Never Fall, Weekly Word of Faith

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Never Fall

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed."

(2 Timothy 2:15)

A lot of people have been playing games when it comes to the Word. They claim to be faith people in public. But, in private, they never open the Bible at all or only when they go to church.

I know, at one time I was one of those people. Then, when a time of trouble came and I tried to stand on the Word, I would fall flat on my spiritual face.

Well, the time for playing games is over. It's time for us to realize that real faith involves action. James 2:20 says faith without works [or corresponding action] is dead.

If you want the kind of faith that will keep you on your feet when others are falling around you, you need to take some action where the Word is concerned.

First, you need to study. You can study the Word in many ways. You can not only read it, you can dig deeply into it with concordances, Greek/Hebrew dictionaries and other study guides. Really think about what the Word is says....don't just read it. What's more, if you a cassette player, you can walk around half the day listening to teaching tapes. It's only one way of study, but is a powerful one.

The second thing you need to do is go where the Word is being preached. When Romans 10:17 says "faith comes by hearing," it's talking about the preached Word.

Whenever I start feeling surrounded by problems and I'm having trouble hearing from God, I drop everything and find some place where I can hear the Word preached. I've received more answer from God that way than I can count. Even though the preacher may not have been preaching about anything ever remotely connected with the issue I was struggling with, some Word of Scripture would suddenly start my thoughts in a certain direction. I'd realize, "That's the answer to that problem I've been dealing with for the past month!"

Third, you need to start confessing the Word you've heard. Find the promise of God that covers your situation and then declare it out loud as if it had already come to pass in your life. Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses] (The Amplified Bible).

Get serious about the Word of God. Study it. Go hear it preached. Confess it. Listen to teaching tapes. Become such a diligent workmen that the devil himself will look at you with fear and say, "There's one believer who's not playing games anymore."

This week's reading Scripture: 2 Peter 1:3-10

7-25-04

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