Step Across the Faith Line
Matthew 5:8
"God blesses those whose hearts are pure,
for they will see God ."
"God blesses those whose hearts are pure,
Of the five senses - taste, hearing, touch, sight, smell --- which do you believe is the most important? That would be a tough call - to make a 'choice', wouldn't it?
Today, February 18th, would have been the birthday of a wonderful, remarkable lady, Marjorie Felps Perdue. She stood tall during her life - with compassion and caring, with always putting others ahead of herself. 'Aunt Marney', as I affectionately called her, was the person for whom I was named (Yes, my 'given' name is 'Marjorie'.). She was an Army nurse, then in civilian life, a 'mainstay' at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, 'running' the Surgical floor. No one will ever be able to fully list her virtues, the people she blessed, and how she indeed was God's hands, feet, and senses during her lifetime. I certainly have 'big shoes' to try and fill, but in reality, I never could.
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A Time to Think
"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith." — Henry Ward Beecher |
| To Act Establish habits of faith that will hold you firm in unsteady times. |
| To Pray Lord, hold onto me as I go forward with faith in You. |
~ Daily Thoughts from Guideposts
Hope that you have a wonderful day singing praises for all your blessings. Maggie
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Step Across the Faith Line
- by Kenneth Copeland
- by Kenneth Copeland
"And being not weak in faith, [Abraham] considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God." Romans 4:19-20
In the years I've spent living by faith, there's something I've learned to do that helps me receive from God in the toughest of situations. It's something I call stepping over the faith line.
A faith line is what you need when you want God to do the "impossible" in your life. It's what you need when you want to be firm in your faith and yet you keep wavering back and forth between your circumstances and God's promises--believing first one, then the other.
It's what can make you like faithful Abraham. You know, Abraham had natural facts to deal with just like we do. He knew there was no natural way for God's promise to him to come true.
Yet the Word says Abraham considered not his own body. In other words, Abraham ignored the natural evidence around him and believed only God's promise.
Somewhere he stepped across the line of faith.
He made an irreversible decision to go with the Word of God. He made a final commitment. He chose to step past the point of no return. And if you and I are ever going to see God do the impossible in our lives, we're going to have to do the same thing!
How do you draw that faith line?
Begin with the Word. Search the promises of God and purposely believe what He has said, and is saying, about your need. Meditate on those promises until faith rises in your heart.
Then draw the line of faith. Draw it in your mind and heart. Draw it across the floor in your prayer room. Say, "In the presence of God, in the presence of all the angels in this room, and in the devils face, I am stepping across the line of faith. From this moment on, I consider this matter done. From this day forward, I give God the praise and the glory in the Name of Jesus.
From that moment on, speak only as if your miracle has already happened. Turn your back on the problems, on the doubts, and turn your face toward Jesus.
God will do the impossible in your life. Dare to step across the faith line!
A faith line is what you need when you want God to do the "impossible" in your life. It's what you need when you want to be firm in your faith and yet you keep wavering back and forth between your circumstances and God's promises--believing first one, then the other.
It's what can make you like faithful Abraham. You know, Abraham had natural facts to deal with just like we do. He knew there was no natural way for God's promise to him to come true.
Yet the Word says Abraham considered not his own body. In other words, Abraham ignored the natural evidence around him and believed only God's promise.
Somewhere he stepped across the line of faith.
He made an irreversible decision to go with the Word of God. He made a final commitment. He chose to step past the point of no return. And if you and I are ever going to see God do the impossible in our lives, we're going to have to do the same thing!
How do you draw that faith line?
Begin with the Word. Search the promises of God and purposely believe what He has said, and is saying, about your need. Meditate on those promises until faith rises in your heart.
Then draw the line of faith. Draw it in your mind and heart. Draw it across the floor in your prayer room. Say, "In the presence of God, in the presence of all the angels in this room, and in the devils face, I am stepping across the line of faith. From this moment on, I consider this matter done. From this day forward, I give God the praise and the glory in the Name of Jesus.
From that moment on, speak only as if your miracle has already happened. Turn your back on the problems, on the doubts, and turn your face toward Jesus.
God will do the impossible in your life. Dare to step across the faith line!
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"Merci" is the French word for "Thank You."
On Air France on the way to a connecting flight in Paris, the
French-speaking crew kept using the word "Merci."
In the Paris airport the word kept popping up again. I became
sensitive to it. "Merci" sounds virtually identical to the
English word "Mercy" just a slight difference in enunciation.
Perhaps their tonal similarity is spiritually connected.
When we are thankful, mercy follows.
When things go bad in our world, I often find that the
thankfulness is also gone. We focus far more on the things that
go wrong than on the things going right.
We wonder why has God abandoned us?
Why are we forsaken?
Why have things gone so sour?
Why is everyone else doing OK but us?
When that happens, we've usually forgotten about all of the
things that have gone right.
'Merci' is a word we no longer speak; therefore, 'mercy' is a thing
we no longer see.
Merci
~ A MountainWings Original ~
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