YOUR FAITH - Part Six

by Robert Bailes

"Your Faith Will Direct You!"

It is in the presence of God that we find our refuge and peace in the middle of turmoil!

We often hear this affirmation that is meant to comfort us; from religious leaders in churches; on the Christian radio and TV programs and sometimes even from people we consider to be brothers and sisters in Christ. When I stop and really think about this, I have to ask myself a very simple, yet sincere and meaningful question, "How can I remain in the presence of God while living on this earth with all of the pressures, variables and temptations that we face from moment to moment each day?".

It's an awesome picture when we imagine ourselves there at the throne of God where no problems seem to exist, but in reality we often panic as soon as we hear the thunder and know the storm is coming, so to speak. People alive today aren't the only ones who react this way. I recall reading about the disciples of Jesus reacting in the very same way at times!

How then, does our faith direct us; even in times when we are tempted to make a wrong choice or in the stressful places of our lives when we might over react out of the flesh? I want to go into this a little bit deeper with you, but first, let's look at how our faith and the things that we do tie together in the life of the believer.
Some of us might go so far as to say that our faith in God is something that is totally private and that it isn't anyone else's business, but I want us to look at a passage in the book of James that tells me a something that is a bit contrary to this common belief,

James 2:14-17
14 What doth it profit, my brothers, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16 And one of you say unto them, "Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled"; and not giving them those things which are needful to the body; what help is it?
17 Even so faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone.

What James is telling us in this passage is that we are going to change the way we act when we have a genuine faith in our God. Why? Because our God tells us in the Word how we ought to act towards others if we are true believers (Ephesians 5:1-6), so we can determine our own standing of our faith in God by examining our day to day actions. This brings us to a realization then, what we practice daily is an indicator of whether or not we are living in the presence of God! Some people may get offended by this statement, but it is true my friend.

God is not the source of evil desires, neglect of those who have needs, our pride and selfishness and the temptations of our flesh. We can rest assured that we aren't dwelling in the presence of God when we are living in these circumstances and attitudes!

Why would we panic when the storm comes? Could it be that the faith that we have said we have in God, may actually have been more in ourselves? Take heed! Beware! There are many popular people alive and on the commercial billboards that will tell us all that we have to trust and believe in ourselves to do anything in life! Again, I say, beware!

Let's look at another passage concerning this warning I give to you,

James 2:19-20
19 You believe that there is one God; you do well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
20 But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

When I pray for our country and the many different religious organizations across the globe, my heart is burdened so much for the many who are misled by religious leaders that teach that you ONLY have to say "I believe" and you instantly become a child of God bound for heaven. The thing that is so vital in man's "faith in God" is the understanding of who God is and what God means to us and how we have failed Him miserable in our flesh. Then by this realization; coming to the repentance of sin and receiving a New Life that flows freely to all who accept the infinite mercy and grace of God.

I'm talking about God's grace and mercy that judges us "with the law of liberty" and that "rejoices against judgement"!

James 2:12-13
12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoices against judgment.

James wanted those who read his message here to realize that when you receive the mercy of God by the faith that only God gives you, you must have come to the knowledge that you needed mercy, meaning that you have been pardoned and forgiven of the judgement for your sins. Through the knowledge and realization of this, God is able to dwell in us by his Spirit, giving us the law of liberty. We are free indeed! What happens next is a transformation that we find taking place in the life of anyone who accepts God's mercy by faith. The things that you do and the things that you say and the places that you go will change!

You see, being in God's presence is as much about our practice as it is about our faith and believing in God. It's what we practice that others identify with and that confirms that we are assured of our relationship with God.

It is amazing, but it really isn't that hard to understand, when you know about the fruits of the Spirit and what kind of God you serve!(Ephesians 4:22-32)
It's so awesome to know that our pardon and becoming a child of God allows us to be in the presence of our Lord all the time, as He tells us that His Spirit will dwell in us if we accept Him by faith. God's ability to be omnipresent allows you to feel His presence in your storms while people in every other country on the globe are able to feel His presence at the very same time! That is the awesome power of our God! (Ephesians 4:4-7)

