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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"USING YOUR FAITH" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
YOU MIGHT THINK THIS IS A STRANGE QUESTION BUT HAVE YOU TAKEN YOUR FAITH? IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU SOMETHING AND YOU DON'T TAKE IT, WHAT GOOD WILL IT DO YOU. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT FAITH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU. NOT TAKING YOUR FAITH CERTAINLY DOES NOT PLEASE GOD. IT SAYS IN HEBREWS 11:6 THAT "Without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
NOW, IF YOU HAVE TAKEN IT, ARE YOU USING IT? THAT IS THE PROBLEM OF A LOT OF PEOPLE. THEY SAY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH. ROMANS 12:3 SAYS "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith." THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE NOT EXERCISING IT TO MAKE IT STRONGER. ALSO, THEY ARE NOT GETTING INTO GOD'S WORD LIKE THEY SHOULD. IT SAYS IN ROMANS 10:17 THAT "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." HOW CAN FAITH COME IF YOU ARE NOT IN HIS WORD.
I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT WILL BUILD YOUR FAITH. READ THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF HEBREWS. IT IS CONSIDERED THE "FAITH" CHAPTER AND TELLS WHAT THE OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS DID BY USING THEIR FAITH. SOME OF THE BIG ONES ARE ABLE, NOAH, ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, JOSEPH, MOSES AND JOSHUA AT JERICHO. THESE WERE MIGHTY MEN OF FAITH.
EVEN THOUGH SOME SAY THEY DON'T HAVE FAITH, THEY USE IT EVERY DAY WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT. IF THEY SIT IN A CHAIR, THEY HAVE FAITH THAT IT WILL HOLD THEM. WHEN THEY GET IN THEIR CAR IN THE MORNINGS AND GET ALL BUCKLED UP, THEY HAVE FAITH THAT THE CAR WILL START. TRY USING YOUR FAITH FOR SOMETHING THAT COUNTS. JESUS WILL BE PLEASED AND I KNOW YOUR LIFE WILL BE MUCH MORE REWARDING.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
