Become What You Believe

January 22, 2010
Genesis 25-26; Psalm 7:6-8; Proverbs 3:9-10; Matthew 9:18-38


After praising the woman with the issue of blood, Jesus meets some blind men on the way.  He asks them, "Do you really believe I can do this?"  (referring to healing them).  They reply yes!  Jesus says, according to the Message Bible, "Become what you believe."

All the pressure was then on their faith.  Not on what Jesus could or would do for them.  We have all become what we believe.  If we believe we are no good, we've become no good.  If we believe we are useful, we've become useful.

The key is to change what we believe.  I wonder how the blind men changed their beliefs.  Was it because of hearing all of the testimonies?  Was it because of Jesus' words?

We can change what we believe so that we produce different results too.  Surround yourself with testimonies of how good the Lord has been. Read God's Word.  Faith comes by hearing God's Word.  After changing what you believe to what God wants us to believe, then you will become what you believe!!

From the kids
We all wondered if King Abimilech was suspicious regarding Rebecca since his father had done the same thing with Sarah

Joy thought it was funny because the Message Bible reads that they were bringing casseroles!  :)

Growing in FaithW

January 12, 2010

Genesis 11-12; Psalm 4:1-3; Proverbs 1:28-30

We accidentally read too much in Matthew yesterday.

Abraham was a real live human being just like you and me. He had to grow in faith just like the rest of us. Sometimes you see him move in great faith, and other times you see his frailty.

God told Abraham to move away from his family and all that he knew. This took great faith, but he obeyed. Then on his journey, God shows him land that he wants to give to his descendants. Abraham builds an altar to remind himself of God's promise.

Just a few verses later, Abraham moves to Egypt. Scripture doesn't mention whether or not it was under the direction of God. Abraham, then Abram, was so afraid that the Pharoah would kill him for Sarai, he asks her to lie! Perhaps he moved outside of the will of God when he went to Egypt and this is why he didn't have the confidence to trust God. Or, perhaps he was just growing in faith, like the rest of us.

Abraham is called the Father of Faith, yet it is easy to see that even he through the years had to grow and walk the walk of faith just like the rest of us. However, he kept on, and he finished the course. Let's continue our walk of faith, so that we can truly be called the sons and daughters of Abraham!

From the kids

We all wondered what it was about the building a tower that would keep them from scattering across the earth.

Also the very thing they were afraid of (being scattered) is the very thing that happened.

We also wondered if this was how God ensured that people were on every continent before Pangea broke apart.