Think about this for a moment! How does a pilot land an airplane at a large airport when there are other planes taking off and landing all at the same time? Each pilot must have come to a place in their training and understanding where they have faith in the air traffic controller. They literally put their life in someone else's hands!
Interestingly enough, the person sitting in the air traffic control tower is telling the pilot exactly what to do and where he should be long before the tower ever comes into view of the person flying the plane. How can this kind of trust be possible? The pilot can't see the airport or even the person on the radio who is directing them, but the fact is that the air traffic controller is able to at all times see exactly where the plane is on the radar screen. This is what gives the pilot and most of the people aboard the plane the assurance that they are going to be directed safely to their destination, no matter how stressful or stormy it may seem when they look out the windows and see the surrounding circumstances. They have established a hope in the people who are watching them by radar, believing that they are going to take care of them and bring them safely home. This is much like our faith and trust in God as we follow His direction in our life. (Ephesians 6:23,24)

It is by this true faith in God that Paul was able to claim in his inspired letter to the Philippians, "I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me!" (Philippians 4:13)

That being said, let's look at something that a genuine faith in God will not direct us towards!

James 1:12-15
12 Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man:
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death.

James makes it very clear that we cannot be drawn by God into the trap of the lust of our flesh. When we have a true and genuine faith in the God of our salvation, our lives will not be directed into the acts of the flesh which lead us to death, but rather we will find ourselves desiring the acts of the flesh that lead to an abundant life that is found when we are in the presence of our Lord. Regardless of the circumstances, we will find this peace that passes all understanding when we walk in the light of His Word!

That brings me to the the last place that we are directed by our faith in God. Spending time in the word of God is sweet to the eyes and ears of those who have a true faith in God. Not just a belief; as even the demons believe that there is a God!

If your relationship with God hasn't drawn you to the Word and you haven't been experiencing the guidance and intercession of the Holy Spirit in your life (Romans 8:24-31), I encourage you to search your heart and see if it is possible that you could have believed in God, but the faith that James is talking about, just isn't showing evidence in your actions! Maybe you've been living life chasing after the pleasures of the flesh. We have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. Your not alone! But we are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ! (Romans 3:23,24)(Romans 6:20-23)

You don't have to continue feeling discouraged and go into a panic when the next storm of life comes your way. (Romans 8:35-39)
You can make sure today that you are a child of God and that you have expressed your faith in God through repentance and acceptance of His mercy and grace that pardons you of all you have ever done wrong in your lifetime! It is then that you will experience the direction of your faith by the leading of the Spirit of God that will dwell in you! (Romans 8:13-16)

I find it to be so exciting and exhilarating to know that we have a victorious life when we live by faith without doubt! (Ephesians 2:8-10)

To those who have trusted by faith in God without doubt, remember that James tells us that when we help turn someone back from the error of their ways, we save that person's soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins!(James 5:19-20)

So let's demonstrate our faith through our actions in the sharing of this good news of salvation to all who we come in contact with!

WORDS OF WISDOM

Hebrews 11:3
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

YOUR FAITH - Part Five

"Your Faith Will Sustain You"

By Rob Bailes

We have heard many heroic stories of survival on TV and the internet and many times those who survived became well known through books or movies written about their experience. Why does the human species find this to be so fascinating, I wonder? Could it be that we are all looking for something that makes a man, woman or child appear above normal or maybe even seem supernatural?

Back in the days when Jesus was on the earth, there were situations that caused people to feel exactly the same way as we do today when we hear about a miraculous event taking place in someones life. That's right!

The Jews really believed that God spoke to Moses when he received the commandments and they believed that John was the prophet of God, BUT they had a hard time believing when it came to Jesus, saying that he was sent by the Father and that he and God the Father were one.

Some of the Jews saw nothing more than an ordinary man who was born of earthly parents! They didn't believe in the virgin Mary and the birth of the Messiah.

It was not enough that He had healed hundreds or possible thousands of people who had incurable diseases!
Just before the passage we are going to read, Jesus had put mud on the blind man's eyes and told him to go wash it off and when he did his eyes which were blind from birth had been made to see for the very first time! How would someone not see and believe that there was something amazing about this man whose name was Jesus?

I believe you will see as we read this passage, that it has allot to do with them knowing His voice and following only Him. We will see how much difference it will make to know His voice and to know who we follow and who cares for us. Let's read this passage together,

John 10:1-4
1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
4 And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

The porter was someone that was put in charge of watching the door to the sheepfold, so that a stranger wouldn't be allowed to intrude while the Shepard was away. Their responsibility was to protect the fold from the thieves and robbers. There was only one door that the shepherd would enter by and the reason that his sheep would even follow him out of this door was because they had been taught to recognize their very own shepherd's voice.
So, by calling them, they knew to follow him and trust him to lead them; not into danger or into a place where they would not be fed, but rather to a place of safety and nourishment. You see, they had grown to trust, not just any shepherd, but their very own shepherd's voice! We see that the shepherd called the sheep and then we see that he also led them in verse three. As he leads them, he also speaks to them so that they will follow his voice in verse four.

