Is your commitment to Jesus and your Faith being tested?

Do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
Hebrews 10:35-36 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
There are always some tough times in life, there will always be trials and tests that we will face! They’re inescapable. Jesus said, “But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.” That’s when our faith in the Lord and our relationship with Him will be tested! It is one thing to stand in a worship service at church and sing “it is well with my soul”, but it is quite another to be able to sing it when you are in stocks and chains in a prison dungeon like Paul and Silas were. Or when they auction off your house at the courthouse steps or you’ve lost a child to some horrendous act of the Devil. That’s when the commitment to your faith must be at it’s strongest. That’s when we must know that we know that we know and can walk in that faith in the Lord. We can’t wait until that happens and then try and build our faith. Our faith can’t take a holiday and then us try and travel through the ghettos of hell or we’ll never find our way out. So don’t throw your faith in Jesus away, or push it aside because you don’t think you need it right now. No, stand on it, always, at all times and declare it to the world. Build up your faith day by day.

MY PRAYER…
Holy and Mighty Father God, today is a good day for me. But I am acutely aware that some of those I love, some of my brothers and sisters are wrestling with and are throwing away their confidence in Your love, mercy, grace, peace, and deliverance. Please use me, but even more I pray that You use Your Holy Spirit through me to renew their hearts. I pray that You reveal unto them the errors they have been making. Reveal unto them the real need for holding on to their faith and confidence in You. Lord, place Your mighty hand upon their lives and our lives and intervene directly to change the course of events and give us relief through Your rest. In Jesus name I pray.
Amen

Are you hearing the Word of Faith?

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him: Rooted and built up in Him, and established in ‘The Faith’, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after CHRIST.
Colossians 2:6-8 King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Paul is warning the church at Colossae to beware of anything or anyone that is not of the Word of God, that is not of the faith of God in Christ Jesus. He is telling them to make sure they are built up and rooted in the things of ‘THE FAITH’ in Jesus Christ and the Faith of God, not a faith, not in worldly wisdom or policies. There is nothing wrong with with being called a ‘Word of Faith’ church, actually that is a compliment! Paul here sternly warns them to beware of those who will come in and seeming to be Godly men (but lacking the power of God), try to deceive you with their philosophy, their doctrines of men (really the devil in disguise), and their vain deceit. Teachings garnered from some seminary that didn’t rightly divide the Word of God through revelation of His Word by the Holy Spirit’s guidance but instead relied on man’s so-called wisdom and knowledge. Beware they will even quote scripture to you, but double check the Word and how they are using it! They will try to bring in their traditions and history and other things of the world that don’t line up with the Word of God. Many will come speaking of bringing unity to the churches. But, he says, beware of these, Is it truly the unity of faith in Christ Jesus that they are trying to bring or is it some other type of unity (you’re okay, I’m okay, we’re okay). Filter everything through the Word of God and Jesus Christ and Him Crucified. Anything that doesn’t line up 100% with the Word of God and Jesus Christ and Him Crucified, throw it out (that’s the bad doctrine they bring). If they are against a Word of Faith church, they are against God’s Word! There is only one Faith (Christianity) and it is based on the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus by the power of God through the Holy Ghost and then you receiving of that grace into your lives by faith in God. There is NO other way!

MY PRAYER…
Father, thank You for providing us Your Word as our Guide in life. Thank You Lord for the strength and wisdom You provide us through Your Holy Spirit to see through these attacks on our faith. Father help us each and every day to put a guard on our hearts to protect us from the philosophy, vain deceit, and the traditions of men Thank You Lord for sending me Jesus to show me the way, the only way! Lord I pray that those who come by any other means or for any other reason will be revealed. That their plans will be openly displayed before us that we might be able by our faith to withstand them and remain firmly rooted and built up in the true Word of God. In Jesus’ precious name I pray.
Amen