good to trust in God.
and to serve Him in faith
because He gives you the strength to work for Him
and blesses you for it.
it also feels good to know the truth about God
as I grow in the grace of Jesus Christ
I am being released from all the legalistic, superstitious practices that I was brought up in the church to believe in.
So many things are attributed to God when they AREN'T.
and its very freeing to UNDERSTAND in my spirit faith and grace and apply it to my life.
So many things I used to think
for prayer I used to think that the more I pray the more God will hear/answer as if it were by works. When really I pray through grace to receive even more grace for the work of God to be done.
I sometimes think that for when I work for God as well
when really God wants our worship when we do these things like prayer or serving
we do it in faith with all our heart soul and mind
Sometimes we say we do things in faith when were not
for example in the way we witness or preach we use other methods to try to bring people to God or entertain them
many fancy philosophical, psychological, socialogical things
ex. building the relationship, not really true. Sure the person might be more patient with you in listening if they know you but for a true working of the Spirit it doesn't matter as long as the message is being proclaimed in truth and love with prayer and faith.
actually the way you live your life is more influential then the relationship
(1 Peter 2:11)
18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."[c]
20Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
we don't use anything but preaching the truths of the bible
and prayer for His Spirit to bring forth faith in the lives of the people we speak too so that His name can be glorified.
1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] 2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. 4My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, 5so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.
1 Corinthians 2:1-3
If you look at my older posts you should be able to see a progression
from a very worldly understandings of God that were almost or basically heretical to a more biblical understanding of who He is
to the praise of His name!
