One of my favorite lines from the bible comes from James 2:14-26, NKJV: "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."
We need to have faith, the belief, the trust, the confidence, that God has us and is and will provide for us, but we also need to demonstrate that faith. It's wonderful to pray, but God wants to SEE us in action, too.
If you've been struggling to lose weight and have been praying to God for the strength to do so, what are you doing to show your faith in the issue? You might cut your portions for one meal a day for starters, eventually cutting portions in all meals. You might start exercising ten minutes, three times a week for a week or two; then move to 15 minutes, three times a week; eventually moving up to 30 minutes for more than three times a week.
The point is by doing so, you are saying, I have faith in you and because I do, I am doing my part in this agreement between us.
In Mark 2:5, a paralyzed man had his friends take him to Jesus. They carried him in his bed to Jesus... and THEN, seeing so many people, decided to lower him from the roof into the place so that the man could get to Jesus. He had faith that Jesus could help him, so he acted on that faith and by any means necessary got himself to the Lord to receive that help.
What are you doing right now to act out your faith?
We need to have faith, the belief, the trust, the confidence, that God has us and is and will provide for us, but we also need to demonstrate that faith. It's wonderful to pray, but God wants to SEE us in action, too.
If you've been struggling to lose weight and have been praying to God for the strength to do so, what are you doing to show your faith in the issue? You might cut your portions for one meal a day for starters, eventually cutting portions in all meals. You might start exercising ten minutes, three times a week for a week or two; then move to 15 minutes, three times a week; eventually moving up to 30 minutes for more than three times a week.
The point is by doing so, you are saying, I have faith in you and because I do, I am doing my part in this agreement between us.
In Mark 2:5, a paralyzed man had his friends take him to Jesus. They carried him in his bed to Jesus... and THEN, seeing so many people, decided to lower him from the roof into the place so that the man could get to Jesus. He had faith that Jesus could help him, so he acted on that faith and by any means necessary got himself to the Lord to receive that help.
What are you doing right now to act out your faith?
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