Pretty awesome to get to learn a little about sheep farming as we learn about the teachings of Jesus here in the book of John, isn't it?

You might be asking yourself, "What is this going to teach me about my faith sustaining me?" and we are getting to that part right now! Let's look at some more of this passage together,

John 10:5 - And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

When someone who is deceitful comes along and tries to convince us to follow them and to convince us of who and what kind of person they are ; we usually get an uneasy feeling in our hearts and minds if it isn't of the Lord and we begin to feel our conscience telling us to be careful or to beware of this person.
That is exactly what Jesus is teaching us here and I know I have felt this way more than once! It's very important not to ignore this, lest we be led astray by those who would like to deceive or steal us away for some reason of their own desire or wishes. Don't brush this off if it happens, as we see that we will know our shepherd's voice and we will know if it isn't His voice according to verse five. Wouldn't you agree that this is a wonderful way for our Lord to sustain and keep us safe in His fold? Let's read on,

John 10:7-9
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture."

Now Jesus tells the Jews that He is the door of the sheep and that the sheep didn't hear the voice of those who were trying so desperately to steal them away! This is when He brings this example to a true to life reality for all of mankind in verse nine! Jesus said,"I am the door(to eternal life); by me if any man enters, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture"! Isn't that what the sheep need? They have the protection of the sheepfold , their trusting shepherd's voice to lead them and pastures that will keep them satisfied when they are hungry!

WOW! I think that's about all I could really ever wish for in this life and our Shepherd has it right there for all who have faith in God!

As you read on in this chapter, Jesus talks about the thief seeking to steel and kill and destroy, but Jesus comes to give life and that they may have it even more abundantly. This alone makes me just want to stop and start praising God for a while! Just think about this for a minute. Others who profess to be the shepherd of the sheep or who may attempt to convince us to place our lives in their hands will not give us life more abundantly, but rather reign with judgement and the condemnation of the laws that have been laid down by men! We must seek the true Shepard at the Door to the sheepfold and listen for His voice alone!

CONDEMNATION IS NOT WHAT OUR SHEPARD WANTS FOR US!

Jesus, as our good shepherd gave his life for the sheep. He isn't as one who is hired to care for the sheep. The hired man will run when the wolf comes and leave the sheep to be caught and scattered! This is what Jesus tells us in verses eleven and twelve! Read this about how much Jesus cares for all of his sheep and let it soak into your mind for a few minutes before going on.

John 10:11,12
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

People who go into a ministry for the wrong reasons, such as for the purpose of making a living, will not be there for the sheep, as only the true shepherd would be, to protect them. Do we know His voice today? Have we been approached by the thief or the wolf in times past? Be careful that you hear His voice and know that it is Jesus, the great Sheppard who calls you!

Jesus goes on to tell the Jews how their trust and faith in Him will sustain them for eternity with life that will never end! But I want to back up to one verse that applies particularly to the rest of the world and that would apply to you and I today. Please don't miss this! It is so important for all who are not Jews and this is what Jesus said to the Jews that day,

John 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

You see, even thousands of years ago, Jesus thought about you and I as His sheep and we are in His fold under ONE SHEPHERD! How much does this mean to us? It means eternal life for all men who by their faith in God believe in Jesus, who is the only Door to God the Father!

In coming to the close of part five of my series on "Your Faith"; I want to leave you with these verses in your minds from chapter ten of John. If you don't remember anything else, remember these words spoken by our Great Shepherd!

John 10:15-18
15 As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No man take it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

Words of Wisdom

Some examples of how your faith will sustain you!

Matthew 16:9-10
9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Mar 6:37-42
37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? 38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
42 And they did all eat, and were filled.


Mark 8:1-5
1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

YOUR FAITH - Part Four

"Your Faith Is Unconditional"

By Rob Bailes

Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

If you put your faith in God, He has a gift of grace for you! No if's, and's or but's about it! Men may try to convince you that you must do other things in order to receive His grace, but the truth is that it only requires faith and that means that you must only believe in Him.


