Faith and Prayer

 “Because of your little faith,” he told them. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭17:20‬ ‭CSB‬‬

Our faith is always being tested. Prayer requires our faith, trust and submission to God.  God said nothing is impossible for Him but my faith hasn’t always displayed that belief.  A big part of prayer is believing God. 

There has been a heaviness lately on my heart and I couldn’t believe God would ask such a hard thing of me but God does ask us hard things of us sometimes like leaving the closeness of family, the comfortable home/job or to be a caregiver to someone. 

All these things can stretch us emotionally and be super hard but Jesus is who we are to trust and follow. He is where our loyalty lies in the face of decisions.  Come to Him in faith, believe and our joy will be made complete. (John 16:24) 

Today may my heart believe God. That He has my best in mind even when I don’t see or understand but that I will follow and may our mountains be moved today because we trust in Jesus name, amen! 

Bless you friends! 

Waging War Against the Enemy

 

For although we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war in fleshly way, since the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. 

1 Corinthians 10:3-4

I feel like we can see and feel the spiritual war going on around us more than ever. Can you see it too?  

It’s always been there and even in my life I feel it.  Spiritual dryness has crept in since March and I have struggled to keep doing what God wants of me.  I have questioned why are bad things happening around us and found looking for the goodness of God amongst all the bad we can easily see helps my attitude and helps me to lift my eyes upward instead of down and inward. 

Strongholds of sin and spiritual dryness can be demolished by picking up the armor of God. (See Ephesians 6)  It is this discipline of going to God even when we don’t feel like it and waging war against the enemy who wants to keep us away from seeing the good.  God will reward you and you will see the faithfulness of God around you as we in His strength seek Him. 

His Word is living and active and it will fill us up like fuel and soften our hearts toward Him and others. Praying will give us power and hope that only comes from Christ!  

Pray: 

Lord, arm me with your words today that I will hear them louder than the enemy. 

Forgive me where I have been lazy in seeking you for help when I don’t feel like it.  It is in my weakness you are magnified. You are my strength and I have hope because of you Lord💜 amen

Blessings 

tracy 

Lessons from Jude

This week I reread the letter Jude and it reminded me that the same things that the believers faced back then in the church we still face today. Fighting for our faith and being aware the ungodly who deceive us. ⁣

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𝐌𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞: ⁣

•To walk by the Spirit is looking at the Word of God more than I do anything else for guidance. Be in prayer so God can guide me. ⁣

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 : ⁣

•inner strength⁣

•conviction of sin⁣

•energy to move in love⁣

•the voice who calls to excellence ⁣

•how we can forgive supernaturally ⁣

•a faithfulness that can only be explained by God ⁣

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“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨; 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵.””⁣

‭‭𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯‬ ‭𝟹:𝟾‬ ‭𝘕𝘈𝘚𝘉‬‬ ⁣ 

Bless you friends! 

tracy