Unfeigned Faith

Tonight at our Prayer Meeting, Pastor gave a message from 2 Timothy Chapter one:

"Timothy, I thank God for you—the God I serve with a clear conscience,

just as my ancestors did.

Night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.

I long to see you again, for I remember your tears as we parted.

And I will be filled with joy when we are together again.
I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your

grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice.

And I know that same faith continues strong in you.

This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you

when I laid my hands on you.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity,

but of power, love, and self-discipline.
So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord.

And don’t be ashamed of me, either, even though I’m in prison for him.

With the strength God gives you, be ready to suffer with me

for the sake of the Good News. "

We were encouraged to exercise the gift of

FAITH - GENUINE FAITH - UNFEIGHNED FAITH

The gift of faith God has given us does not cause us to have fear,

but to have the Spirit of

POWER- LOVE - SELF-DISCIPLE.

I was encouraged to not give up or to be down-hearted over any situation in life, but to exercise the gift of FAITH God has given. Know that He will strengthen and carry me through any circumstances I face. I am not facing them alone and neither are you. God is with us and will never leave us nor forsake us.

So many are struggling with cancer, diseases, heart problems, strokes, loss of jobs, death of a loved one, expenses exceeding income, divorce, overwhelmed with conditions in our country and the world, war, storms... It is so easy to become discouraged and overwhelmed. BUT GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR! BUT OF POWER, LOVE, AND SELF DISCIPLINE. Join me in exercising the gift of FAITH God has given each one who is His child.

Please continue to read the following devotional I received today in my email box:

Author: Mrs. Charles E. Cowman

Source: Streams in the DesertScripture

Reference: Genesis 18:14

Nothing is Too Hard

"Is there anything too hard for Jehovah?" (Gen. 18:14).
Here is God's loving challenge to you and to me today. He wants us to think of the deepest, highest, worthiest desire and longing of our hearts, something which perhaps was our desire for ourselves or for someone dear to us, yet which has been so long unfulfilled that we have looked upon it as only a lost desire, that which might have been but now cannot be, and so have given up hope of seeing it fulfilled in this life.

That thing, if it is in line with what we know to be His expressed will (as a son to Abraham and Sarah was), God intends to do for us, even if we know that it is of such utter impossibility that we only laugh at the absurdity of anyone's supposing it could ever now come to pass. That thing God intends to do for us, if we will let Him.

"Is anything too hard for the Lord?" Not when we believe in Him enough to go forward and do His will, and let Him do the impossible for us. Even Abraham and Sarah could have blocked God's plan if they had continued to disbelieve.

The only thing too hard for Jehovah is deliberate, continued disbelief in His love and power, and our final rejection of His plans for us. Nothing is too hard for Jehovah to do for them that trust Him --Messages for the Morning Watch