Great Faith :)

“ Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.” – Zephaniah 2:3

What we really need during the days ahead is to truly know that God is with us. There is a really simple prayer that we can pray to help ensure this, “Lord, Help My Unbelief” 🙂

The next step is to ask God for stronger, deeper faith. Great faith is a Gift given to us by God, so ask God for it, He will be so pleased you did! 🙂

Another way to strengthen our faith is to Pray Daily :). As one faithful Pastor said, “Prayer Changes Things”. Prayer changes our world; Prayer changes those we Pray for and Prayer changes us :). Prayer reminds us of all the times that God said Yes (keep a Prayer journal). And all the times we thought that God said no and why that may have been a good thing!

Strengthening our faith can take hard work and practice. Ever hear the saying, “Two steps forward and one step back”? But what some forget is that it is still a net of one step forward :). It’s easy to turn to God when the answer is yes, a lot harder when it seems to be no. But I promise you, if you keep turning to God, all will come right in the end. “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,^[a] for those who are called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8:28

Patience and Persistence are required. Why? Sometimes God feels so close. We can almost feel Jesus walking next to us. But sometimes God can feel far away. Be patient and keep praying! Because when God feels far away, it’s not because God moved-it can be that we did!

Humility. We need to have the humility to return to God if we have drifted away. “Drifting away” just happens sometimes. It happens when we are happy and sometimes it happens when we are not getting what we want. But God is always Happy when we return 🙂

Confession and Penance when we have sinned. Many Catholics regard Confession and Penance with a Priest as an important part of Confession and Penance. Many Protestants do not. Regardless of which belief we may subscribe to, we need to Confess your sins to God and do Penance for them. It’s really important!

A willingness to share our faith with others!

A willingness to share with others when we have failed, so they will have the courage to share as well. Just because we are Christians does not mean we do everything right! Being Christian means we are forgiven-not perfect. We need to help others realize that as well 🙂

We are not required to dwell on thoughts that cause us to doubt our faith. Sometimes we can find ourselves entertaining thoughts that cause us to doubt our faith. Sometimes we read something in the news or hear something someone that plants a seed of doubt. We are not required to dwell on those things that cause us to doubt. We are in charge of what we spend out time thinking about! There will always be those who try to tear our faith in Jesus Christ down, but we do not have to spend our time with them. Instead, we need to spend the majority of our time with those who share our faith!

Remember always, that Jesus died for our sins and rose again so that we might be reunited with God and go to Heaven :). Our Father-God wants us to join Him in Heaven and He sent the Holy Spirit to Help us! Do not hesitate to ask Him for Help! You will be so happy you did 🙂