Day 255 When Faith Fails

So watch your step, friends. Make sure there's no evil unbelief lying around that will trip you up and throw you off course, diverting you from the living God. Hebrews 3:12 (The Message)

No sooner were the words out of his mouth than the father cried, "Then I believe. Help me with my doubts!" Mark 9:24 (The Message)

Believing can sometimes be difficult when the circumstances of our lives are far from what we expected.

We want to have faith for something different but the scene is playing unfamiliar and uncomfortable.

So what does God ask of us in this situation?

• To trust.
• To believe anyway.
• To look beyond our circumstance and see His power.
• To believe He is our Helper and our Savior.
• To trust Him as Lord over every single one of our challenges.

Ask Him like the father did in Mark 9:24.

He hears your cry for help in your unbelief. His power will help you believe more and more.

Absolute trust.

Can you do it? I think you can and I'm praying for you now.

God bless your heart that cries out to God for strength and power. Just ask Him.

Gigi
http://www.gigimurfitt.com/

The idea for this blog post came from the devotional book God Calling by AJ Russell published by Barbour Publishing. I highly recommend it as a daily devotional tool to spur you on in the things of God.

Day 209 Faith Rewarded

For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." Romans 4:3

Think of the Fathers of the Faith who have taught us to be filled with faith, trust and hope in the one true God.

Abraham had faith when God told him he would have a child even when it seemed impossible in his old age. Then he obeyed when God told him to offer his son Isaac on the altar of sacrifice.

His faith was accounted to him for righteousness and Isaac lived when a ram took his place on the altar. Because of his faith, Abraham became the Father of many nations.

Moses led the Israelites to the Promised Land. He believed God's promise even when he was being chased down by the Egyptian armies.

Then as the people grumbled in the desert Moses still believed. The Israelites made it to their Promised Land because Moses had faith.

These two men obeyed what God told them to do even though they could not see what was ahead of them.

God rewarded their faith.

Oh Lord. I want to believe with hope for things I have not yet seen. Help my unbelief that creeps in as fear and doubt and worry.

I want to keep my eyes on God and believe by faith that my prayers will be heard. I know in my heart they will be answered. So I hang on by faith until they are...even when.

I love you Lord.

God Bless your heart with faith.

Gigi

http://www.gigimurfitt.com/

The idea for this blog post came from the July 30 devotional entry in God Calling by AJ Russell and published by Barbour Publishing.

Day 145 Accomplish Anything

He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:20

Is there something you want to accomplish but you feel inadequate? Does it seem an impossible feat beyond your power?

If the task is in God's will for you there is nothing stopping you from accomplishing that goal. It's time to take action.

Writing a book sometimes seems an impossible task. It's a mountain of words to be formed on the pages into something that I hope will change lives. Many years ago I felt God's call to write. It seemed an insurmountable accomplishment to publish a book while raising our boys.

In God's perfect timing I signed my first book contract the year my youngest son, Gabe, graduated from high school. I finished the manuscript one week before my oldest son Zane's wedding to our daughter-in-law, Kelsey.

Caregivers' Devotions to Go was published on January 15, 2010 by Extreme Diva Media. It can be purchased on my website at www.GigiMurfitt.com/books

I did it! God's perfect power enabled me to accomplish what seemed impossible.

I want to encourage you to have faith to move whatever mountain is in your way today.

God Bless your heart with faith. You can do it with God's help!

Gigi

http://www.gigimurfitt.com/

The idea for this blog post came from the May 25^th entry in God Calling by AJ Russell.

Day 87 Evil Mountains

You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. James 2:24

Some of the obstacles we face on a daily basis seem like evil mountains we may never conquer. But the Bible tells us we can move mountains with just a little bit of faith.

How do we exercise that faith? Obedience.

You can believe all you want but if you don't take action then you may not get to the next mountain peak.

When the Lord asked Abraham to put Isaac, his long awaited son, on the altar of sacrifice, Abraham was obedient. He trusted in what God had promised even though it did not make sense.

His obedience proved his faith and God provided a sacrificial lamb to take Isaacs place.

In the same way, God provided Jesus as a perfect sacrifice for my sin.

Faith produces works and works perfects (completes) faith.

Go move some mountains.

God Bless Your Heart,

Gigi

http://www.gigimurfitt.com/

The blog post idea came from the March 28 entry in the God Calling devotional book.