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(03/30/2000) Faith comes


hello prayer warriors 1. prayer note: faith comes How does faith come? How do we GET faith? [Romans 10:17] So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. In the original Greek, the word used was the word of Christ. [Hebrews 12:2] Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; He is the author of our faith. Faith comes when we let Jesus into our lives and we start hearing the Word of God. How do we hear the word of God? We've covered that in our previous prayer emails on how to hear the voice of God. Jesus speaks to us and we hear His rhema word when we are reading the bible, hearing a message, etc. and faith drops into our heart because we hear the Word personally for ourselves. We can rise up and catch the Word and take possession of it in our lives. We are transformed by that Word and something changes. Not the situation first, but our hearts first. Because we start believing and seeing what He has promised us in His word and not the situation. His Word has creative force and His Word creates the hope and the new vision for the situation and then the miracle happens. To get more faith, we need to read His Word and listen and let Him speak to us and let Him, the author of our faith, plant that vision into our hearts. What do we do when we receive this Word and faith comes? [Habakkuk 2:2-3] 2 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Write the vision down, write the promises down, write the Word down, write the prophecies down. Get an expensive and good book to write it on, so that you won't just simply throw the book around. Whenever things are going tough and you forget, read it again and hold on to God's promises. Do not give up but believe and receive. 2. New prayer request: i. friends -- sandy a request was made to me from a good friend and family member. Gerald Miller has recently lost his twin brother to a car accident last saturday.although they both are christians,and well on the way to freedom,Gerald describes it as a major loss,like someone "took his shoes and still left the mountains to climb".being a twin myself i fully understand how he feels.but only our Lord can make all of you feel the pain. this request is also for me,after my friend "flapp" lost his mother,it seems to get difficult to look at these troubles from God's point of view. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=129&table=prayer&reptable=replies 2. Prayer update i. update on Gideon -- melissa The doctor has given bad reports on Gideon. He has another infection besides the yeast infection and the doctors do not know what it is. His blood pressure is down and he is on a special machine for his oxygen. The doctor says that his lungs are getting worse. Melissa has been having a lot of other problems too. Her home has molds in the walls and it is causing everyone to get sick. She and her husband are having severe headaches from this and one of her sons has high fever and seizures. She has to move out and get a new home. She's having a host of other problems and she is finding it very difficult to cope. Please pray for her and she said that she would love to hear from anyone who wants to encourage her. Her full update is here: http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=130&table=prayer&reptable=replies 3. Continue to pray for: i. dot's daughter, Rebecca -- dot My oldest daughter, Rebecca, and I are having some difficulty. She has left home with her 2 year old daughter and ran off to Utah with a total stranger. She goes through this every 2 years and usually hits rock bottom before she calls for help. I'm having a hard time dealing with this - as this is the 3rd time she's done this. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=127&table=prayer&reptable=replies 4. Number of prayer warriors: 99 We welcome lolasd, mjkjaj, acts1 and j316 into our prayer group. Toni has joined us again too, and we welcome her.
Friday, March 31, 2000 12:13:21 AM waihun

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