Do I mean that literally? YES I do!! Do you know that the Bible says that the streets of Heaven are paved in gold?!? When you are praying for financial miracles, just think- all God has to do is throw down a golden pebble that got caught in His sandal, and it would be More than enough!!
God showed me some things this weekend. I'm studying Exodus right now in BSF, and the whole book is about God being in control, God having a plan before we even learned the word, and God - just being God!
In Exodus 2: 23-25, when God's people cried out b/c they were being treated harshly by the Egyptians, God: Heard Remembered Looked & was Concerned. How many of you have a situation that you need God to respond to in that way? I know I do!
Today I pledge to have a MIND CHANGE. I'm stepping up on my Faith ladder. I'm so close to the bottom of this thing, I can still reach the ground . . . but I don't want to be here anymore. I want to be so far up on this thing that I cant even see the ground anymore. I want to be so far up that Faith is the only thing left for me to cling to- I don't want to hang onto anything else any longer.
This next part is from my BSF notes, it's a mix of paraphrases from Hebrews 11 (the faith chapter)
It is FAITH that made all the heroes of the Bible the women & men they were. Aside from their faith, they were quite normal, common people. They even had many flaws. The author of Hebrews says that it was by Faith alone that they "conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised". It was by faith that they "shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, & escaped the edge of the sword; their weakness was turned to strength; and they became powerful in battle & routed foreign armies"
Do YOU want to be a person of Faith?? An ordinary person doing extraordinary things by the power of God in your life? Do you want to Believe God for MORE?!? As my favorite Bible teacher says, I'M BELIEVING GOD!!
yay!! you are back in bsf! (i was hoping you couldn't stay away long!) love the ladder metaphor! you're my favorite ever! i freakin miss you! ..glad you're coming this way for a bit in dec! <3
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