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INCREASE OUR FAITH

As Christians, we can relate to the apostles' desire to have a greater abundance of faith.   During Jesus' ministry He often reproved them for their lack of faith because they failed to trust Him in the midst of difficult circumstances.   Things haven't changed much in 2000 years.   We still tend to think that we need to know what God intends for us from A to Z before we will accept that what He is doing is in our best interest.   The truth is: even if He would spell things out for us, and let us know His long-term goals for us, we would still too often not understand or submit meekly to His workmanship.     I have had the opportunity to watch various blacksmiths as they applied their crafts to crude bars of iron.   They must first cast the metal into a forge and heat it until it is white hot.   While it is still hot, they place it on their anvil and beat it with a sledgehammer.   Slowly, blow after blow, the blacksmith transforms the met...
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THE INSPIRATION OF THE ALMIGHTY

According to Webster’s New World Dictionary , the original meaning of the word “inspire” was “to breathe, or blow upon or into,” and “to infuse life into by breathing.”  Before Jesus ascended to heaven after His death and resurrection, He appeared to His disciples and said to them, “Peace be unto you: as My Father hath sent Me, even so send I you.”  Scripture says that He then breathed on them and said, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost.”  Also, when God created man, He breathed into Him the breath of life, and from that time on man could only survive as he continued to draw breath.  When Jesus breathed on the disciples that day, however, it was something more than just imparting air, it was the infusing of the Holy Spirit into their lives  Just as it was necessary for them to breathe in and out to sustain their life, it would now be necessary for them to draw life from Jesus through the Holy Spirit that He breathed into them.    It is this breath of God...
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HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT

“And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against Me, saying, mine own hand hath saved me.” (Judges 7:2).   “And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness.   Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” (2 Corinthians 12:9).   The enemies of Israel had once more beaten them down very low when God began to call Gideon to be His agent of change.   Gideon’s faith was tentative at best and required some encouragement, but he was willing to do what he was asked to do.   God wanted him to be an example of faith and obedience to the people of Israel who had fallen away from serving God.   When he blew the trumpet to call the people to arms, 32,000 men came up to fight!   This was not a bad army with which to face the Midianites. ...
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