faith worketh through love letter 4-16-Copy

4/16Faith Worketh Through Love - Letters1Tim.4:8 Exercise Your faith In Gods Glory! How many times have you said God Bless Us, or prosper our business, or increaseour faith! You may have thought God was not listening or that your conversation was justthat , a conversation. I have news for you God heard your request. In fact it was mostlikely Gods Spirit leading you to make those request. Have you ever wondered how those This left only one option and that waspeople of great faith gained the ability to to find the truth! What I mean by findingexercise that glory in God? I know I not the truth is simply “find the real me inonly wondered but desired to do the exact Gods word” Not the one who was lackingsame thing [USE MY FAITH!] or weak but the one who is a champion and the receiver of Gods best. There is only one I knew that faith came from hearing way for you and I to find that person and itthe word of God and that we needed to act is through the word of God.on what we received. What I did not knowwas what was holding me back. In this John 8:31 - Then said Jesus to those Jewsstudy of Gods word I would like to reveal which believed on him, If you continue in mywhat may be holding you back and you do word, [then] are you my disciples indeed.not even know it. I would like to start #1 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truthwith this comment. shall make you free.“What you have seen others do throughfaith you can also accomplish!” You and I must have the correct vision of ourselves. The one that Gods wordHeb. 6:12 - That ye be not slothful, but has given.followers of them who through faith andpatience inherit the promises. You are about to receive the right image! The image of God in you! I think that somehow manyChristians fall into the trap of thinking The second thing #2 I would like tothat somehow God chooses certain people add is this : “How to get the right visionto be great achievers and others to be inside of us!”plain or mediocre in life. The problemwith this type of thinking is that it will This can seem to be an impossiblealways leave you as one who is mediocre task to some actually changing the wayand someone else receiving the blessing. I they see themselves. Well, it would be if weknew that this could not be true because of were attempting to do so through some sortthe overwhelming evidence of Gods word. of mental exercise or through positive

thinking . The exercise that God describes STOP living in a life of convenience inis an exercise of depositing His word into Gods word. By this I mean always usingour spirit. The word of God has the self Gods word as a last resort, or participatingcontained power to create the right image with God as if he were a weekend chore orwithin us when we allow it to. task. Get serious about the winning life of Gods Spirit.Heb. 4:12 - For the word of God [is] quick,and powerful, and sharper than any two Gods word is written to you. Do youedged sword, piercing even to the dividing believe this? Then what your bible says isasunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints to you and about you personally. Until youand marrow, and [is] a discerner of the make your mind up about this truth youthoughts and intents of the heart. are just reading about someone else's life in Christ. I stopped reading about other The word of God will actually people in the bible and started reading myseparate or divide the programming of our bible as written to me developing my life insoul to receive our spirit man as God has victory.revealed him. It is as we put the word ofGod in us by receiving what God has said Have you ever noticed how hard it isabout us through our faith that we exercise to attempt to live another persons life. Toour spiritual image. This is how we develop try to be or think like them. This is howa strong image as Gods children to use our come many Christians are giving up orfaith within allowing Gods glory to expand trying other ways. They feel as though theyhis benefits in our life. are trying to be someone they are not. This has never been what God has desired for The word of God will do the work if you or any other of his children. This iswe will understand how to exercise with it. why we have confessions that say: This isAny good trainer will tell you that you [MY] Bible, [I AM] what it says [I AM,] [Imust do your exercise correctly to gain its CAN DO] what it says [I CAN DO]. Aremaximum benefit. There are many of Gods you ready for Gods truth to take on a newchildren exercising worry and doubt in dimension of truth inside of you?place of faith and glory. I know most ofGods children are trying but, trying is not You just took on a whole newthe answer but learning and applying the dimension of truth in you!right exercise is the answer. Okay now we know what it takes to Let me ask you a question: Will you get the right vision of God in us from hisgain any benefit if you only attempt to word. Let’s talk about some ways toexercise when you feel like it? No! Well if exercise and some times to exercise forwe attempt to work Gods word that way it maximum benefit within our Spirit man.is the same. You will not have a strongspirit if you only exercise without straining The third thing #3 I would like toand stretching your spiritual life. discus is this: How to know when it is time to exercise our spirit.Harvest Rain Church 2110 N. Hwy 51 Weatherford TX.P.O. Box 93 Weatherford TX. 76086 Just as the physical body reveals thewww.harvestrainchurch.org need for exercise so does our spirit man.Harvest Rain Church Face book We know to exercise our physical bodyEmail: [email protected] when we are getting sluggish, weak or lazy. But I would like to talk about the training

for a challenge or to conquer an opponent. will and the results will strengthen ourThis type of training requires something spirit toward obedience. There are thosemore than the usual work out or exercise. who are not able to attend services due to their jobs or other circumstances. Those1Tim. 4:8 - For bodily exercise profiteth are not people simply choosing to staylittle : but godliness is profitable unto all home but are incapable of attendance.things, having promise of the life that now These are those who exercise their faith ofis, and of that which is to come. service through prayer and financial support to the church. Their role and part Are you ready for some Godly is just as vital. Our service to the churchworkout that is profitable? Then let’s look will become especially important when weat some potential parts of a workout. One step out to new task and assignments withof the first places to start exercising faith God. Whether that be in business,and working your spirit is in Gods ministry, or investments of money it willpresence. An athlete never begins bring a steadiness to our faith actions.exercising in the confrontation of hisopponent. He starts where he is cheered on Your trail of victories has just beguncomplimented and encouraged. Well I have and only you decide where it ends!just described our church service. If youare not exercising participation with the I would like to look at ourwork of the church and its programs you commitment to consistency with God inare missing the benefit of safe exercise. his ways of faith. Their are too manyThis is undoubtedly one of the devils Christians drawing back from theireasiest forms of preventing success in a decisions of faith. They start out wellChristians life of faith. When an individual enough but under pressure they begin tohas no service life within the church they doubt or become uncertain. This isare usually suppressed in their walk of partially due to their inability to be sure offaith outside of the church. I realize there their ability to overcome and succeed.are always what appears to be those fewexceptions to the rule but I am speaking Heb. 10:38 - Now the just shall live by faith:here in general to the lifestyle of experience but if [any man] draw back, my soul shallin exercising spiritual faith. have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw backActs 24:16 - And herein do I exercise unto perdition; but of them that believe tomyself, to have always a conscience void of the saving of the soul.offence toward God, and [toward] men. Please realize that this area is where1Tim. 4:7 - But refuse profane and old wives we exercise our faith to the limit offables, and exercise thyself [rather] unto success. No one will be a faith victorgodliness. without facing the challenge of their ability within Gods Glory. Commitment to When we submit to God in remain steadfast is an absolute to ouradvancing his church body through our victory. I pray this has helped you in yourservices to him we exercise surrender to his faith to stand and prevail. Pastor Cliff