Now Faith

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 Now Faith...

Faith is as the scripture says the in Hebrews 11:1 is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen. 

It has been a while since I released my last blog and believe me there has been so many twists and turns in this new year of 2023 I do not know where to start. I believe I will start right here in my present day. Faith is the thing that has keep me floating and my head above the waves. In life it is so easy to smile and keep a straight face while your everything in you wants to yell I quit... This is real for so many, but not my story completely and I Thank God the Father for this. The fact is I am so intrigued with how the story ends. I find more peace in how the Lord our God will work us through each and every situation we will face. But this requires a substance called Faith.

Faith is defined in Mariam-Webster Dictionary as belief and trust in and loyalty to God, a firm belief in something for which there is no proof, and it is defined as something that is believed especially with strong conviction.

As I have walked my out my journey with Jesus I have found that Faith is like a muscle. If it is not exercised then you will lack strength in the time where you need it. If we don't provide nourishment everyday, "The Word of God" or in plain text "The Bible" then our Faith will never grow. Just like an annual plant. If we do not give it the things necessary for it to grow then it will die. The way Faith looks when it dies is caused doubt and worry. These things set in when your Faith muscle is not exercised. 

Our Faith can be looked at in this manner. It is a living, breathing thing that we have to give attention to. I am setting myself on a Faith journey which I would employ you to tag along. 30 days of the Now Faith exercises to strengthen your Faith muscle as I also strengthen mine. 

You can begin by reading the book of Hebrews and James. The Holy Spirit lead me to these books. So this is where I will be starting and I hope you will too. I will do a weekly checkin to see how it is going, but remember with Faith only the size of a mustard seed you can move the mountains doubt has created in your life.  -Ashley Christina

Mediate on Hebrews 11:6

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. https://www.bible.com/bible/1/HEB.11.KJV

Romans 10:17 (ESV)

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ., 

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