2007 November 03 « No Other Rock

Qualities of True Faith

November 3, 2007 at 5:00 pm | In Awake My Heart, Serving the Lord, faith | No Comments
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That which is lacking in your faith. ~ I Thessalonians 3:10.

Note: This devotion is from September 30

True faith in Christ:

Restful – “We which have believed do enter into rest.” ~ Hebrews 4:3
Joyful – “Believing ye rejoine with joy unspeakable.” ~ I Peter 1:8
Hopeful - “Faith is the substance of things hoped for.” ~ Hebrews 11:1
Loving – “Peace be to the brethren and love with faith.” ~ Ephesians 6:23
Practical – “Faith without works is dead.” ~ James 2:20
Patient – He that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and faith of the saints.” ~ Revelations 13:10
Victorious – “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our fiath.” ~ I John 5:4
Vocal – “We believe and therefore speak.” ~ II Corinthians 4:13
Growing – “Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others.[a] Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will greatly expand . . .” ~ II Corinthians 10:15

Today, I pray that you and I will have true faith in Christ.

The Divine and the Human

November 3, 2007 at 7:00 am | In Awake My Heart, Blessings | No Comments
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Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you. ~ Joshua 1:3

Note: This devotion is from September 29

As we learned in the last post, there are two sides to our spiritual blessings; the divine and the human. Now, let’s look at some of the deeper blessings of Christianity.

First, the blessing of sanctification. The word comes from the Latin, sanctus; which means sacred or apart. It also comes from the Latin facio; which means “I make” or “I set”. Combined, they mean “I set apart”. Sanctification therefore is the set-apart-ness to Christ.

The human side is the continued set-apart-ness to Christ while the divine side is the possessing and purifying of the yielded believer. It is the human and divine together that result in the fullness of the blessing.

Today, I pray that you and I we will seek that set-apart-ness to receive the fullness of the blessing.