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Monday, April 18, 2016
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Faith by Debbie Wallis
“If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you,” Luke 17:6. To trust in God and believe that His commands are for your benefit requires faith…some faith, not more faith. When I was a little girl my grandmother gave me a necklace with a mustard seed enclosed in a glass jewel. I remember my Nanny telling me that God gave me the faith that was needed to believe in Jesus. She told me that if I believed God with at least that tiny amount of faith that I would move mountains in my life. I can see her face, I can hear her voice and I’ve treasured that memory for over 55 years. When our house burnt I lost that necklace but not the lesson she taught me with it. I still haven’t seen a mountain jump into the sea because I told it to do so, but my faith has only increased through the years. There hasn’t been a mountain I’ve faced that God didn’t move in my best interest. Nothing is impossible for me when I’m in His will. My life verse is “I can do all things through Christ Who gives me strength,” Philippians 4:13.
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Continued from page 7 As I matured, I realized that my faith increased as I was obedient to the Lord’s commands. The more I read my Bible, the more I want to know Him and I believed every word written. “Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ,” Romans 10:17. I keep it simple; God created in me the faith to believe in His Son as my Savior. God loves me and I love Him. The more I trust Him the easier it is for me to put His ways over my own. I’ve made plenty of mistakes because I wanted my own way and acted on it in disobedience or simply by not praying and seeking God for the right decision before I made it. My faith increased as I learned about the lives of people, just like you and I, in Bible history. God was always faithful and true. He never lies, He never manipulates, and not once has He ever been selfish. God truly has my best interest as His priority. He is a perfect Father when my earthly father was far from perfect. What He does for me He will do for you. He loves us equally, we are His children. We each have different purposes and talents just as we have different eyes and physical structures but what we have in common is the love of God.
not love Him in return. Jesus paid the sacrifice for everyone’s sin because He loved all, but all do not recognize or appreciate and love Him in return. God’s Holy Spirit loves all and is available to all that choose Jesus as their Savior, but all do not make that choice. “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him,” Hebrews 11:6. You will not obey God’s commandments if you don’t believe He is who He says He is. When we truly believe God is who He says He we acquire a healthy and reverent fear of the Lord. He is The Judge that sees all hidden things in the hearts of mankind. There are no hidden thoughts, motives or actions from the Lord.
Triston Matthews "He's very good academically as well so that's what helped him get the scholarship." said Jerry Matthews.
The family will save approximately $11,000 per year by being able to live at home and commute to Think about the speed limits that are college. put into law. Signs are clearly available so we can read laws. We The Matthews family lost a young believe it to be true; the law is the child when Triston was seven years law. When we read the speed sign, old and Jerry Matthews says that the we look at ourselves to see if we are number one goal was to make sure obeying the law. If we see police to keep the other boys' heads in the are enforcing the speed laws we game and not let them go south slow down. If we see everyone else academically. driving fast and not getting pulled over, our tendency is to break the A very emotional mom, Alicia law. You don’t need more faith to Matthews said that her son has believe that the speed limit sign is always been pretty amazing. "I'm the law…you need obedience to very excited and very proud of him. follow it. Faith grows by hearing, He amazes me." said mom in near believing and obeying the Word of tears. God’s commandments are also God. “If you love Me, you will called laws. His law is not to be keep My commandments,” John "It's one of those deals where he's a broken and its purpose is to show 14:15. little undersized for some people in us how far from His ways we college." said Hudson. "We found a are. We are told many times If you don’t have a Bible please spot for him and the coaches were through out the Bible what is contact me at sfadebbie@yahoo.com impressed enough to take a chance good and bad for us. Jesus’ and it will be my blessing to provide on an undersized kid because of his crucifixion on the cross is a you with one. work ethic and the way he plays the testament of His love for us. His game. It's all on him. He's done mercy towards our imperfection this for himself. He plays with an is what draws us to Him. God all-out-effort and this is what The Creator loves all but all do happens when you do that."
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