{"id":1528,"date":"2021-08-05T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracelifetriad.com\/2021\/08\/05\/2021-08-05-faith-in-action\/"},"modified":"2021-08-05T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T16:00:00","slug":"2021-08-05-faith-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gracelifetriad.com\/2021\/08\/05\/2021-08-05-faith-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith In Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I\u2019m a big believer in the power of confession!\u00a0 The words we say have power to bring the will of God to pass in our lives so it important for us to say about ourselves what our Heavenly Father is saying about us.\u00a0 With that said, sometimes if we aren\u2019t careful we can be all talk and no substance.\u00a0 What do I mean?<\/p>\n
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Have you ever heard a person say, \u201cWe need to live by faith and not fear and take authority over the works of the enemy\u201d only to see them run like a fraidy cat at the first sign of trouble. Come to think of it, I may have done that once or twice myself – lol. I\u2019m not writing this to criticize any of us whose lives don\u2019t always match our words as we are all a work in progress, but I do want to encourage each of us to press into God and walk in all the power that is available to us. Look at this passage of scripture in Luke 20<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n \n 1 <\/em><\/strong>Now it happened on one of those days, as He taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel, that the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, confronted Him <\/em>2 <\/em><\/strong>and spoke to Him, saying, \u201cTell us, by what authority are You doing these things? Or who is he who gave You this authority?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \n The fact the Pharisees asked Jesus, \u201cby what authority do you do these things\u201d means they realized Jesus had authority.\u00a0 Think about it, the Pharisees weren\u2019t debating whether His works were real or not.\u00a0 They couldn\u2019t deny the miracles because they were real.\u00a0 These miraculous works revealed His authority, which caused the Pharisees to\u00a0want to know where His authority came from. \u00a0<\/p>\n \n One of the ways to know our lifestyle matches our confession is when others see the power of God working in our lives. A great question we should all ask ourselves is when is the last time someone saw us operate in such authority that they wanted to know where our authority came from? This is what the Pharisees wanted to know of Jesus. <\/p>\n \n What if our neighbors or co-workers saw us live such lives of power and excellence that they wanted to know where our ability came from?\u00a0 How many people would we be able to lead to the Lord simply by living a life of power and excellence that reveals the authority of Jesus in our lives? \u00a0<\/p>\n \n If people aren\u2019t asking us where our power and authority came from, it\u2019s a sign we probably aren\u2019t walking in much spiritual authority. I don\u2019t say that to condemn. I say that as an invitation to pursue Jesus so we can come up to a new level in Him! One of His greatest desires for all of us is for people to see His life when they look at our life. This leads to an important question. How do we do that?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n