Our faith muscles need conditioning. God has great things planned for
us. Unlike our physical age, where our “weight lifting abilities” will
decrease as we age, our ability to do God’s will by faith can be brought to ever higher levels. Here’s our faith exercise regime:
- We pray.
- We ask without doubting
- We read.
- We trust.
- We believe.
- We expect.
- We praise.
We Read – JOHN 8:31 Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
JOHN 14:23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17 NLT
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and teaches us to do what is right. 17 It is God’s way of preparing us in every way, fully equipped for every good thing God wants us to do.
HEBREWS 4:12 NLT
12 For the word of God is full of living power. It is sharper than the sharpest knife, cutting deep into our innermost thoughts and desires. It exposes us for what we really are.
God’s Word is alive! To know God better we must spend time hearing what He has to say. The Bible is His message to us.
We need to know His written Word so we can judge whether God is speaking to us, or the enemy is trying to deceive us.
Without reading the Bible, we will not grow spiritually, and we will be more easily deceived.
Prayerfully reading the Scriptures is the only real defense against being misled.
(continued next week)
