God Speaks..

like to share that recently i started my "quiet time" on the journey to work.. thou it is not that quiet.. haa.. but God is really "speaking" !! =D just as i am having faith problem.. i read this..

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see...." Hebrews 11:1-12(read on)
it doesn't stop there.. the message goes on..

knowledge isn’t enough

The preacher asked his audience whether they believed he had a $20 bill in his closed hand. After a woman said that she believed he did, the speaker announced that he would destroy her faith by opening his hand and showing the money. “Now that you know I have a $20 bill,” he said, “you can no longer have faith that I do.”

If the preacher is correct, then the return of Christ will destroy the faith of His followers, for our faith will now be sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). And Jesus would not have told Thomas, “You believe because you have seen Me” (John 20:29), but rather “Because you have seen Me, you are no longer able to believe.”

The preacher mistakenly thought that empirical proof destroys faith. Instead, proof strengthens faith by eliminating the uncertainty that often accompanies it (Hebrews 11:1). Firsthand evidence confirms our knowledge, which bolsters our faith.

Faith is not the opposite of knowledge. Faith actually rests on knowledge. The more we know, the more we’re able to believe. Knowledge itself is not sufficient for faith, for even demons believe and tremble (James 2:19), but it’s impossible to have faith without it.

Like the pilot of a hang glider who leaps off a cliff and trusts his survival to the sturdy construction of his glider and the principles of aerodynamics, we have faith only when we put our full trust in the promises of God.

Knowledge isn’t enough. I may understand how hang gliding works and yet refuse to jump. But I won’t take the leap of faith unless I know that hang gliding is a reliable sport. Likewise, I may know the promises of God and still not believe them. But it’s impossible to believe them if I don’t first know them. Want stronger faith? Start by getting to know God.

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also came across this interesting verse.. which i dun remember i have read b4... hmm

11 Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. ~~ 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

....when i was still thinking abt spring scream.. i read this..
one-hit wonder

then just as i was complaining to mund yesterday.. today i read this..
no grumbling allowed

Thank God =)))))