Sometimes you feel weak spiritually. And when you do, you probably feel like you’re the only one. However, you’re not alone. Every Christian experiences times of weakness.
What does weak faith feel like? Sometimes it manifests itself in: wondering if God is in control. Doubting God’s forgiveness.
Worrying about the future.
Weakness doesn’t have to be the new normal! God has the power to strengthen you. Luke 17:5 the apostles came to Jesus asking Him, “Increase our faith!” Also, a man cries to Jesus in Mark9:24, “I believe; help my unbelief!” For the God who created the Universe – who delivered the Israelites – who raised His Son – can (and wants to) strengthen your faith.
How?….faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the Word of Christ. (Romans 10:17)
Hence, let us spend some time in His Word.
00Wafiq Harris-Ashbyhttp://www.hoperoadnazarene.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hrn-logo-520x140-1.pngWafiq Harris-Ashby2017-06-26 15:19:032017-06-26 15:19:03Are you weak in faith?
“But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.”” (Acts 9:15)
After Saul accepted Christ and believed, God sent Ananias to to deliver a message with instructions. As God conversed with Ananias, He referred to Saul as a Chosen Instrument that is to proclaim the name of Christ.
We too, are chosen instruments of God that are expected to be of faithful service to Him through the gifts and talents that He provided to us.
But am I?
Am I a faithful servant or am I a selective servant one?
Am I using my gifts and talents or am I burying them in the ground?
00Wafiq Harris-Ashbyhttp://www.hoperoadnazarene.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hrn-logo-520x140-1.pngWafiq Harris-Ashby2017-06-25 09:31:502017-06-25 09:31:50Faithful Service
“Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.” — James 1:23-24
When we accept Christ, our lives must be a reflection of who he is in us. Therefore, we ought not to hear or read the Word of God and not apply it to our lives.
Saul made it his mission to imprison all the believers in the synagogues in Damascus. However, he was saved and therefore became a believer. By right then, he was expected to be imprisoned as well but Saul never ran. He read and applied the Word of God accessible to him at the time (the Old Testament). Afterwards, he went to the same synagogue in Damascus and began to preach that Jesus is the Son of God (Acts9:20).
☆Saul boldly declared who Jesus was but do we?
☆Do people know you’re a believer?
☆Or are you keeping it hush hush?
☆When you look into the mirror are you forgetting what you look like?
00Wafiq Harris-Ashbyhttp://www.hoperoadnazarene.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hrn-logo-520x140-1.pngWafiq Harris-Ashby2017-06-24 09:22:432017-06-24 09:22:43Apply the Word
Are you weak in faith?
/in Steadfast HopeSometimes you feel weak spiritually. And when you do, you probably feel like you’re the only one. However, you’re not alone. Every Christian experiences times of weakness.
What does weak faith feel like? Sometimes it manifests itself in: wondering if God is in control. Doubting God’s forgiveness.
Worrying about the future.
Weakness doesn’t have to be the new normal! God has the power to strengthen you. Luke 17:5 the apostles came to Jesus asking Him, “Increase our faith!” Also, a man cries to Jesus in Mark9:24, “I believe; help my unbelief!” For the God who created the Universe – who delivered the Israelites – who raised His Son – can (and wants to) strengthen your faith.
How?….faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the Word of Christ. (Romans 10:17)
Hence, let us spend some time in His Word.
Faithful Service
/in Steadfast Hope“But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.”” (Acts 9:15)
After Saul accepted Christ and believed, God sent Ananias to to deliver a message with instructions. As God conversed with Ananias, He referred to Saul as a Chosen Instrument that is to proclaim the name of Christ.
We too, are chosen instruments of God that are expected to be of faithful service to Him through the gifts and talents that He provided to us.
But am I?
Am I a faithful servant or am I a selective servant one?
Am I using my gifts and talents or am I burying them in the ground?
Apply the Word
/in Discipleship, Steadfast Hope“Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.” — James 1:23-24
When we accept Christ, our lives must be a reflection of who he is in us. Therefore, we ought not to hear or read the Word of God and not apply it to our lives.
Saul made it his mission to imprison all the believers in the synagogues in Damascus. However, he was saved and therefore became a believer. By right then, he was expected to be imprisoned as well but Saul never ran. He read and applied the Word of God accessible to him at the time (the Old Testament). Afterwards, he went to the same synagogue in Damascus and began to preach that Jesus is the Son of God (Acts9:20).
☆Saul boldly declared who Jesus was but do we?
☆Do people know you’re a believer?
☆Or are you keeping it hush hush?
☆When you look into the mirror are you forgetting what you look like?