FAITH

F. 

Fear less

Don’t confuse fearing less with being fearless, fear is a good way to stay alive but it’s also a good way to stay comfortable and average. 

God has not given you a spirit of fear he hasn’t  given me one either. 

He did however give us a spirit of power and love and self control. 

Those three things make fear smaller in your head and that’s the battle ground. 

Fear less you were made for so much more. 

A. 

Ask up

Having faith is recognizing that there are things in life that are bigger then you and believing that God is bigger then them. 

When I was a kid the big threat all us young kids had was our big brothers. “You better leave me alone or I’ll get my big brother” was something said and heard. 

There isn’t a question that problems will come knocking on your door. The question is who is going to answer. My big brother Jesus is who I will be asking to answer my problems who’s answering yours?

Look up and ask up. 

I. 

Intersession

Prayer on behalf of another. 

Jesus prayed this way for his disciples who were with him and those to come later. 

Faith is not supposed to be a solo thing it’s something we do in community.  Some new phrases have sprung up as a result of covid 19. “Who’s in your personal bubble?” is one of them. 

Who’s in your prayer bubble? When two or three are gathered in prayer Jesus is among us. 

Pray on behalf of others let their needs burden your heart and your faith will grow. 

Put Jesus at the center of it all and your faith will transform. 

T.

Thanks 

When do you typically say thank you before or after receiving something? 

Faith believes that what is promised is already present. The best description of faith I’ve ever read is in the Bible. 

It says Faith is the substance of things hopped for and the evidence of things not seen. 

Faith says thank you before knowing it’s already there. 

This is easiest when being told something by someone trustworthy. 

Jesus is that, He’s trustworthy, He’s faithful and to that I say thanks. 

H. 

Hold on

Hold on means wait. 

Hold on means grip. 

Waiting is hard especially when we don’t understand the why behind the waiting. 

But God does. Waiting means something is growing, like your faith. 

Gripping can mean taking hold of the promise that has been made or of what we are believing will come. 

Faith is waiting on and holding onto the promise maker and the promise keeper Jesus and trusting in his time and in him.