From Faith To Faith!

John 20:9 for until then they still hadn't understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead   The life we live is full! Full of tears, lessons, and seasons.   The perceived failures of our lives are opportunities for GOD. . . Yet the world will never understand why we cling to a GOD that allows us to live in such a world. For the worst day on earth is better than the best day in hell. Consequently the best day on earth is nothing compared to a second in heaven. With this in mind praise GOD when you are going through. When we think of the humiliated, broken body of Christ on the cross we rejoice. We rejoice because it should have been us. Even though the act was horrible, the result was beautiful. When you are going through trials, the world will not understand your praise. When you are broken, crucified, and humiliated, the world cannot comprehend why you are at peace.   Before the rise there must be a fall. Count on the falling times in

Romans 6:6 We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin There are things in this life that we need to bury. We need to draw up execution papers for the things in our lives that do not please GOD. For when we put our efforts into sin we reap death. However GOD is faithful. GOD planted his own Son in the earth so that we could become the fruit of eternity. We are the work of his hands and he has spent all of history trying to restore. . ., no, recreate us into new creatures. Are you willing to lay those “things” down in order to pick up your destiny! It will hurt and be uncomfortable. But once you have put those former things to rest you will be ready to proceed into the larger things GOD has for you. These are the times that GOD is calling us to follow his Son into eternity. Do not let anyone define you by your past. Your past is nothing more than a testimony of where GOD

Proverbs 29:18 21st Century King James Version (KJ21) 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. In this world nothing is what it seems. The passions of the world become the distractions to GOD’s voice in each of our lives. We are bombarded with the white noise that floods our five senses to full capacity on a daily basis. And over time this state of existence becomes the norm. We get used to the display of the world that the devil uses to keep us from seeing the deeper calling GOD has placed before us. We entertain ourselves and let GOD’s vision get replaced with the pipe dreams of the world.   The dreams are for a moment, but GOD’s vision leads into eternity!   If we give in, and if we let ourselves become distracted, in the end we will be left with feelings of emptiness and longing. Like a millionaire that losses all of his friends because of a shortage of funds, we will be looking for the dream to fulfill us, but it cannot.

Isaiah 40:30-31 New King James Version (NKJV) 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, 31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. In the short time that you have in this world you can expect to be tested. You should look for it and know that you will have valleys and mountain tops along the path that you walk as a Christian. It may seem that the path gets more and more narrow. It may seem that you come across another path that seems to lead you to easier terrain and a location with “greener grass”. Do not be fooled or discouraged. With each season of testing GOD allows you to experience, there will be a season of recovery and spiritual growth. When you are in your valley you can rest in the fact that you will have to go up a hill to reach the mountain top. And the higher the mountain top the longe