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Peace comes from your faith in God

Keep persevering like Abraham

08/08/2017

By: Apostle Valdemiro Santiago

Everyone searches for peace, but peace with God, is calm consciousness, it`s to believe in God`s forgiveness. The glory of God is salvation, eternal life, and victory. There is glory in the world, but it is temporary and almost always harmful. When you receive the glory in the world, almost always you get lost. The glory of God is different. It is a reward for your faith manifestation; it`s the change in your life. As it is said in Romans 5: 1, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:” you confess to God, and He forgives you. You don`t depend on men to be justified; you depend on your faith. Without our faith, none of us may be saved. The bigger your faith is, closer you will be to God God is bigger than anything else, and He knows everything. When someone condemns you, accuses you, points at you, it`s worthless in your life because what counts the most is when you believe you were purified by the blood of Jesus. God is interested in your peace, in your prosperity, and in your growth, what justifies is your faith in Jesus Christ. It`s what approach us to God. It`s impossible for someone, who has faith in God, not to be rewarded. It may be impossible before man`s eyes, but if you are hopeful in God, you can celebrate your prize. Remember Abraham, called the father of faith. It was impossible for him and Sarah to become parents at ninety years old and barren. I don`t dare to reproach Sarah for laughing because for much less you and I already were down and cried, so figure out a ninety-year-old woman who was barren when she was young, being able to deliver a baby. Abraham was one hundred years old. But his heart always told him God would provide him with children. It doesn`t matter what it is, but if your heart says so, you can celebrate because it will happen.

Having a lie from God is impossible. His promise is always fulfilled in your life. People usually get unmotivated because of the time. Time goes by, problems become worse, and pain gets harder, so keep waiting in Him because God fulfilled His promise to Abraham and Isaac was born.

After receiving from the Lord, Abraham was tested by giving his son in holocaust to God. He told his servants, who would worship Him that at the end they would come back home. He was full of hope in God. He said they would get back home because his hope was to come back home together with his son, Isaac. Church, because of your faith, because of you, God turns the world round. He did so because of Daniel, Joseph, and so many others, then, never lose your hope quickly. The Word says that many will give up their faith, and there is a great quantity giving up indeed. The glory and the reward of God are for those who never give up. Figure out how happy Abraham became when God released his son from the sacrifice. He would actually offer his son; he tied Isaac in order to offer Him in sacrifice when God told Abraham. Abraham was afflicted, and no one may point him for any reason. After talking to God, Abraham saw a lamb tied among branches because God controls everything. If I had been in his shoes, I would have said: “Son, haven`t I told you there would be a lamb here?” Even lambs we offer God come from Him. It`s difficult to understand the hope of Abraham because we may get desperate for much fewer issues. God said that if we are hopeful in Him and not give up, the impossible would happen The Holy Spirit asked Paul for glorifying Him even in troubled moments because they came from God for us to understand that faith is a mystery. Bartimaeus was a beggar, and he knew Jesus was God`s Son, but he never gave up. He was nothing before the One Who was really important; he made Jesus stop for him. Sometimes we are concerned, and we think we are important. Some of us are worried about words, but words, looks, wealth, merit are worthless. Bartimaeus was a beggar, stank, wore rags of cloth, but Jesus stopped for him as He does for us if we are faithful. Bartimaeus became really for that, and we should do the same when God hears us. Jesus knew what he needed, but He asked him. Jesus just stops for you if you are hopeful and He asks you why you need His help in order to fulfill your wish. Jesus saved him from blindness because God saves us from all evil condition, and not just our souls If this word generates hope in your heart, at this moment there will be angels flying to deliver you your request. The Bible says that the hope, which takes long makes our heart sick, discourage, exhausts, but there is a vitamin that we take and renew all that; it is here in this word because the Word of God makes you strong. That`s the word.