Loving Faith (A Devotional Book)

           Loving Faith

 

                              A Devotional Book

 

“Matthew 6:24.

 “24 No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

 

 

 People can’t serve both God and money. If you love God, then He’ll be the priority. It will be Him that matters in your life and you will want to live for Him and honor Him and won’t always be driven by money, or have it as all you want or need in life.

 We need God in this life and we need His love and help with what comes. We need His rest and guidance. We will always need God to love and help us and that won’t change. The Christian life is one that is based on God, and on accepting what Jesus did for us on the cross. Once we have accepted what Jesus did for us and are sorry for our sins, then we are His, and our priorities in our lives will be to do what pleases Him.

 He changes our hearts; lives and we won’t be the same. We are born again.

 

 

 

Proverbs 18:10.

“10 The name of the LORD

 is a fortified tower;

  the righteous run to it

 and are safe.”

 

 

 We should be righteous as believers and go to God with our problems and troubles. When we run to God for help, He helps us. Who can help us in life more than Him? Who loves us more and is there for us.

 He is the one that can do something about what we go through. He will keep us safe and loved. How powerful is God and so full of grace, and love for us as His children. How great it is to get to be His child. We really are blessed to be His. We have Him to help us with whatever comes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nehemiah 8:10.

“10 Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy

choice food and sweet drinks,

and send some to those who

have nothing prepared. This day

is holy to our Lord. Do not

grieve, for the joy of the LORD is

your strength.”

 

 The joy of the LORD is our strength. We should go to Him with what we face in life. He was always there for people in the Bible and He is there for us as His children. He does take care of us. We should go to God with what comes. He is our reason for having joy. He gives us joy in our life. Real joy comes from knowing and loving Jesus. He is our rock and hope. The firm foundation to a good life. Jesus is the only way. Why would we ever want to live without Him?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hebrews 11:6.

“6 And without faith it is

impossible to please God,

because anyone who comes to

Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who

earnestly seek Him.”

 

 Without faith we don’t please God. He wants us to have faith in Him. Faith in Him changes everything about how we view life and what comes. We can have hope no matter what comes when we have faith. He is the reason for having a good life. Jesus made a way for us to have a good life. He really does want what is best for us as His sheep. He wants what is best for our lives and we should always keep our hope in Him, putting Him first in our lives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark 11:24.

“24 Therefore I tell you, whatever

you ask for in prayer, believe

that you have received it, and it

will be yours.”

 

 

 We should believe we will receive what we ask for in prayer. We should have faith that when we ask God for something that we will receive it. He’s not going to give us something bad for us. We should ask for things that we know will be beneficial. When we ask for something in faith, we will receive it if God allows it, and we can trust in God that He will give us things that are good for us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hebrews 11:1.

Faith in Action

“11 Now faith is confidence in

what we hope for and

assurance about what we do

not see.”

 

 Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. We may not always see how things will work out, or how but with God, and having faith we can know that things will be okay.

 We will be okay when we keep our hope and faith in God, and in His ways. His ways for us are loving and good for us. Our ways may not always be the best things for us, even when we think they are, but Gods ways for us are what is best. He loves us and protects us and we should keep Him first in our lives, always having faith.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Romans 10:17.

“17 Consequently, faith comes

from hearing the message, and

the message is heard through

the word about Christ.”

 

 

  Our faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. Our hope is found in Jesus, and we should keep having faith in Him. We can trust Him to take care of the things we face and worry about. We should keep following Him as our loving and faithful Shepherd. He is going to lead us in the right directions and to the right places.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 John 4:4.

“4 You, dear children, are from

God and have overcome them,

because the one who is in you is

greater than the one who is in

the world.”

 

 

 God is way more powerful than the enemy. God is loving. He loves us and always will, as His children. His children are those who have accepted what Jesus did for us on the cross and have asked Him into their hearts and given their lives to Him.

 Then the Holy Spirit comes to live in us, and we are Gods children. As Gods children we have hope because He is more powerful than the one who is in the world, Satan. God is more powerful and always will be more powerful than the enemy. Jesus conquered him when He died on the cross. He conquered sin and death and now as believers we live in faith and victory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isaiah 41:10.

“10     So do not fear, for I am

           with you;

            do not be dismayed,

          for I am your God.

           I will strengthen you

          and help you;

           I will uphold you with

           my righteous right

             Hand.”

 

 

 

 God takes care of us as His children, and always will. His love is so great, and powerful. His ways for us are good, and best. He will strengthen us and help us, and uphold us with His righteous right hand. We really can trust in Him, always.

 How loving, kind, understanding, patient, and good is God, and all His ways for us are best.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John 15:7.

“7 If you remain in Me and My

    words remain in you, ask

     whatever you wish, and it will be

      done for you.”

