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Keeping The Faith
Contributed by Patrick Lenney on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: As we grow in Christ, there exists within us a "faith" that grows. It is beyond just believing. It is a way of life. Sometimes it seems we grow weary, we can become faithless, and it is in these moments that we must know the Lord loves us, and is preparing us to do His will.
SAINTS OF GOD THIS IS THE TYPE OF LOVING LORD WE SERVE, HE WANTS US TO INCLUDE HIM IN ON EVERYTHING!!! YOU HAVE TO LET HIM BE THE LORD OVER EVERY ISSUE OF YOUR LIFE!!!!
BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT…..YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF RENTING THE DEVIL’S CAR FULL OF DOUBT AND AL THE FAITH CARS WILL PASS YOU BY!!!!! AND WHEN YOU WALK IN FEAR AND DOUBT FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME, IT IS HARD TO GET BACK IN THE RIGHT CAR!!
LET’S MOVE ON….
LATTER PART OF THAT VERSE AND WHEN THOU ART CONVERTED….WHEN YOU COME THRU YOUR TEST, STRENGTHEN YOUR BRETHREN!!!!
JESUS KNEW THAT PETER WAS UNDER ATTACK, BUT HE ALSO KNEW AS HE HAD FOREORDAINED THE STEPS OF PETER HIS OUTCOME. MANY OF YOU WONDER WHY IT IS A ROAD OF FAITH. BECAUSE IF YOU COULD SEE YOURSELF IN 10 YEARS YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BELIEVE IT!!!
PETER TOLD JESUS IN LUKE 22:33 THAT HE WAS READY!!! JESUS REPLIED, I JUST TOLD YOU SATAN WAS ATTACKING YOU, THAT AFTER YOU COME THRU, STRENGTHEN YOUR BRETHREN! JESUS SAID 3 TIMES YOU SHALL DENY ME.
THEY TAKE JESUS AWAY AND SCRIPTURE TELLS US IN VERSE 54 THAT PETER FOLLOWED AFAR OFF!
NOW GO TO VERSE 60 – ON THE 3RD DENIAL,….THE LORD TURNED, AND LOOKED UPON PETER!!! PETER WEPT BITTERLY!!!
GO TO ACTS 1:15, WE SEE IT WAS PETER STRENGTHENING THE BRETHREN, REMINDING THEM OF THE WORDS THAT JESUS SPAKE, AND WE KNOW IN ACTS CHAPTER 2 IT IS THE SAME PETER WHO SPOKE OF THE PROPHET JOEL, AND IT IS THE SAME PETER WHO PREACHED WITH SUCH AN ANNOINTING THAT THOUSANDS WERE SAVED!!!!!
THE LORD KNEW WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BRING PETER THROUGH, AND HE KNOWS THE LEVELS OF FAITH YOU ARE CAPABLE OF.
THINK ON IT THIS MORNING.
HOW DO I REACT? HOW DO I BELIEVE, WHAT IS MY FIRST EMOTION!!!
TODAY, EVERYONE IS COMING UP TO THIS ALTAR TODAY, THE ANGEL OF THIS HOUSE IS GOING PRAY AND LAY HANDS IF HE WOULD COME….BELIEIVING THE LORD TO PLACE SOME OF YOU INTO A NEW CAR!!! TO UNITE THAT YOUR FAITH WOULD REMAIN STRONG IN JESUS, AND THAT YOUR TESTIMONY BE FRESH, THAT YOUR WORDS WOULD BE HIS, AND THAT YOUR HEART WOULD BE FREE FROM DOUBT, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
IF YOU’VE BEEN SEEKING THE LORD AND DOUBT THEN CREEPS IN, COME.
IF YOUR FAITH IS TESTED OR YOU’VE BEEN OVERRAN ON YOUR JOB, COME.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BELIEVE GOD FOR INCREDIBLE TINGS AND THEN GET THE RUG TAKEN OUT FROM YOU COME. WE ARE GOING TO GET IT STRAIGHT THIS MORNING!!!!!
