{"id":7814,"date":"2017-09-08T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=7814"},"modified":"2017-08-31T13:42:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T17:42:52","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-9-8-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-9-8-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 9-8-17"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV) 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Faith. It’s what our entire walk with God is based on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It takes faith to reach out to Him. It takes faith to live each day as His child. In fact, it is impossible to please God without <\/i>faith.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV) 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some might ask how to please Him if we have only a little faith, or if we lack faith. The answer is in the last part of the above verse; diligently seek Him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You see, too many of us spend our time trying to grow and build our faith. Many times, having big faith becomes the focus of our daily walk, instead of God himself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We chase faith. We seek faith. We “speak faith”. We read books and watch videos about having more faith. But in the end, if all we are pursuing is faith, we will be left emptyhanded, weak and feeble. And we will still have little or no faith.<\/span><\/p>\n

God, and our walk with Him, should be our sole focus. We should not strive to have big faith. We should put all of our effort into having a big relationship with our big God!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By doing so, our faith will grow and become strong, and become active in our lives. It will be what takes us from one day to the next. And it will be what helps us to trust God for even the most basic needs in our lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why? Because we have sought God diligently. And as our relationship with God grows, our faith grows accordingly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Think of it like building muscles. We set out to have big muscles, so we exercise them. As our muscles grow, they become stronger. And because they get stronger, we can now move heavy things that we wouldn’t have been able to move when our muscles were weaker.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We didn’t set out to be able to move heavier things. We simply set out to grow our muscles. But being able to move heavy things is a byproduct of having big muscles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Having big faith is a byproduct of having a strong walk with God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So remember; having big faith won’t give us a stronger walk with God. Having a strong walk with God will give us big faith.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Seven Seas Ministries
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