TRUSTING GOD WITH OUR FINANCES/EXERCISING OUR FAITH

TRUSTING GOD WITH WHAT IS HIS TO BEGIN WITH: GOD EXPECTS US TO EXERCISE OUR FAITH, THEN HE WILL MOVE ON OUR BEHALF
by Waves Of Grace Ministries on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 6:54pm ·

DON'T BE CHEAP WITH GOD'S MONEY OUT OF THE UNBELIEF AND THE FEAR THAT THE ENEMY PLANTS IN OUR HEADS AND ABSOLUTELY DO NOT SPEAK YOUR FEAR AND NEGATIVE CRAP OUT...THEN SATAN WILL USE IT AGAINST US AND HE HAS ONE GOAL: STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY. GOD WANTS US TO TURN TO HIM FOR STRENGTH, WE CANNOT TRUST IN MAN OR OUR OWN FLAWED ATTEMPTS TO LIVE WITHOUT GOD OR EVEN SHOW A MODICUM OF INTEREST IN READING, MUCH LESS OBEYING HIS WORD, THEN WE POUT AND PITCH A FIT BECAUSE GOD "ISN'T BLESSING US! WELL DUH! GET A CLUE PEOPLE! JESUS SAID "WHY DO YOU CALL ME LORD AND NOT DO WHAT I SAY?" NO "PROFESSING CHRISTIAN" HAS A COMEBACK FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THEIR HYPOCRISY!WAKE UP CHURCH OF AMERICA! IF YOU DESIRE A CLOSE WALK WITH THE LORD AND HIS BLESSING ON YOUR LIFE (I'm NOT PREACHING THE "HEALTH WEALTH AND PROSPERITY" CRAP, JUST GOD'S FAVOR IN OUR LIVES, WE MUST LIVE AS HE WILLS, NOT BY OUR SELFISH CHOICE.

Living on OUR terms and OUR way is truthfully saying to the God that created you and holds your very life in HIS HANDS that you don't want Him to rule over your life, that you know better than HE what the plan for your life should be and it's rebellion and unbelief, neither of which God will answer or respond to in any kind of personal way. So He has given us free will because He never wanted a bunch of pre-programmed beings already wired to "love Him" but human beings who would CHOOSE to follow and believe and with that, trust NO GROWTH, spiritually, in your life, He may use hardship, and CONTINUE to use it until you GET what He wants you to do, which is turn to Christ, accept His offer if forgiveness, be willing to call your sin what God calls it...sin...PERIOD, and then be willing to repent (to turn and walk in another direction-towards God, and REALLY trust Jesus as your PERSONAL Lord and Savior If you REALLY love Jesus, the Bible says there is NO WAY you can do that AND continue to "practice"( no real desire to turn away from) sinful behavior that's been warned against in Scripture will actually keep people OUT of Heaven.

 Now, as Christians, until we get our resurrection bodies, we will continue to sin, but we hear the Holy Spirit's conviction, repent and get back up and keep aiming for the finish line, and by grace, we try to get sin OUT of our lives through a continuous learning process of reading and meditating on Scripture, getting to really Know Jesus in a very personal and powerful way, not just through His word, but through prayer, and worship; both private and corporate. The Bible says the fellowship with other believers will become more and More crucial as the "day" approaches, meaning as Christ's return grows closer, and by watching world events, unless you're blind, you can see that we are, as most who get it believe, very close and getting closer every day. So now is NOT the BEST time to pull AWAY from your relationship with the Lord; indeed, I would interject that it's crucial for us to stay as close to Him as possible right now AND going forward. And the giving thing? That proves to God that yes, you REALLY do believe His word, and the promises in in it, but it also shows that you care for the 'least of these," a mandate Christ gave us before He left. And He has PROMISED that if we seek first God and His Kingdom, then "all these things shall be added unto you. So, there are a lot of "Christians" out there these days living just like the unbelieving world does, so much so,  that a recent poll asked self-professing "Christians" why they didn't share their faith with friends, relatives, etc, and the most common answer was because THEY DON'T LIVE ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN THEIR UNSAVED FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS! Realize that if they DO KNOW you are supposed to be a "Christian" but you live just like the world, this gives unbelievers cause to blaspheme the precious name of Jesus Christ, and in eternity, YOU may hear from Christ, "I NEVER  KNEW you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness." These people figured they would get saved by being Christians on the outside, and doing "stuff" in Christ's name, but they NEVER had a true conversion or heart change. They never sought God or drew near to know Him, though God promises to ALWAYS respond to those who genuinely seek Him. For those who are only "Christian" in name only, They never really LOVE Christ nor do they know Him, never having spent any time to do so. The agape love Jesus calls us to can't  be conjured up by human efforts, but when we ask Jesus to get us to that point of truly loving Him with that fullness, He's ALWAYS happy to answer that prayer in the affirmative!

 Remember, ASK, SEEK and KNOCK, ALL with POSITIVE results. And there is NOTHING in this fallen world worth hanging on to so tightly that it could cost you your place in Heaven. Jesus replaces ANYTHING that He asks us to give up with Himself,  which brings your heart incredible joy and you just fall in love with Him and then you WANT to do those good works that have been planned beforehand for us to do after being born again into the family of God. Jesus makes it very clear that He is no mere "prophet." Indeed, He is God, the very Word of God come to earth in flesh to lay His life down and die a horrible death on a Roman cross to be the propitiation, or full payment for man's sin; ONCE and for all, God's plan of redemption finished and proven to be accepted by the Father by His resurrection that Sunday morning 2,000+ years ago. Jesus said in John 10:30 "I and the Father are one" an obvious claim of deity, plus all of the " I AM" statements. The "I AM" statements hearken back to when Moses was called by God to deliver God's people from Egypt. Moses wanted to know who He should say was sending him because they wouldn't accept him on his own. So Jehovah God shares His name with Moses and tells Moses to tell the Hebrews to say "I AM" has sent you. I AM, The Lord God Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth. The Word become flesh; walking among us, healing, teaching, feeding and loving people then doing the MOST LOVING ACTION EVER IN HISTORY: God in flesh died upon the cross on OUR behalf to save us the wrath of God due to us for our utter depravity and sinfulness. He who knew no sin became sin FOR US, IN OUR PLACE, to spare US God's WRATH. And His suffering was absolute and absolutely incredible!


The Video I've posted is a beautiful anthem to our ever-faithful God. I know that fear keeps many of us from giving because Satan convinces us there just won't be enough, especially when things are tight. But I think that that is when God wants to see our faith more than ever. And I want to be brave and see what happens.






+Hillsong Live; "This is our God"