Our God the Father is the maker of all things. He has authority over all. Because God loves us, because we choose to be by His side, He is always protecting us. We are rightfully His and under the care and house of the Father, we need to have confidence to put up a good fight against what our human bodies and hearts default to. God did not treat His son special by giving him a bejeweled crown and kingship over the land. He did the exact opposite and sacrificed him for our sake. Because He loves us just that much.
A: I think I find encouragement of the love that God has for me. I do feel a sense of assurance that nothing can separate God’s love that he has for us. Because of his love, I feel boosted in my faith to have a deeper foundation. Reminding myself of God’s inseparable love, I feel that I need to do better in wrestling the flesh and the world. I have to have the heart to go and do what I can to further affirm my faith and making sure that it doesn’t falter. I experience tribulation daily that challenges my faith and have the want and need to have God more in my life, but I think the…
I can rely on the Holy Spirit by focusing on what is according to the Spirit vs. the flesh. When worries or fears arise, I can find assurance that the Spirit is with me, to comfort me and keep me close to God. Recently, this has been done through prayer, where I would just converse with Him as I walk to my classes. I started doing this with the intention of wanting to be more honest with God, to come before Him as I am. It is encouraging to know that the Holy Spirit intercedes for us, especially during times when I have a hard time putting into words what I want to say to Him. I hope…
Once again, Paul reminds us that God is the one who justifies and that nothing can stand up to God's decision. God has chosen to justify us though we are unworthy. As hard as this is to understand and believe, I must accept this. I think that this is a part of faith as well. Having faith that God has justified me through my belief. Though I cannot say that this brings comfort to me, I do believe that this is something that I must learn to be comfortable with as I live out my life. I hope that at some point it is able to strengthen my faith and gives me the humble confidence to live out…
Question 5
Our God the Father is the maker of all things. He has authority over all. Because God loves us, because we choose to be by His side, He is always protecting us. We are rightfully His and under the care and house of the Father, we need to have confidence to put up a good fight against what our human bodies and hearts default to. God did not treat His son special by giving him a bejeweled crown and kingship over the land. He did the exact opposite and sacrificed him for our sake. Because He loves us just that much.
Q 5
A: I think I find encouragement of the love that God has for me. I do feel a sense of assurance that nothing can separate God’s love that he has for us. Because of his love, I feel boosted in my faith to have a deeper foundation. Reminding myself of God’s inseparable love, I feel that I need to do better in wrestling the flesh and the world. I have to have the heart to go and do what I can to further affirm my faith and making sure that it doesn’t falter. I experience tribulation daily that challenges my faith and have the want and need to have God more in my life, but I think the…
Question 4
I can rely on the Holy Spirit by focusing on what is according to the Spirit vs. the flesh. When worries or fears arise, I can find assurance that the Spirit is with me, to comfort me and keep me close to God. Recently, this has been done through prayer, where I would just converse with Him as I walk to my classes. I started doing this with the intention of wanting to be more honest with God, to come before Him as I am. It is encouraging to know that the Holy Spirit intercedes for us, especially during times when I have a hard time putting into words what I want to say to Him. I hope…
Question 5
Once again, Paul reminds us that God is the one who justifies and that nothing can stand up to God's decision. God has chosen to justify us though we are unworthy. As hard as this is to understand and believe, I must accept this. I think that this is a part of faith as well. Having faith that God has justified me through my belief. Though I cannot say that this brings comfort to me, I do believe that this is something that I must learn to be comfortable with as I live out my life. I hope that at some point it is able to strengthen my faith and gives me the humble confidence to live out…