- Mar 11, 2003
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FAITH IS.....
-The conviction of realities I can not see or feel.
-Not a leap in the dark nor a mystical experience nor an indefinable encounter with Someone-but trust in One who has explained Himself in a Person-Christ, in an historical record--the Bible.
-The handle by which I take God's promises and apply them to my particular problems.
-Remembering I am indispensable to God when I feel I only clutter up the landscape.
-Allowing God to straighten the record when false things have been about me.
-Doing the right thing regardless of the consequences, knowing God will turn the ultimate effect to good.
-Confidence in God when money is running out, not rolling in.
-Remembering that in the kingdom of God everything is based on promise, not on feeling.
-Rejecting the feeling of panic when things seem out of control--His control.
-Refusing the thinking that God loves and cherishes the popular, attractive, talented Christian more than He loves and cherishes plain me.
-Remembering I am God's priceless treasure when I feel utterly worthless.
-Realizing what God is going to do through me will be on the basis of miracle, not man power; His promise, not my goodness.
-Expecting God to accomplish miracles-through insignificant me with my five loaves and two fishes.
-Dependence on God to work miracles in my disposition.
-Thanking God for the specific thing that upsets me.
-Committing loved ones' problems to God to solve.
-Recognizing that God is the LORD of TIME when my idea of timing doesn't agree with His.
-The assurance that God is perfecting His design for me when my life's course, once a swift-flowing current, seems a stagnant pool.
-Confidence in God's faithfulness to me in an uncertain world, on an uncharted course, through an unknown future.
-Reliance on the certainty that God has a pattern for my life when everything seems meaningless.
-Resting in the fact that God has an objective in leaving me on the scene when I feel useless to Him and a burden to others.
-Expecting a sea of golden grain from the bleak, barren, endless fields-watered only by my tears-where I walk alone.
-Claiming God's strength to accept and endure weariness, pain, decline --patiently.
-Depending on the fact that God is love, not on my ability to figure out WHY? (smashed hopes * reversal* tragedy)
-Confidence that God is acting for my highest good when He answers 'NO' to my prayers.
-Thanking God when I am left with *shattered plans*, that He has better plans.
-Rejoicing in the eternal glory accumulating from my temporary troubles when my usefulness or health or loved one is gone and I feel 'not needed'.
-Refusal to worry when I haven't a clue as to what God would have me to do with my life.
-Appreciating that my capacity to feel, think, communicate, achieve, choose, create, commune with God comes from His making me like Himself.
-Acknowledging God as the Giver of abilities when success is mine.
-Thanking god for His gift of emotional health, not assuming it all stems from my ability to cope with life.
-Standing on the fact that God has designed me flawlessly for His purposes in the universe when I feel everything about me is one big mistake.
-Something God will prove genuine by testing.
-Developed through: hardship, disappointment, disillusionment, conflict, frustration, failure, loss-not through: stained glass or sweet religious props.
-Fantasy-like, unless it is made real in the way I interact with people.
-Cooperating with God in changing me, rather than taking refuge in piously berating myself.
-Not related to my believing hard enough, nor my emotional exhilaration or flatness, but rests on what God guarantees in His Word.
-Not faith in faith itself, but faith in the
-FACTS of Scripture
-FACTS of Christ's death
-FACTS of His resurrection
-Not a vague hope of a happy hereafter, but an assurance of heaven based on my trust in Christ's death as payment for my sins.
-Not an idea that God is somehow trustworthy, but confidence in Him based on His proof of utter trustworthiness in dying for me.
-Refusing to feel guilty over PAST confessed sins when God, the Judge, has sovereignty declared me-'PARDONED'.
-Realizing that God is the God of NOW, carrying on His purposes in every tedious, dull, stupid, boring, empty minute of my life.
-Ceasing to worry, leaving the FUTURE to the God who controls the future.
-The WAY to please God.
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(got this from a book, can't remember the author's name... sorry! Enjoy the story!)
