# Faith
Overcoming the Natural – (Live by Faith, not by sight)
# 2 Corinthians 5:7New International Version (NIV)
7 For we live by faith, not by sight.
# Psalm 77:19New International Version
(NIV)
19 Your path led through the sea,
your way through the mighty waters,
though your footprints were not seen.
your way through the mighty waters,
though your footprints were not seen.
#John 20:27-29New International Version (NIV)
27 Then he
said to Thomas, “Put your
finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop
doubting and believe.”
28 Thomas
said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Then
Jesus told him, “Because
you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are
those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
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Believe in Jesus beyond the natural happenings
with all our heart is faith. Because He is supernatural. Blessed are those who
have not seen and yet have believed.
Why do we see Natural?
5 Things that makes us to fall from the Faith
1.
Overwhelmed by the natural circumstances &
difficult situations
Ex: Peter had seen the rising Ocean while
walking in the sea rather looking into Jesus. Hence slipped but when he
realized he was rescued.
·
Shift your focus & don’t look at the
situation.
2.
Controlled by our selfish cravings, Lusts &
worldly desires.
3.
Stuck in stagnancy & the monotonous of life.
·
Life with God is adventurous so RISE UP. You are
not called live a monotonous life or a boring life.
4.
Blinded and controlled by the world system
5.
Following a religion / Tradition and not a
genuine relationship with God.
5 Things that help us to keep in Faith
1.
The Assurance that the presence & Glory of
God is with us
# Supernatural Presence
Exodus 33: 11- 16 (Moses – My presence will
go with you)
Exodus 33:11-16New International Version (NIV)
11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would
return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.
Moses and
the Glory of the Lord
12 Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these
people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will
send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ 13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor
with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”
14 The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you
rest.”
15 Then Moses said to
him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. 16 How will anyone know that you are
pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people
from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
God owns our time and we need to spend a quality time with
Him.
2.
Not be an ignorant of the spirit realm &
fight the enemy through spiritual warfare.
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2 Corinthians 10:3-5New International Version (NIV)
3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the
world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the
world. On the contrary, they have divine power to
demolish strongholds.5 We
demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the
knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
3.
Stir
up & Exercise the gifts of the Holy spirit
Someone called to be a leaders, Prayer warriors and mentors. Identify
the gifts and use it for the glory of the lord.
2 Timothy 1:6-7New International Version (NIV)
Appeal for Loyalty to Paul
and the Gospel
6 For this
reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which
is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For the
Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and
self-discipline.
4.
Persevering in the midst of natural trials & oppositions by
receiving God’s sufficient grace.
·
Paul went through all the insults, Hunger and sufferings but still
stood firm with a Faith.
·
2 Corinthians 12:7-10New International Version (NIV)
because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given
a thorn in my flesh, a
messenger of Satan, to
torment me. 8 Three
times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he
said to me,“My
grace is sufficient for you, for
my power is made
perfect in weakness.” Therefore
I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power
may rest on me. 10 That is
why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in
difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
·
Hebrews 12:1-3New International Version (NIV)
Therefore, since we are
surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that
hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race
marked out for us, 2 fixing
our eyes on Jesus, the
pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the
joy set before him he endured the cross,scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured
such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
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Live with an eternal focus and perspective
5.
Supernatural Focus
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2 Corinthians 4:17-18New International Version (NIV)
17 For our
light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far
outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on
what is unseen, since what
is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
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2 Timothy 4:7-8New International Version (NIV)
I have fought the good
fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge,
will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have
longed for his appearing.
Summary:
God has called us to live adventurous life to
be a building block for others and not a selfish life. Only by keeping faith beyond
the nature of this world will make it possible. To keep up the faith, 5
essential flavours are, Supernatural (Presence, Realm, Gifts, Grace and Focus).
May God bless with us with theses flavours richly to keep up our faith to live
a meaningful life in spite of our troubles and problems today.
Supernatural Presence
Supernatural Realm
Supernatural Gifts
Supernatural Grace
Supernatural Focus
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