Walking The Walk . . .

    "You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word." Psalm 119:114      Hope is powerful.  Hope is knowing the best is yet to come.  Hope is knowing that at the end of our days, God will fulfill his promises to us.       Do you ever have something on your calendar that you’re looking forward to?   Something you just can’t wait for.   Every day you glance at that calendar and you’re grinning as you count the days until you get there.   Maybe you’re going on a trip to visit some family.   Or maybe you’re going on a vacation to get away from some family.        But the closer it gets, the more you anticipate the event.   And it changes your attitude.   Problems at work that would usually ruin your whole day just bounce right off, because you know next week I’m outta here!   People can’t get your goat.   You’re in a good mood even when the going is no easier than it was last week.   That’s because you know there’s something great coming on the horizon.   There’s a

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.   For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.  ~ Hebrews 11: 1-3 Our faith is the most essential thing we have.  Faith is accepting Jesus.  Faith is knowing that the Gospel is fact.  Faith is believing.  Without faith we can't be called a Christian.  That's where it begins.  Accepting Christ as the Savior.   Faith is the starting point.  Faith is where we begin in our Christian life, and it grows as we mature as Christians.  And as we travel and our faith grows during our journey the greatest thing we can do with that faith is share it.  Let that faith that has grown within you change the life of another person.  Allow that faith that saved you, to save another.  Be the instrument that God uses to spread the Gospel.   (excerpted from the Wednesday N