Matthew 17:14-21

Do you ever consider your faith, how strong it is, or perhaps how weak?  Our faith grows when we struggle. Our faith grows when we walk through the fiery furnaces of life.  We we face foes that seem totally insurmountable and we find ourselves on our knees begging for God to get us through this ordeal, that is when faith grows.

If life were one easy venture after another there would be no need for faith nor for prayer in our lives.  It is much the same as learning from our mistakes.  If we did not err there would be no life lessons.  Some think that once we are Christian, life is easy; there are no more challenges and certainly no more heartbreak.  Wrong...so very wrong.  Once we became Christian that is when we begin to learn about real life and we discover we still have to fight our way through some circumstances, but we have God to rely on.  We can call out to Him and He will hear us and he will respond.

My faith certainly has grown over the past 10 years and most notably so over the last year and a half.  I feel closer to God than ever before and I believe stronger that ever before.  Are you in a spot where your faith is growing stronger too?  It may feel like a hot seat but in fact it is the best place to be.

"Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” 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.” (Matthew 17:19-20)


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