 

 If we remain in God, and His words remain in us, we can ask whatever we wish, and it will be done for us. We should want Gods will and have faith. We should have faith that God can accomplish what He wants to happen.

 What God wants, will take place. His plans will happen, and He will follow through on all of His plans. We should pray for what we wish for, in accordance with Gods will, and it will be done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colossians 1:4.

“4 because we have heard of

     your faith in Christ Jesus and of

      the love you have for all God’s

      people.”

 

 

 We should keep our faith in Jesus, and keep having love for all Gods people. God is so loving and wants us to be loving too. His love is powerful and He loves us as His children. His love for us is unconditional and good.

 We should keep loving Him and loving others. God is good to us and knows what we need in our lives. We can trust in Him always, and we should keep having faith, hope and love, like it says in the Bible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colossians 2:5.

“5 For though I am absent from

you in body, I am present with

you in spirit and delight to see

 how disciplined you are and

how firm your faith in Christ is.”

 

 

 We should have a strong faith in Christ and know that He can accomplish so much in us. When we come to know Him, we are changed. We live in a new life. One that wants to do what pleases God.

 We should follow God wherever we go and whatever we do and live our lives for Him, always. How loving and great is God and all worthy of our lives and all of our praise and love. He is good and will always keep all of His many promises. All of His promises that He tells us in His word, He will accomplish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luke 22:32.

“32 But I prayed for you,

 Simon, that your faith may not

 fail. And when you have turned

back, strengthen your brothers.”

 

 

 We should keep having faith even in hard times that we go through, just like Job did. He went through so much, but yet stayed faithful to God, and then ended up with more than before. No matter what we go through, we should keep having our eyes on Jesus.

  Just like when Peter walked on the water, He was falling but Jesus helped him. He helps us up when we fall and we should keep having faith and keep our eyes on Jesus, the one that our hope is found in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew 17:20.

“20 He replied, “Because you

have so little faith. Truly I tell

you, if you have faith as small

as a mustard seed, you can say

to this mountain, ‘Move from

here to there,’ and it will move.

 Nothing will be impossible for

you.”

 

 Our faith should be strong in God, and God can help us to have more faith. Even if we have a faith as small as a mustard seed, we can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for us. We should keep our faith and know that with God anything is possible, like Jesus said. Nothing is impossible for God, and we really can fully rely on Him. We can be still and know that God is God, and can and will help us if we keep choosing to have faith.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ephesians 2:8-9.

“8 For it is by grace that you have

been saved, through faith-and

this is not from yourselves, it is

 the gift of God-9 not by works,

so that no one can boast.”

 

 

 It is by grace that we have been saved, through faith and this is not from ourselves, it is the gift of God. It’s not works. No one can boast because we are saved by grace. That means that no one deserves the grace of God. But He gives it. We can earn salvation. Jesus laid down His life and salvation is found in accepting what He did for us on the cross and Him rising again. When we accept what He did for us on the cross and ask Him to change us and make us new, we are His. He comes and changes us.

 When we are changed by Jesus, we are born again. We are a different person than we were before. We have a new life. Jesus is our authority, and we should do things His way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luke 1:37.

“37 For no word from God will

ever fail.”

 

 

 

 No word from God will ever fail. What He says He will do, He will do, and He won’t change or fail us. We should always live our lives for Him as believers, knowing He loves us and is there for us.

 His word is there for us and God loves us as His children. We can trust that God does keep His word, and all His promises will come true. How good is God and we can count on Him, no matter what storm may come in life. God will be there, always. We should keep having our faith in Him and know that we can always trust Him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Corinthians 2:5.

“5 so that your faith might not

rest on human wisdom, but on

God’s power.”

 

 

 Our faith should not rest on our own wisdom but on Gods power. He is the one that helps us, heals us and loves us. We need His help and always will. We need the power of the Holy Spirit in us to comfort us when we need comfort, and we need the grace and love of God, always. The Holy Spirit is God and always there for us. He is comforting and loving.

 We shouldn’t rely on what we think, because we may be wrong, but God is always right. We should go by what God says and wants. We should rely on what God wants for us and not what someone may want or what we may want. Gods ways and plans for us are best. His love and faithfulness are always there for us and we can rely on the love and grace of God.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Philippians 4:13.

“13 I can do all things through Him

who gives me strength.”

 

 

 

 

 We can do all things though Christ who gives us strength. Our strength as Christians comes from Jesus and belonging to the family of God. We really can do all things through Jesus who strengthens us.

 We need Jesus. We need our Shepherd. The Christian life is a good one. Once Jesus has changed us, we have a great life. We are loved, we are new, we are changed. We have victory in life that is found in Jesus and we no longer have to live how we did before. Jesus changes our hearts.

