Faith & Christian Living

Patience is a definite requirement for faith to function As sure as faith without works is dead (James 2:14) so is faith without patience guaranteed to fail.  It takes both faith and patience to receive what God has promised as we read in Hebrews 6:12: “So that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of […]

As discussed in the previous post, “for as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also” (James 2:26). It is those corresponding actions or responses that accompany faith, which gives life to faith. Without them, your faith has no way of surviving. A sure corresponding action, which is evidence

After ensuring that what you are asking God for is in line with His Word, believing that you receive, and speaking the Word of God concerning your situation, the law of faith also requires that you have corresponding actions to go with your faith. As the Scripture says “for as the body without the spirit

Confession i.e. speaking the Word of God, or speaking in line with the Word, because you believe is another prerequisite for the law of faith to function as it should. Jesus Himself stressed the absolute importance of confession and showed the inseparable nature of “believing and speaking”. If He did, then we have no choice

The law of faith also require that we believe we receive when we pray. This may sound simple but it is a profound requirement of faith that determines whether we have what we pray for or not. Jesus says in Mark 11: 24 “Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith (Romans 3:27). As we discussed in the previous post, faith is a law that will work one hundred percent of the time if the conditions necessary for the law to operate are met. Knowledge of the

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith (Romans 3:27) The Bible calls faith a law, i.e. the law of faith (Romans 3:27). A law also refers to something that is guaranteed to happen one hundred percent of the time if the necessary conditions

In Matthew 13:19 we read that “When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart…”. The devil was able to snatch away the Word from the one who did not understand it. But it is worth noting

The Bible gives this solemn warning, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap (Galatians 6:7)”. Following this admonition, we are introduced to two kinds of sowing: “For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one

God is a good God. There is no darkness or evil in God; everything He does is out of His goodness alone. He is the one who “forgives all our sins, heals all our diseases and redeems our lives from destruction” (Psalm 103:3-4). He daily loads us with benefits, crowns us with lovingkindness and tender