Puzzle Pieces of God Fit
July 26
This is the victory that has overcome the world-our faith.
1 John 5:4
"We need faith, not only in God's power, but in His willingness to help us."
Peter Marshall
July 27
If you have faith as a mustard seed...nothing will be impossible for you.
Matthew 17:20
"Faith does not require external confirmation, but believes God in spite of appearances."
J. Oswald Sanders
Boo thought: During my quiet time this morning God had me two other places in a Beth Moore study that fit like puzzle pieces with what we have just read above.
In Luke 5 I was checking out the authority that Jesus had on earth to forgive sins. Beth Moore was addressing how often we plead for forgiveness for the same sin over and over again.
She states, "I began to realize that my sin of unbelief was as serious as my prior sin of rebellion. I wept and repented for my failure to credit Him (God) with the authority He possessed to forgive my sins." Couple that with Marshall's quote about God being both powerful and willing to help us and Sanders saying "Faith does not require external confirmation" and it is my guess God is trying to deal with some of us today on some issues concerning forgiveness!
The other place I was wandering around was in Luke 6:1-11 with those nasty Pharisees. Boy, they can get on your nerves with their critical spirits. Moore points out how these guys were just sitting by, when they could have been sitting under God's Word (alive and before them).
My husband is weeks away from opening a Christian School...the Pharisee phrases have been flying these past months and the battle will heighten in the months to come as children are being trained up in the ways they should go.
I am sure each of you is about the Lord's business in some way and are enduring criticism. Be encouraged by two statements Beth Moore makes:
"I really do believe that more people in the body of Christ are generally accepting than accusing, but one mean-spirited person is practically enough to ruin any one's day...I encourage you to break free from the traps set by approval and accusation...Christ was blameless yet was blamed continually."
Let's pray: Lord, You are always putting on big events! We want to be about Your business, being part of the puzzle and not just sitting by. Guard our hearts from the hurtful darts of critical spirits. May those comments bounce off us as boomerangs going right back to where they came from and may we turn our eyes upon Jesus remembering how graciously He stood firm when accusations were flung at him. He turned his eyes upon You and made lemonade from lemons! He takes the toughest puzzle and makes the pieces fit! All we need is a little faith and the realization that nothing is too difficult for You.
Also Father, may we be reminded today of who You are and the adhesive element Your forgiveness is made of. It sticks the first time, we don't need to believe Satan's lies that it really didn't take. In Jesus Name, Amen
This is the victory that has overcome the world-our faith.
1 John 5:4
"We need faith, not only in God's power, but in His willingness to help us."
Peter Marshall
July 27
If you have faith as a mustard seed...nothing will be impossible for you.
Matthew 17:20
"Faith does not require external confirmation, but believes God in spite of appearances."
J. Oswald Sanders
Boo thought: During my quiet time this morning God had me two other places in a Beth Moore study that fit like puzzle pieces with what we have just read above.
In Luke 5 I was checking out the authority that Jesus had on earth to forgive sins. Beth Moore was addressing how often we plead for forgiveness for the same sin over and over again.
She states, "I began to realize that my sin of unbelief was as serious as my prior sin of rebellion. I wept and repented for my failure to credit Him (God) with the authority He possessed to forgive my sins." Couple that with Marshall's quote about God being both powerful and willing to help us and Sanders saying "Faith does not require external confirmation" and it is my guess God is trying to deal with some of us today on some issues concerning forgiveness!
The other place I was wandering around was in Luke 6:1-11 with those nasty Pharisees. Boy, they can get on your nerves with their critical spirits. Moore points out how these guys were just sitting by, when they could have been sitting under God's Word (alive and before them).
My husband is weeks away from opening a Christian School...the Pharisee phrases have been flying these past months and the battle will heighten in the months to come as children are being trained up in the ways they should go.
I am sure each of you is about the Lord's business in some way and are enduring criticism. Be encouraged by two statements Beth Moore makes:
"I really do believe that more people in the body of Christ are generally accepting than accusing, but one mean-spirited person is practically enough to ruin any one's day...I encourage you to break free from the traps set by approval and accusation...Christ was blameless yet was blamed continually."
Let's pray: Lord, You are always putting on big events! We want to be about Your business, being part of the puzzle and not just sitting by. Guard our hearts from the hurtful darts of critical spirits. May those comments bounce off us as boomerangs going right back to where they came from and may we turn our eyes upon Jesus remembering how graciously He stood firm when accusations were flung at him. He turned his eyes upon You and made lemonade from lemons! He takes the toughest puzzle and makes the pieces fit! All we need is a little faith and the realization that nothing is too difficult for You.
Also Father, may we be reminded today of who You are and the adhesive element Your forgiveness is made of. It sticks the first time, we don't need to believe Satan's lies that it really didn't take. In Jesus Name, Amen