-The conviction of realities I can not see or feel.
-Not a leap in the dark nor a mystical experience nor an indefinable encounter with Someone-but trust in One who has explained Himself in a Person-Christ, in an historical record--the Bible.
-The handle by which I take God's promises and apply them to my particular problems.
-Remembering I am indispensable to God when I feel I only clutter up the landscape.
-Allowing God to straighten the record when false things have been about me.
-Doing the right thing regardless of the consequences, knowing God will turn the ultimate effect to good.
-Confidence in God when money is running out, not rolling in.
-Remembering that in the kingdom of God everything is based on promise, not on feeling.
-Rejecting the feeling of panic when things seem out of control--His control.
-Refusing the thinking that God loves and cherishes the popular, attractive, talented Christian more than He loves and cherishes plain me.
-Remembering I am God's priceless treasure when I feel utterly worthless.
-Realizing what God is going to do through me will be on the basis of miracle, not man power; His promise, not my goodness.
-Expecting God to accomplish miracles-through insignificant me with my five loaves and two fishes.
-Dependence on God to work miracles in my disposition.
-Thanking God for the specific thing that upsets me.
-Committing loved ones' problems to God to solve.
-Recognizing that God is the LORD of TIME when my idea of timing doesn't agree with His.
-The assurance that God is perfecting His design for me when my life's course, once a swift-flowing current, seems a stagnant pool.
-Confidence in God's faithfulness to me in an uncertain world, on an uncharted course, through an unknown future.
-Reliance on the certainty that God has a pattern for my life when everything seems meaningless.
-Resting in the fact that God has an objective in leaving me on the scene when I feel useless to Him and a burden to others.
-Expecting a sea of golden grain from the bleak, barren, endless fields-watered only by my tears-where I walk alone.
-Claiming God's strength to accept and endure weariness, pain, decline --patiently.
-Depending on the fact that God is love, not on my ability to figure out WHY? (smashed hopes * reversal* tragedy)
-Confidence that God is acting for my highest good when He answers 'NO' to my prayers.
-Thanking God when I am left with *shattered plans*, that He has better plans.
-Rejoicing in the eternal glory accumulating from my temporary troubles when my usefulness or health or loved one is gone and I feel 'not needed'.
-Refusal to worry when I haven't a clue as to what God would have me to do with my life.
-Appreciating that my capacity to feel, think, communicate, achieve, choose, create, commune with God comes from His making me like Himself.
-Acknowledging God as the Giver of abilities when success is mine.
-Thanking god for His gift of emotional health, not assuming it all stems from my ability to cope with life.
-Standing on the fact that God has designed me flawlessly for His purposes in the universe when I feel everything about me is one big mistake.
-Something God will prove genuine by testing.
-Developed through: hardship, disappointment, disillusionment, conflict, frustration, failure, loss-not through: stained glass or sweet religious props.
-Fantasy-like, unless it is made real in the way I interact with people.
-Cooperating with God in changing me, rather than taking refuge in piously berating myself.
-Not related to my believing hard enough, nor my emotional exhilaration or flatness, but rests on what God guarantees in His Word.
-Not faith in faith itself, but faith in the
-FACTS of Scripture
-FACTS of Christ's death
-FACTS of His resurrection
-Not a vague hope of a happy hereafter, but an assurance of heaven based on my trust in Christ's death as payment for my sins.
-Not an idea that God is somehow trustworthy, but confidence in Him based on His proof of utter trustworthiness in dying for me.
-Refusing to feel guilty over PAST confessed sins when God, the Judge, has sovereignty declared me-'PARDONED'.
-Realizing that God is the God of NOW, carrying on His purposes in every tedious, dull, stupid, boring, empty minute of my life.
-Ceasing to worry, leaving the FUTURE to the God who controls the future.
-The WAY to please God.
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(got this from a book, can't remember the author's name... sorry! Enjoy the story!)
