God's Love Concerning Faith
Faith works by God's Love, so we need to understand what is is and how to love others in the same way in order to grow our faith and receive our blessings.
Step No. 1 from God's Wealth Plan Foundation Bible Study, for example, tells us that we need to plant faith seeds for the money or desires that we want to obtain or achieve. But without understanding how God's love works, we won't have the faith to water and germinate those seeds because Galatians 5:6 tells us that "faith works by love." Thus, our crop of financial growth or whatever else we may want will die even before it breaks through the ground.
In order to prepare your ground for a "healthy crop" of whatever it is you need or want before you pray the "prayer of faith," you must learn how to free your heart of "sin consciousness" which many Christians have. Walking in God's love begins with loving yourself God's way. Without doing this, you will keep your faith and prayers efforts from working on your behalf.
This doesn't mean that God is withholding your request. Your mind will condemn you with every bad thing you've done as long as you let it. However this can be fixed and I'll show you how to do it.
First of all, lets determine what "sin consciousness" is from a Biblical point of view. The verse below clearly defines it and describes what will happen to you when you no longer suffer from self-condemnation. Please read:
I John 3:20-22 20. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. 22. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Sin consciousness is thinking about our sins throughout the day, causing us to live in the past. Matthew 6:34 says that we are to live for "today," not the past or the future. We can certainly plan for the future, but we can never go back to the past. It is dead to us. So it is a fruitless endeavor to think about what we have done and how we can change things.
God doesn’t want us to be "sin conscious" because thinking about sinning all day will actually cause us to sin more and it will create guilt and fear within us. It will also push us into dead works to earn our way into God’s grace. We get into God's grace not on our own merit, but through the work of Jesus Christ on the cross.
As we concentrate on our mistakes instead of on our forgiveness, it will negatively affect our faith and cause us to feel unworthy or blemished. Here is what you must do in order to make a complete 180 degree turn around right now -- this very minute!
Right now forgive yourself of every mistake and sin you've ever committed, no matter how horrible you think any sin might be. Gods love is not like our love. It is unconditional, so He forgives you immediately once you ask and He never remembers it again.
You can also be "sin conscious" of other people's sins. People say things like, "I forgive him, but I'll never forget what he did to me." This is not complete forgiveness by God's standard of love. We must also forget. Doing this, therefore, will also help you do the same for yourself. Do this and it will Otherwise our hearts will keep us from having strong faith for answered prayer.
Forgetting sins that God has forgiven will cause you to experience Gods love in action for you. You should practice this for others.
Inner Cleansing
Forgive yourself by going before God and asking Him to forgive every sin you've ever committed in the name of Jesus Christ. You don't have to remember them all or name them, just ask God to forgive everything. Take it by faith that He has forgiven you. This opens the door to answered prayer because God tells us to forgive or we will not be forgiven (Mark 11:25).
Now, whenever you sin again, immediately ask God for forgiveness and receive it at that moment. Keep your heart free and you will keep the channel of blessing open between you and God. Remember that every time you concentrate on what you don't want or a sin that you've committed, you will actually act on those thoughts. This will cause you to remain in the dark instead of God's light, even though you know the truth of God's Word.
Galatians
5:6
6.
For
in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor
uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Money Growth Bible Study
The Wealth Plan Tool Box:
- Faith Seeds For Finances
- The Prayer Of
Faith
- God's Guidance For Your Life
- The God Kind of Love
- Giving God's Way
- Wisdom About Time From God's Perspective
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