ABC’s of Life – F for Faith

Hi, And Welcome To S.U.P., Which Stands For Seek Understanding And Peace. My Name Is Cadeegirl gee, And I Am Happy You Are Here With Me On This Day –Today!

 Why Seek Peace? We Seek Peace Because Peace Gives Us Contentment. Peace Helps Us To Enjoy The Right Now; Peace Allows Us To Focus Better – Gives Us Patience – And Helps Improve All Areas Of Our Lives.

I Created The A.B.C.S Of S.U.P. (Seek Understanding And Peace)

Because Sometimes, We Don’t Realize Our Minds, Body, And Spirits Are Searching And Seeking To Lead Us Towards Inner And Outer Peace. Why? Because Sometimes, It Is Hard To Push That Pause Button Because We Are Busy.

We Are Retired And Had A House Full Of Grandchildren For A Week And A Half Last Month.

Their Summer Break Had Begun, And Their Parents Believed They Should All End Up At Our House. Oh, Well, Bring It On. When I Would Share That We Had All Our Grandchildren With Others, When They Would Call, They Would Either Say You Guys Have Your Hands Full, Or I Bet You Guys Are Busy. Or They Would Say Wow! I Said All Three.

Our Hands Were Full.

We Were Busy, And Wow! They Have A Lot Of Energy, Eat A Lot Of Food, And Are My Perfect Human Beings. However, Once They All Leave, We Are Exhausted And Need To Recoup For A Few Days. We Clean, Put Away Toys, Mop Floors, And Shut It Down. Because Now We Need Peace And Quiet To Reconnect. Our Minds And Hearts Are Always Searching For Peace.

Unfortunately, Some Choose Things That Will Give Them Temporary Peace But, In The End, Reap Devastating Results Like Drug Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, And Unhealthy Relationships.

The Purpose of This Journal

It Is To Inspire, Motivate And Encourages You, Hopefully. Many Roads Can Lead To Peace. Sometimes We Need To Take It Day By Day, Peace By Peace. I Want To Share Stories And See How Other People Are Making Their Peace Journey, And Who Knows, We May Be Able To Incorporate Some Of The Ideas Into Our Lives.

Each Week, You Will Get A Release Of My Podcast (Audio) And Journal (Written).

As Promised, Here We Go! This Week We Are on The Letter.

I Like This Definition Because We All Have Degrees Of Faith Regarding The World. Sometimes Without Even Realizing It, We Put Our Faith In All Sorts Of Things We Do Not See Or Understand. For Example:

• Medical Field
• Transportation
• People
• The Chair
• The Light Switch

I Will Explain

When Most Of Us Deal With The Medical Field, We Trust And Believe That They Know What They Are Doing And Will Give Us The Answers To Our Questions About Our Health. When They Perform Surgeries, Exams, And Consultations, We Put Our Faith And Trust In The Medical Field’s Hands To Come Up With The Correct Diagnosis And Medication And, Through God’s Influence, Make Us Whole Again.

Most Of Us Do Not Know The Mechanical Ins And Outs Of Planes, Cars, And Trains, Yet Millions Trust Them To Get Us To Our Destination.

We Trust Certain People,

Our Spouse, Partner, Parents, Siblings, Friends, Co-Workers, And the Boss, To Treat Us Fairly and Not Do Us Wrong.

We Trust The Chair To Support Our Weight When We Sit In It, And We Trust, For The Most Part, That The Light Switch Will Come On When We Flip It. Assuming All Bills Are Paid, Of Course. 

It Follows Then

The Bible’s Definition Of Faith In Hebrew 11:1 States That Faith Is The Confidence That What We Hope For Will Happen; It Gives Assurance About Things We Cannot See.

There Are Several Stories In The Bible That I Love Concerning Faith. This One, In Particular, I Understand And Can Relate To. This Story Has Been Told Many Times – It’s The Story Of The Woman Who Had The Issue Of Blood And Wanted And Needed To Be Healed.

Mark 5:24-34 And Luke 8:42-48

We Know

1. She Had A Blood Condition; It Could Have Been Anaemia –
2. And Had Been Suffering From It For 12 Years –
3. She Had Spent All Her Money, And I Am Sure She Had Borrowed Money.
4. She Went To Many Doctors And Asked For Help From Many People To No Avail.
5. And Was Considered Uncleaned.
6. She Heard About This Man Named Jesus That Could Heal

This Woman Was In Pain For Many Years, Probably Broke And In Debt; She Was Undoubtedly Frustrated, Lonely, In Pain, And Isolated.     

What She Did Was

• Heard
• Decided
• Did

This Woman Heard That Jesus Could Heal, And She Took It Personally And Said That Jesus Could Heal Her.

