It’s tragic when people get upset, even to the point of being angry with God, because He didn’t answer their prayers the way they wanted them answered. They will argue the fact that they followed all the “guidelines” of faith. When in fact, they missed step number #1—aligning their will, with God’s will. 

   

Want a 100% guarantee that your prayers will be answered? Sure you do; we all do. Well, it’s very simple.

               Pray for God’s will to be done—and mean it!              

When Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane, He didn’t want to go to the cross. However, He submitted His will, for God’s will to be done. (Matthew 26:39) 

   It’s fine for us to have things that we would like for God to do. But, we have to know that God knows what’s best. He sees the complete map of our journey. We only see a teeny-tiny glimpse—and that’s open to misinterpretation.

 This is the [remarkable degree of] confidence which we [as believers are entitled to] have before Him: that if we ask anything according to His will, [that is, consistent with His plan and purpose] He hears us.  And if we know [for a fact, as indeed we do] that He hears and listens to us in whatever we ask, we [also] know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted to us] the requests which we have asked from Him. (I John 5:14-15 AMP)

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Week 114: Feed Your Faith Starve Your Fears

                              Feed Your Faith Starve Your Fears

                                          Fight the good fight of faith… I Timothy 6:12

• Famished. . .

• Hunger. . .

• Unfilled. . .

          If you want to kill something, cut off its food supply. I remember some years back when the doctor told me I had a tumor. My first thought was: I just won’t feed it. I did the research, and cut off its food source. The same can be done with our fears.

                                               Worry feeds fear.

                                               

The more you worry, the more your fears will lead you into an uncontrollable frenzy. If you noticed, worrying can’t be contained—it continues to grow into a never ending list of horrible terrifying, “What ifs.”

          How do you get out of this death trap? Starve your fears by feeding your faith with the Word of God. The more you read and speak the Word, the more your fears will shrink from malnutrition. Fear cannot stand up to the Word of God.

                     Fear and faith are incompatible in the same space.   

          Personally, I hate the way worrying makes me feel—physically. Worrying has no productive purpose other than to swindle me out of my faith. Throughout the years, I’ve learned to ask myself as soon as I realize I’m worrying: “Are you worried about “this”? If my answer is yes. I tell myself—“Drop It!” I fill the void with Scriptures, or sometimes I will just call on, JESUS!!!! 

                  Unchallenged torment, will become your reality. 

Whenever fear creeps back in,

                               Feed it another helping of Faith.                                                       

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Week 113: No Buts About It

                                        No Buts About It

                                   O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? Matthew 14:31

• Yeah—but. . .

• Maybe so—but. . .

• I have faith—but . . .

I KNOW GOD WILL! That’s a strong assertive statement if I ever heard one. However, if we top it off with the word “but,” that decree has now lost its claim. I know God will, but. . . 

When I taught reading comprehension, I told my students that when the word “but” is used as a conjunction, it introduces a contrasting thought. This little word can change everything.

          

Do we use the word “but” as a crutch to justify our lack of faith?

                                    

                               

Sometimes we as believers can be guilty of this. We trust and believe God, then we find ourselves doubting something that He has already said we have the victory over. God’s Word is the final authority. The word “but” should not have any place in our thoughts if it contradicts what God has already said.

Example:  “God is a healer, but He probably won’t heal me.”

    Should we believe, the statement to the left of the “but” or to the right?  

Helpful Hint: Anything to the right” is usually an illegal suggestion from the devil to steal our faith. His mission is to kill, steal, and destroy. (John 10:10)

If what we’re believing God for is consistent with His plan and purpose, then we must have enough faith to know that He will answer our prayers.

 (1 John 5:14-15 AMP)

                                                         Yeah, but. . .

The only acceptable “but” is found in the simple phrase: But God!

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