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Lifting Your Faith
Galatians 5:6 'For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.' (NIV)
 Faith is moved, driven, compelled into action by love -- love for God and for other people. Our love for God causes us to want to believe him. If we love him as Jesus commanded we should, with all my 'heart, soul, mind and strength', he will be the first in our affections, and the centre of our ambitions. We will then believe what he says even if everyone else says otherwise. When you and I are in tight situations that challenge our faith, we need to strengthen our love for God. We need to move closer to him through prayer, worship and righteous living. This inspires and empowers our faith. What about our love for other people? How does that impact the strength of our faith? When we truly love other people, we naturally want to bless them; we want to receive some good thing from God, through faith, which we can pass on. When we're in tight situations that challenge our faith, we need to look for greater ways to bless people, to give. Kenneth Copeland says, 'Faith words for the man on the giving end.' Our faith really lifts to a new level when we start releasing and sharing the good things we already have. In tight situations, we should also look for ways to spread God's word in response to people's needs. This too inspires our faith.
Prayer: 'Lord, help me to keep discovering new ways to share good things with others, to spread your kindness and your word.'
© 2003-2004 Mal Fletcher
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