Read all
contents on page
Believe In Your
Heart
|
|
|
Faith__Works
Pray daily for Faith. It is My Gift.
It is your only requisite for the accomplishment of mighty deeds. Certainly you have to
work, you have to pray, but upon Faith alone depends the answer to your prayers_your works.
I give it you in response to your
prayer, because it is the necessary weapon for you to possess for the dispersion of evil,_the
overcoming of all adverses conditions, and the accomplishment of all good in your lives, and then
you having Faith, give it back to Me. It is the envelope in which every request to me should
be placed.
And yet "Faith without works is
dead." So you need works, too, to feed your Faith in Me. As you seek to do, you
feel your helplessness. You then turn to Me. In knowing Me, your faith grows_and that
faith is all you need for My Power to work.
God Calling pg 25. |
Believe God in your heart.
Jesus answering said to them, "Have faith in God. For most assuredly I tell you, whoever may
tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his heart, but
believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says. Therefore I tell you, all
things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them. --
Mark 11:22-24 (WEB)
So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. -- Romans 10:17 (WEB)
He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, 'Friend,
lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have
nothing to set before him,' and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is
now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'? I tell you,
although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his
persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
"I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep
knocking, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him
who knocks it will be opened.
"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a
fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? Or if he asks for an egg, he won't
give him a scorpion, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
-- Luke 11:5-13 (WEB)
He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, saying, "There
was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man. A widow was in that
city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!' He wouldn't for a while,
but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man, yet because this
widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"
The Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says. Won't God avenge his chosen ones,
who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them? I tell you that
he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the
earth?" -- Luke 18:1-8 (WEB)
He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your
disease." -- Mark 5:34
Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your faith has made you well." Immediately he received
his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. -- Mark 10:52
Then he said to him, "Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you." -- Luke 17:19
Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you." -- Luke 18:42
For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of
himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to
each person a measure of faith. -- Romans 12:3
But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead
through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and
raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in
the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ
Jesus; for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift
of God, not of works, that no one would boast. -- Ephesians 2:4-9
Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you
confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. -- 1 Timothy 6:12
For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the
Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap
in due season, if we don't give up. -- Galatians 6:8-9
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. For by this, the elders
obtained testimony. By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God,
so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible. By faith, Abel offered to
God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was
righteous, God bearing witness with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still
speaks. By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn't see death, and he was not found,
because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he
had been well pleasing to God. Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he
who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him. By
faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for
the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the
righteousness which is according to faith. By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out
to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in
tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise. For he looked for the city
which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God. By faith, even Sarah herself received
power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who
had promised. Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the
sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead. These all died
in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen* them and embraced them from afar, and
having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For those who say such things
make it clear that they are seeking after a country of their own. If indeed they had been thinking
of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return. But now they
desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be
called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises
was offering up his one and only son; even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed
be called;" accounting that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively
speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead. By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even
concerning things to come. By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph,
and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. By faith, Joseph, when his end was near, made
mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave instructions concerning his bones. By
faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that
he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. By faith, Moses,
when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to share
ill treatment with God's people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time; accounting the
reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward. By
faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is
invisible. By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of
the firstborn should not touch them. By faith, they passed through the Red sea as on dry land.
When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up. By faith, the walls of Jericho fell
down, after they had been encircled for seven days. By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn't perish
with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace. What more shall I say? For
the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the
prophets; who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises,
stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from
weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and turned to flight armies of aliens. Women
received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that
they might obtain a better resurrection. Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover
by bonds and imprisonment. They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were
slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute,
afflicted, ill-treated (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves,
and the holes of the earth. These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith,
didn't receive the promise, God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart
from us they should not be made perfect.
Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every
weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set
before us, looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set
before him endured the cross, despising shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of
God. For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you
don't grow weary, fainting in your souls. -- Hebrews 11:1-12: |
Luke 15:4-7
4 "What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the
ninety-nine in the open pasture, and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it? 5
"And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 "And when he comes
home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, `Rejoice with me, for I
have found my sheep which was lost!' 7 "I tell you that in the same way, there will be more
joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no
repentance. |
May the pages at Franny's
Place, touch you and Bless you in some Special way. May God Bless you and be with you and guide
your every word and step.
Thank You!!! Love Franny |
  
  
Created 2/7/2003
FDM
|