She Took Action And Decided That All She Needed To Do In This Instance Was Touch Some Part Of Him.

This Woman Decided That By Touching Jesus, She Would Be Healed.

All She Needed to Do Was Get to Him.

She Did, And Guess What? She Was Healed Instantaneously! Can You Imagine Being In Pain For So Long After Hearing That Jesus Could Heal You – You Decided To Use Your Faith, And Then You Were Healed? There Is No Doubt That If This Woman Had Stayed Where She Was And Decided Not To Leave Her Home But Exercised Her Faith And Said, I Believe I Am Healed By This Man Named Jesus. She Still Would Have Been Healed Instantaneously.

I Have Gotten Excited All Over Again About Faith –

Because There Is Something I Am Putting My Faith In God For, And This Just Inspired Me To Use My Faith Even More And To Know That God Is No Respecter Of Person That If He Did It For This Woman, He Would Do It For Us. 

If It Is Healing For You, Come On, Healing Is Here; If It Is Money, A House, That Job, A Spouse, Or Children, Decide, Add Action, And Believe. Your Faith May Start Small, Like A Mustard Seed But Watch It Grow.

To Put It Another Way

How Do We Incorporate God’s Faith Into Our Lives – We Do It Relatively Quickly With The World Without Giving It Much Thought.

Let’s Take A Look At What The Woman Did. She Heard, Decided, And Took Action.

I Will Use My Schooling As An Example.

• I Decided That I Wanted To Return To School
• And I Decided Where I Wanted To Go
• I Put My Faith In Attending That Particular School Only – Because It Was Where I Wanted To Go.
• I Believed There Were A Few Bumps In The Road – However, I Believed I Was Not Moved, And Guess What? Got It.
• And Have Been Blessed By It!

Next

10 Things That Build And Destroy Your Faith | Revival On Purpose (WordPress.Com)

I Would First Like To Share Some Destroyers Of Faith

1. Condemnation – Make Sure That If You Share What You Believe God For – Share It With Someone You Trust And You Know Wants The Best For You.
2. Adverse Reports: If You Hear Negative Reports, It Is Important To Have A Scripture That Encourages You Not To Get Off Focus And Surround Yourself With Positive Influences.
3. Self-Pity Know That You Deserve It – Self-Condemnation Is The Enemy Telling You That You Don’t Deserve It Because Of What You Did Or Said. If That Were The Case, We Would Not Deserve Anything From God – Because We Are All Imperfect And Make Mistakes.
4. Lack Of Revelation – Continue To Read Your Word – Daily, Attend Worship Services, And Find Time To Pray; This Will Increase Your Spiritual Life and Make It Easier To Stand On Your Faith While Waiting. 

Why Do We Need Faith

And Why Is It Essential To Purposely Use Your Faith? We Need Faith For Many Reasons: It Gives Us Purpose And Helps Keep Us Focused.

Faith Helps Us To Look At The Big Picture And Not Focus On The Right Now. It Is The Idiom That Says I May Have Lost The Battle But Not The War. Faith Says Yes, There May Be Bumps In The Road And Hurdles To Jump Over, But I Am Willing To Do It To Reach The Finish Line, In Other Words, Until I See What I Have Believed For – Come To Pass.

Faith Gives Us The I Can Do All Things Attitude

Philippians 4:13 I Can Do All Things Through Christ, Who Gives Me Strength. When You Continually Use Your Faith Muscles, It Makes You Stronger, And The Waiting Time Between When You Have Prayed For That Thing -To When You Receive It Shortens.

Your Faith Will Build Up As Well As Other Areas Of Your Life Because While You Are Waiting, You Are Saying God’s Word About Your Situation. And When It Is Healing,

Then You Should Be Saying By His Stripes I Am Healed. If You Are Lacking In Food, Clothing, Roof Over Your Head, You Should Be Saying My God Shall Supply All Of My Needs. If You Have People Who Want To See Harm Come To You My God Will Make My Enemies My Footstool. There Are Many Scriptures On Your Situation To Build Your Faith.

Using Our Faith Gives Us Purpose. Using Our Faith Gives Us Reason. Also, Using Our Faith Gives Us Determination And It Gives Us Hope.

And Lastly, Using Our Faith Connects Us To Others. God Has A Way Of Leading Us To Who We Need To Talk To Or Who Needs To Speak To Us To Encourage Us Because Sometimes You Do Not Realize Who Is Going Through The Same Thing As You. Or Sometimes, You Will Get A Smile, Or Someone Will Do Or Say Something Kind To You And Not Realize They Have Helped  Or Encouraged You.

This Connection Helps Build Empathy Which Is The Ability To Understand And Share The Feelings Of Another.  

