To get ready to meet on June 17 give me your thoughts on the message for June 27, the theme is faith, the focus is to deepen our faith so that we can overcome the challenges that tax our faith and weaken our influence.
Think of what faith is --- what challenges your faith and how to deepen your faith.
Let me now your thoughts.
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wow - that feels so broad!
ReplyDeleteHow do I deepen my faith? One step at a time! It might sound dumb, but I remember as a young preteen thinking about this idea of faith, and waiting to be able to trust God (because that's really what faith is all about!)... But I (like so many people) found it hard to jump in with both feet. I was a lot more cautious than that. (Thank you God that you accepted me where I was and walked me through it!!!) So I started out with something that I thought was small but something that I cared very much about, and I made a choice to put it in God's hands, sit back and watch what happened... I took my hands and control off the situation and God came in and intervened on my behalf! When I began to observe God's faithfulness in even the little things to me, I knew I could trust him all the more for the big, life altering things, too. ...my faith grew one step at a time - one CONSCIOUS/DETERMINED step at a time. :)
What builds my faith? I find scriptures that don't speak to my circumstance, but instead speak about God's Greatness! I focus on praise and worship, and 'build up my spirit' to remember Who my God is and what He's capable of! When my spirit's eyes are focused on the big great God that I serve, my situation and circumstance begins to feel smaller and easy for God to work in and bring me through.
So - summarizing, I guess (lol) - for me, my faith is deepened through Praise, and I become a stronger person of influence when I begin to Praise God and view my life with God's strength and possibility instead of my own weakness.
How about you guys?