There are also men in this world that will try to tell you that you can't believe in something that you can't see or touch. The thing that you must remember, is that those same men who may say this, actually believe in the unseen and probably don't even realize it!

Think about this for a minute! Everytime a person walks into a room and flips the light switch on, don't they expect the light to come on? Why does the light come on? Do they think about all the wiring and the fixtures or components when they flip the switch? I don't think so!

They simply flip the switch, turn on the oven, push the start button on the microwave or turn on the radio. You may have an understanding of how the power works and how the wiring is installed, etc..., but can you actually see the electricity? If you have ever touched two wires that have it flowing through them, you know how it feels for it to flow through your body and you know that the wires are, as we put it, Alive!

Interesting that we describe the power being on as "alive" and the power being off as "dead", isn't it? You see, we understand what it feels like to have life flowing through us and we relate that to electricity flowing through the wiring. In this same way, we can relate to faith flowing through our minds and spirits which is of God called grace and the power of the Holy Spirit fills us as we walk in this faith and we are able to believe that all things are possible by God's amazing and infinite Power!

It isn't something we can see or touch, but we can see the evidence of God's power by faith, just as you can see the evidence of the electrical current that we refer to as "power", that is flowing through the fixture and producing our desired results, whether it's lighting up an emergency room and running ER equipment all night long or cooking a roast at Thanksgiving for the family or playing music during a special event.

We don't stop and think about the complexity of how power travels all across our globe, but most every country has it available to use! Did you know that the voltage that is fed into a wire, that runs through your house, changes as it flows through the wire?

The voltage, which is a measurement of the power, drops as it travels along the wire because the wire can only carry so much power and the length and size of the wire will effect the amount of power that actually makes it to your fixture. Then the different fixtures also use different amounts of electricity, so each one will need a certain amount of voltage to even run properly!

Most people probably don't know as much about about voltage drop as we know about voltage surges. A harmful voltage drop is when there is any more than a 2% drop in voltage from the time the power enters the house's wiring to the time it gets to your fixture or appliance. This can potentially damage or effect the life of your fixture or appliance. This is a fact and the problem can be solved by installing a larger wire size that's able to carry power more efficiently to the fixture.

Did you know that there were about fifteen different plugs used across the globe according to a study done in 1995. There are grounded and ungrounded plugs used in North America, South America, Japan and many Carribean Islands. The most common plug is the Europlug used in Africa, Middle East Asia and Europe. The Schuko plug is used in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Scandinavia, Portugal, Romania and Spain. Isreal has their very own unique type of plug, as do other countries as well. South Africa and India still use the Old British style plug.

You may be wondering why I have choosen to fill your minds with seemingly useless information as this, but it isn't really useless when you go to these countries and find that your electrical appliances don't work there. What I really want us to realize is this, "The electricity that flows through all of the plugs all over the world is basically the same", but the levels of voltage and the equipment is all different and this makes for a complex world full of potential problems and interuptions in our day!

We have come up with hundreds of thousands of ways to use something that we can't even see, because we have faith that it is there when we need it. If we didn't believe in it, then we wouldn't buy homes full of wiring that is set up to use this source!

So my question to you is, "Why, when we accept Christ and we say that our bodies are His dwelling place, do we not believe that His power is there?". Why should we claim that our bodies are the Temples of God and that His Holy Spirit lives in us and not use the light switch or the A/C or anything else you may wish to use in a temple?

I will be the first to admit, that in my past I have been guilty of claiming this by faith in God and then living as if I have no source of power in my life at all. You see, the power of God is flowing through us and this is why He taught His disciples that they could ask anything in His name and He would do it!

The really GREAT thing about God's power, that is available to all people, is that it doesn't require hundreds of different plugs, fuses and adaptors. It doesn't change from country to country! No matter where we go, the power is the same, but so is the requirement. All that is required is faith in God! It's as simple as really believing that the light, oven or radio is going to come on when we reach for the switch. How much more reliable is our God than the complex electrical system built by men across our globe with it's many conditions?

Our engineers may have invented the most complex systems and constantly are improving them, but they are full of conditions! Length, wire size, power surges, voltage drops, fuse sizes, plug types, grounded or not grounded, power sources, storms, wires cut and the list goes on.

You can depend on the ever flowing, infinite power of God when you pray!

YOUR FAITH IS UNCONDITIONAL, JUST BELIEVE!