Here Are Some Great Faith Scriptures If You Don’t Already Have Them To Use When You Are Believing God for Something.

Hebrew 11:1 Nlt

“Faith Is The Confidence That What We Hope For Will Happen; It Gives Us Assurance About Things We Cannot See.”   

Ephesians 2:8 Amp

“For It Is By Grace (God’s Compassion And Favor Drawing You To Christ) That You Have Been Saved Through Faith. And This Salvation Is Not Of Yourselves, But It Is The Gracious Gift Of God.”

Matthew 17:20 Esv

“…For Truly, I Say To You, If You Have Faith Like A Grain Of Mustard Seed, You Will Say To This Mountain (This Is Situations In Your Life Cancer, Debt, Abuse) Move From Here To There’ And It Will Move, And Nothing Will Be Impossible For You.”

Romans 1:16-17 K.J.V.

“For I Am Not Ashamed Of The Gospel Of Christ For It Is The Power Of God Unto Salvation To Every One That Believeth; To The Jew First, And Also To The Greek. Therein Is The Righteousness Of God Revealed From Faith To Faith; As It Is Written, The Just Shall Live By Faith.”

Matthew 9:20-22 Nlt

“Just Then A Woman Had Suffered For Twelve Years With Constant Bleeding Came Up Behind Him. She Touched The Fringe Of His Robe, For She Thought, ‘If I Can Just Touch His Robe, I Will Be Healed.’ Jesus Turned Around, And When He Saw Her, He Said,’ Daughter, Be Encouraged! Your Faith Has Made You Well.’ And The Woman Was Healed At That Moment.”

ll Corinthians 5:7 N.K.J.V.

“For We Walk By Faith, Not By Sight.”

James 2:14-17 Nlt

“What Good It Is, Dear Brothers And Sisters, If You Say You Have Faith But Don’t Show It By Your Actions? Can That Kind Of Faith Save Anyone? Suppose You See A Brother Or Sister Who Has No Food Or Clothing, And You Say, ‘Goodbye And Have A Good Day; Stay Warm And Eat Well’-But Then You Don’t Give That Person Any Food Or Clothing. What Good Does That Do? “So You See, Faith By Itself Isn’t Enough. Unless It Produces Good Deeds, It Is Dead And Useless.”

I Corinthians 16:13-14 Ampc

Be On Guard.

Stand Firm in The Faith, Be Courageous; Be Strong. Do Everything in Love.

Ephesians 6:16 E.V.S.

“In All Circumstances Take Up The Shield Of Faith, With Which You Can Extinguish All The Flaming Darts Of The Evil One.”

I Corinthians 13:13 Nlt

“Three Things Will Last Forever – Faith, Hope, And Love-And, The Greatest Of These, Is Love.”

In Conclusion,

We Talked About How To Incorporate Faith Into Our Lives—Not Realizing That We Do It All The Time. We Need To Be Mindful Of Our Faith In God, And We Need To Be Purposeful.

I Have Learned From This That My Faith Keeps Me Connected To God. If We Can Have And Use Faith For All Things Here On Earth, God Will Expect It From Us. I Should Not Be Willing To Take Anything If I Want Something In Particular Then I Am To Go To God In Faith, Believing That I Have Received It.

Knowing That Sometimes I Must Build My Faith Up

In Some Areas. Because There Are Some Things I Can Pray For, And My Faith Is Out the Window (Firm) That, Like The Woman With The Issue Of Blood, It Happens Almost Immediately. And There Are Other Times When I Need To Build My Faith Up Because Of My Unbelief Or Wavering.

There Are Some Things You Can Do To Minimize Or Deal With Wavering Or Doubt

How To Let Go Of Doubts: 11 Steps (With Pictures) – Wikihow

This Article Talks On How To Handle Your Doubt. We All Do It And Have Done It. The First Thing Is To Understand Your Doubt Try And Understand Why You Are Feeling This Way.

In Conclusion Again

It May Not Be A Big Of A Deal As You Thought And Understand That You May Not See Things Clearly All The Time. Sometimes I Just Need To Go To Sleep And Clear My Mind. Sometimes It May Take A Day Or Two – Whatever Your Process Is The Important Thing Is To Recognize And Act On It. 

Peace Plan Pact (S.U.P.) Journal

Get Your Journal Out, And Do Not Forget To Add To Your Peace Plan Pact. It Is To Be Aware And “In” The Moment. We Will Develop Our List Of S.U.P. Seek Understanding and Peace Journal– So You Can Refer Back To It When You Need Some Ideas. This Week, You Can Add Some Awesome Scriptures On Faith To Your Journal.  

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Grace And Peace

Cadeegirl

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