Lord, Increase our Faith
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· 42 viewsGrace Fellowship in Rusk, Texas Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 10:30 AM
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Lord, Increase our Faith
Lord, Increase our Faith
And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
Nothing is Impossible with God
Nothing is Impossible with God
Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”
‘Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.
But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”
But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
All Things are Possible to Those Who Believe
All Things are Possible to Those Who Believe
Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
It is time to move the “impossible” things in our heart into the “possible” realm by leaning into faith.
Lord, I Believe! Help My Unbelief!
Lord, I Believe! Help My Unbelief!
Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”
Although we might have faith, the degree of our faith can be limited by unbelief.
Lord, Increase Our Faith!
Lord, Increase Our Faith!
And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
Jesus talked about little faith and great faith.
Faith as a Mustard Seed
Faith as a Mustard Seed
We all begin with little faith.
So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
Then He said, “To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it?
It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth;
but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.”
Faith to Move Mountains!
Faith to Move Mountains!
Our faith can grow until it becomes great faith.
For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
Mountain moving faith is bigger than the mountain!
Mountain moving faith consists of two things:
Belief in the heart that is free from any doubt
Speaking to the mountain according to what it believes
Growing our Faith
Growing our Faith
Have Faith in God
God is the Object of our Faith
Nothing is impossible with God
Faith is founded upon God’s Word
Foolishness, Presumption, or Faith?
Foolishness is believing, confessing, and acting from reason, emotion, and will power rather than from God’s word.
Presumption is believing, confessing, and acting on God’s word apart from consideration of His will, way, and timing.
Faith is believing, confessing, and acting from the heart on Gods’ word in consideration of His will, way, and timing. True faith is derived from a genuine relationship with God rather than from reason, feelings, will-power, and formulas.
Faith is directed by God’s will
And He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.”
Starve your Doubts
Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”
And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!”
Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.
For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest,’ ” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Feed your Faith
Hide God’s word in your heart
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Remember God’s word
Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?
He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’ ”
And they remembered His words.
Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:
Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Believe in Your Heart
The distance between false faith and true faith is 18 inches, the distance between the head and the heart.
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach):
that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Confess with Your Mouth
For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
Act on Your Faith
Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”
Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”
And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
Walk in Love
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.