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Faith by Debbie Wallis
Monday, October 19, 2015 occupy yourself with the Word in the Bible your flesh (mind, will and emotions) will remain an immature Christian saved by grace living off of leftovers. Peter wrote that we should grow in knowledge and grow in grace (2Peter 3:18); and both are manifested by the Word.
Our faith can be shattered by the culture we live in; political correctness and non-Christian religions and peer pressure. The threat of losing your job, friends or the ultimate sacrifice of being killed if you claim to be a Christian is real in our society. “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ,” Romans 10:17. God’s Word feeds your faith. The examples of other people’s struggles and their victories written “Then Jesus declared, “I am the in the Bible are for your benefit. It bread of life. Whoever comes to builds your faith in God and gives me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never you hope. The Bible is not a book of happenstances but a book be thirsty,” John 6:35. inspired by the Holy Spirit. God directed each author to which “Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly I circumstance, prayer, and words of tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from Heaven, wisdom to be recorded. God knew but it is My Father who gives you what would help you and I live godly today. His Word helped our the true Bread from Heaven. For ancestors yesterday and it will still the bread of God is the bread that help our children and grandchildren comes down from Heaven and gives life to the world,” John 6:32- tomorrow. The living Word of 33. Jesus is telling us to make sure God will never die and that’s why it is referred to as the Bread of Life. we recognize and consume real We are to hide the Word in our food. You cannot be healthy feeding yourself a constant diet of heart so that no one can ever remove it. Faith isn’t built junk food. You have to read and overnight by a verse or two. It’s allow the Word of God to show built as it nourishes your soul and you, you from the inside out. As bread, the word of God is spiritual your spirit flourishes. If you eat one healthy salad it will not change your food. The living word of God is also described as milk (1Peter 2:2) overall health. One healthy meal will not sustain you for life. You and meat in the Bible (Hebrews cannot watch others eat healthy and 5:11-14) and seed (Luke 8:11). become healthy because of it. You Just like a well-balanced diet it is cannot get healthy by all the healthy complete in what we need to be recipes you pin on Pinterest. We healthy Christians. Spiritual are created to eat balanced and growth and strength cannot be gained without God’s living word. healthy meals over a lifetime. The His word is communication to us. same thing goes with reading our Bibles. “Then the LORD said to You can occupy yourself with Moses, ‘Behold, I am about to rain various activities but until you
bread from Heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not,” Exodus 16:4. We need a fresh word from God daily. Our human nature is so easily distracted by the junk food of this world.
Page #8 yours that will bring life. Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to Me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in Me shall never thirst,” John 6:13. If you do not have a Bible please contact me at sfadebbie@yahoo.com and I will provide you one.
You need to meditate and digest the Word. This process takes place in the mind before it gets to your heart. Psalms says that it is the one who meditates day and night on the word of God that will flourish like a tree planted by the river of waters. There are so many good teachers of the Bible from local pastors to world famous speakers that you can learn and glean from but ultimately it’s the Word you hear from His heart to
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