Faith and Prayer

Passage from Faith and Prayer over at Consecrated Families:

Jesus asked “Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”Luke 18:8.   Why would He be looking for faith? Jesus knew that without faith it is impossible to please the Father. It is impossible to grow. So does Satan. Prayer without faith is powerless, and faith without prayer does not exist.  They cannot function separately. The devil knows that the Father will reward those that combine diligent seeking and faith, by giving them access to all of heaven’s power. Together, prayer and faith can move mountains, they can save souls.  Every problem facing the human heart and every flaw that mars its character can be overcome.

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I want to thank my daughter, Meghin, for writing such an inspiring article.

Life in Christ

A life in Christ is a life of restfulness. There may be no ecstasy of feeling, but there should be an abiding, peaceful trust. Your hope is not in yourself; it is in Christ. Your weakness is united to His strength, your ignorance to His wisdom, your frailty to His enduring might. So you are not to look to yourself, not to let the mind dwell upon self, but look to Christ. Let the mind dwell upon His love, upon the beauty, the perfection, of His character. Christ in His self-denial, Christ in His humiliation, Christ in His purity and holiness, Christ in His matchless love --this is the subject for the soul's contemplation. It is by loving Him, copying Him, depending wholly upon Him, that you are to be transformed into His likeness.

From Steps to Christ pg. 46

Inspired Prayer

This prayer INSPIRED my soul while reading it:


Friday, Feb. 14, 1896

I awake at half past two, and seek the Lord, as is my practice, for wisdom and grace, mingling my prayers with thanksgiving for His tender, loving compassion toward us. The words of Isaiah 40:28-31 seem appropriate and impressed upon my mind.


Isaiah 40:28-31 (supplied)

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.



My prayer is, Help me, O my heavenly Father, to trust wholly in Thy wisdom and not to lean to my own understanding. Guide Thou my pen and direct my speech that I shall not sin against Thee with voice or pen. I must have grace. I plead, Teach me Thy truth, that I shall not err from Thy way. O my Lord, I am weakness itself, but Thou art strength, fortitude, and courage to Thy people if they will only diligently make Thee their trust.

Sabbath, Feb. 15, 1896


The Lord is good and merciful. I want my gratitude offering constantly ascending to God. I long to have a deeper sense of His goodness and of His changeless love. I long daily for the waters of life. I must continually have my strength in God. My dependence must not waver. No human agency must come between my soul and my God. The Lord is our only hope. In Him I trust, and He will never, no never, fail me. He hath hitherto helped me when under great discouragement.


I will thank the Lord and praise His holy name. I will praise the Lord that in Him I can trust at all times. He is the health of my countenance and my strong tower into which I can run and be safe. He understands my necessities and He will give me the light of His countenance that I may reflect light upon others. I will not fail nor be discouraged. I look to Thee, my heavenly Father, to give strength and grace. I will praise the Lord at all times and not wait for a happy flight of feeling. Then praise the Lord, for He is good, and His mercies will attend me morning, noon, and night. A happy flight of feeling is not evidence; His Word is my assurance.


Taken from: That I May Know Him pg. 266

God's Promises

 

Yesterday, we were picking tomatoes from the garden--a freeze was predicted for that night.

I was questioning myself.

Which tomatoes should I pick???

Can we still cover the plants and leave some of the tomatoes out a little longer?

I was getting kind of anxious.

We hadn't gotten as many tomatoes as we hoped.

I was feeling that our harvest would be short.

Before I knew it, we began to have sun showers.

It was beautiful.

Then we saw this beautiful rainbow.

God reminded me of all of His promises.

For all the promises of God in him [are] yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. 

2 Corinthians 1:20

My heart rejoiced!!!

How wonderful God is!!!

But, He wasn't done.

He decided to show us a double rainbow

(We get those often here)

 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 

 2 Peter 1:4

What inspires you???

What inspires me:

Contemplating God's deepest love.  It runs so deep that I do understand that we cannot comprehend it.  He has set so many object lessons in nature (that is why I believe nature is God's  lesson book).

Tulip coming up through snow

 

 

God's Holy Word

 All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
   That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.  

2 Timothy 3:16-17 

 Early spring morning here--

The sounds of nature--birds preparing for their day

The stillness of the air

Crisp coolness of the air

The freshness of mountain air

Black-capped Chickadee on front porch

Cool spring evening here in the mountains!

 Sunny winter day with clear blue skies, about 30 degrees, undisturbed snow and total stillness--it is as if you were at the very gates of heaven

Daughters' ramblings about:

Ferry on the way to church

Montana Mountains:  
They are awe-inspiring

Why don't you shout back and let me know what inspires you.