As you believe by faith, you will see the evidence of things unseen in your life every day!

Words of Wisdom
Hebrew 13:20-21
20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

FAITH - Part 3

By Rob Bailes

"Your Faith Will Make You Wise"

Romans 10:17 - So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Our faith in God comes from hearing the truth of the gospel through the word of God! We have heard leaders all over the world expressing popular beliefs, opinions and philosophy in recent years, but the Bible says that we will receive the faith that we need by the hearing of the word of God. It appears that Paul is asking himself in the book of Romans,"Has all of the earth heard this message of faith?" and then he answers his own question in the same verse. Let's look at this,

Romans 10:18 - But I say, "Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world".

Into all the earth! Their words went to the ends of the world as they knew it in their day! Every nation had heard the Gospel by way of disciples, apostles, kings and servants. The message had been spread to everyone that lived and they didn't even have Internet or cable television! Isn't that amazing!
God has always made a way to get His word to the people of the earth. We don't have to take it all on ourselves to reach every man. God is at work in the hearts and lives of each person who believes and accepts Him by faith. Knowing this takes a huge burden off of me as a forgiven and compassionate child of God. When I look around, it's easy for me to become overwhelmed with the masses that are following the idols of this world and people of all ages that have bought into the lies of advertising while on their quest to satisfies their inner longing.

One of the best sellers on the music charts even told the world for almost 50 years, "I can't get no satisfaction!" and still people go out in groves searching for satisfaction week after week, month after month, year after year until their lives have literally slipped through their fingers and finding themselves at the end of their life without the satisfaction they had been promised by this world.

The satisfaction that we long for and search for all of our lives is experienced in faith, faith in the living God of our universe and this faith is found in the hearing of the message found in the word of God. Paul was a very educated man who had been in positions in government that required him to make many tough decisions, but the best decision that Paul ever made was the decision to believe and follow the Messiah who had come to save the world and to accept His message by faith!
It was the same man,Paul, that wrote this passage in Romans that had, at one time, persecuted the Christians and their families. The challenges we face today don't even begin to compare to the challenges Christians faced before Paul accepted Christ! Christians were scattered all over the globe, trying to escape this man and his wrath! His name was Saul and God changed it to Paul. His business was to wipe out every Christian alive because he believed man, but God stopped him and he heard the word of God. Paul went from a proud murderer to an humble servant of God overnight! His eyes were opened and he could see the wisdom of the word and the satisfaction filled his heart; that satisfaction that he had longed for every night when he closed his eyes and heard the screams of those he had persecuted.

It is evident in Paul's writings that he had faith by the hearing of the word of God! Paul had gained a wisdom that couldn't be found in biographies and philosophy. This wisdom couldn't be found on the porches of Athens or in meetings with the King's counsel. This wisdom that Paul found came only through the word of God. The faith that Paul found gave him the satisfaction that we all have longed for in our lives, even today!

Paul is talking to the Gentiles in chapter eleven and he is telling them that it is because of the Jews lack of repentance that the gospel went out and had spread to their Gentile nations. It was because of the lack of faith in the Jewish nation that the Jewish believers were directed by God to go into all the world, so that the Jews would become jealous of the mercy that the Gentiles had obtained through God and come back to receive their faith in God. The Jews were going to see the wisdom of the rest of the world through their receiving of the word of God by faith. They would long for the mercy, Paul says, that the Gentiles had obtained!

Rom 11:31-34
31 Even so have these(Jews) also now not believed, that through your(Gentiles) mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded them all (all nations) in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?

We can learn so much from the word of God and it is clear that Paul feels just as I do today! I feel that the wisdom and knowledge found in God is beyond anything else that I can get my hands on in this world! So let's treasure what we have found in His word and in communion with God; the wisdom and knowledge that starts with faith in Him.

When we come to realize how great a God we serve, the fear (reverence), forgiving (mercy) and faith (wisdom) will be so incredible that it not only changes us, but others long to know and have what we have! Listen to how Paul described this at the end of chapter eleven of Romans.

Romans 11:36 For of him(God), and through him(God), and to him(God), are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

Those are words of wisdom!

It is my prayer that you have this FAITH THAT WILL MAKE YOU WISE!

If you find you don't have the faith I spoke of today, but would like to know that you do; please contact me by phone or email and we will be glad to help you begin this wonderful, satisfying experience in your life today! The experience of God's forgiveness and mercy by faith in Him!

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