The Equation of Faith and Works

Salvation is not the result of Works

BUT

Works should be the result of Salvation

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH; and that not of yourselves:it is the gift of God:NOT OF WORKS, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS  UNTO GOOD WORKS, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. 

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James 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works:shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

James 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

What has the Power of Death or Life?

Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue.

images-9Psalm 141:3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth;

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Great is Thy Faithfulness

Don’t forget to praise God for this new day because He didn’t forget to wake you up this morning!

Lamentations 3:22-23 It is of the Lord ‘s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.They are new every morning:great is thy faithfulness. 

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Psalm 5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord;in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

When Do We Need the Gift of Hope?

We do not need the light of hope when we are in a season of mountain top sunshine but we find that light and ray of hope when we are in a dark, rainy season of the valley.

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Romans 8:24 For we are saved by hope:but hope that is seen is not hope:for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

Are you Spiritually Dehydrated and Parched?

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Dear Father, 

Work in my heart and life today, sprinkle my living sacrifice with salt this day, that my life may be seasoned with grace in my relationship to others. Conform me this day that the love from my heart may be authentic and pleasing in Your sight.

Dear Child,

Present your body a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable in My sight. As every offering must be sprinkled with salt, even so your sacrifice of self must also be sprinkled with salt, which will heal and purify your life that it may be acceptable in My sight. The salt will cause a thirst for more of Me, which can only be quenched, not by only reading the Word, but by obeying it. As you obey the Word, you are drinking it and it is refreshing your thirsty soul. As you drink of this water, I am increasing in your life and the old you is decreasing. Let Me arise in power in your life and the enemies of your soul will be scattered.

I salt to cause a thirst, but I also provide living water to quench that thirst. As you drink you are yielding, and as you yield, your living sacrifice is acceptable in My sight.

                                                Thus saith Papa

Leviticus 2:13  And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

Mark 9:49  For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

 That salt will cause such a desire and thirst for more of God, it will ignite a fire that will consume all that is not of Him. All that will be left will be His life in us. Only then will our living sacrifice be acceptable and pleasing in His sight as an act of worship for it will be a sweet savor unto Him. Salt will always cause a wound or an offence to smart and hurt, but remember it will also cleanse it, thereby preserving our life. These “saltings” are often the trials that purify our faith as pure gold!

1 Peter 4:19  Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

CHALLENGE: If a dry spell has left you parched due to the heat of a fiery trial do not be discouraged for surely the “salting” has an eternal purpose.

 Page 186 “DEVELOPING A SECRET HISTORY WITH GOD”

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