He gives us a more softer and more loving heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luke 17:5.

“5 The apostles said to the Lord,

“Increase our faith!”

 

 

 

 The apostles wanted to have more faith and asked the Lord to have more faith. We as Christians can do that too. We can ask for more faith and talk to Jesus about what we need and want. He loves us and we should keep having our faith in Him.

 Jesus came, and lived and died in our place and took the punishment on the cross that we deserved and died in our place. He deserves our lives, our hearts and us to follow Him in faith.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Galatians 2:20.

“20 I have been crucified with

Christ and I no longer live, but

Christ lives in me. The life I now

live in the body, I live by faith in

the Son of God, who loved me

and gave Himself for me.”

 

 

 As Christians we have been crucified with Christ and we no longer live but Christ lives in us. The life we now live in the body we live in the body, we live by faith in the Son of God, who loves us and gave Himself up for us. Our hope is found in Jesus as Christians. He gave His life up for us to give us a better one. How precious is our loving Savior. He is the light of the world and our reason to have a purpose in our lives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Romans 12:3.

“Humble Service in the Body of

Christ

“3 For by the grace given me I

 say to every one of you: Do not

think of yourselves more highly

than you ought, but rather think

of yourself with sober judgment,

in accordance with the faith

God has distributed to each of

you.”

 We need the grace of God and we shouldn’t think our ourselves as more highly than we are. We should be humble and know that it is God who is amazing. He is who is great, powerful and His love is perfect.

 Jesus should be our leader in life and He is our authority. Only He deserves to be our authority because only He is perfect. He is perfect and never sinned. He is God. Jesus is so loving, kind and there for us as His sheep. And always will be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Timothy 4:7.

“7 I have fought the good fight, I

have finished the race, I have

kept the faith.”

 

 

 We as Christians shouldn’t give up our faith but keep it until the end. So many people in the Bible kept their faith in God through whatever came, knowing that and believing that God would take care of them.

 We should have faith that moves mountains and trust in God too. We should keep our faith in God and keep having hope. Real hope is found in knowing and loving Jesus and we are His when we become Christians. How amazing is Jesus for living and dying for us and rising again, and then ascending into heaven. He is in heaven now, sitting at the right hand of God, and we will go to be with Him someday, if we keep being faithful and keep having faith.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew 7:24-27.

“The Wise and Foolish Builders

24 “Therefore everyone who

hears these words of mine and

puts them into practice is like a

wise man who built his house

on the rock. 25 The rain came

down, the streams rose, and the

winds blew and beat against

that house; yet it did not fall,

because it had its foundation on

the rock. 26 But everyone who

hears these words of mine and

 does not put them into practice

is like a foolish man who built

his house on sand. 27 The rain

came down, the streams rose,

and the winds blew and beat

against that house, and it fell

with a great crash.”

 

 We as Christians should keep having our faith in Jesus no matter what comes. When we focus on Jesus, and keep our eyes on Him, and keep following Him, then when something bad happens or something we feel we can’t handle, we will get through it, because we are prepared.

 We have “built” our house on knowing and loving Jesus and on having a strong faith. A strong foundation is one on Jesus, and we can and should trust in Him.

 Storms come and things may not always be easy in life, but the Christian life is a good one because we have hope no matter what comes. When we have faith in Jesus, we know we will be okay.

 When we put all of our hope and faith in Jesus, we have a hope that no matter what comes, we will be okay. There are good times in life and bad, but God is always good. He is there for us and always will be. His love for us as His children never ends and never fails.

 It is always what we need in life. We need God in our lives and we always will. That doesn’t change. We will always need God as Christians. As believers we will always need Him and always need His help and guidance.

 We should do Gods will and remain on the narrow road. Jumping “upstream”, in this life and go wherever God leads us. His ways and plans for our life are good, and He is so full of grace, love and mercy. How loving is God and so faithful. We should always live totally and completely for Him, in this Christian life, both now and always.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James 1:5-8.

“5 If any of you lacks wisdom,

you should ask God, who gives

generously to all without finding

fault, and it will be given to you.

6 But when you ask, you must

believe and not doubt, because

the one who doubts is like a

wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to

receive anything from the Lord.

8 Such a person is double-

minded and unstable in all they do.”

 

 

 We should be totally dedicated to God, and keep being on the narrow road. We should keep our faith strong in God, and not waver. We can’t expect anything from God if we aren’t dedicated to Him.

 We should keep our faith strong in God, and know that in Him we really will always be okay. We should always have faith, hope and love. And the greatest of these is love. How good is God that we get to have faith in Him and get to live with Him forever someday. It’s great being a child of God and getting to have faith.