Wednesday... So how is your faith today in God?

1 Timothy 1:19 (AMP), "keeping your faith [leaning completely on God with absolute trust and confidence in His guidance] and having a good conscience; for some [people] have rejected [their moral compass] and have made a shipwreck of their faith."

Wednesday... So how is your faith today in God?

Now that ios a very good question for each of us. We go through difference seasons in our life and in each of them we need faith. Have you found that to be true.

Now Margaret and I are in a different season of our life and faith is so important. Now, of course we're talking about our faith in God. Every once in a while it is easy to put our faith in ourselves and that is needed but it can be scary. I can't see any farther than right now.

Now Paul had this young man that he was developing and he wrote two letters to him to head him in the right direction. Now Margaret and I are not young and this time in our life has some real needs for out faith to be strengthen.

Now I found these words of Paul to Timothy that found to be uplifting. Now in 1 Timothy 1:18 (NLT) Paul writes to this young man and to those of us who are older, "Timothy, my son, here are my instructions for you, based on the prophetic words spoken about you earlier. May they help you fight will in the Lord's battles." And we all needs words to hold on to in our battles no matter our age.

And Paul goes on with his instructions. Verse 19 (AMP) says, "Keeping your faith [leaning completely on God with absolute trust and confidence in His guidance] and having a good conscience; for some [people] have rejected [their morals compass] and have made a shipwreck of their faith."

This is so important no matter what time in our live we are going through, "Keeping your faith [leaning completely on God with absolute trust and confidence in His guidance]." It is so easy to put our faith in ourselves and our abilities. Yes, at 78 I have had a lot of experience. I have lived all over the USA. I have done so much in myl ife but again, I have never lived in what is ahead. And yes, I need to leaning completely on God with absolute trust and confidence in His guidance. So asking the question, how is your faith in God? is such an important one.

Now the next part of this verse is also important. It says "and having a good conscience; for some [people] have rejected [their morals compass] and have made a shipwreck of their faith." So where are we putting our faith?

Verse 19b in The Message says it this way, "There are some, you know, who by relaxing their grip and thinking anything goes have made a thorough mess of their faith." And it is so easy for us to do that, to relax our grip and think anything goes but that is definitely a trap.

Again ask yourself and really be honest, so how is your faith today in God? Not in yourself but in God. Verse 19 says, "keeping your faith [leaning completely on God with absolute trust and confidence in His guidance] and having a good conscience; for some [people] have rejected [their moral compass] and have made a shipwreck of their faith." Such a tremendous thought no matter our age. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

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