Growing Your Faith - Myles Munroe

April 5

The only way God’s promises will become a reality in your life is if you act on them—and you can’t act on them without faith. The very word promise requires faith. If I promise you something, then you don’t have it yet; you must believe I will give it to you. God tells us, “I promise to do this for you, but it’s actually already done. I want you to believe that what I promise is real. It is already accomplished.”

Start living by the faith God gave you so that His Word can come to pass in your life. People say, “I need more faith.” Faith is easy to obtain: it comes by hearing the Word of God. “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17 NKJV). When you receive the Word, your faith grows. Every time you hear or read the Word and apply it, your spiritual life is strengthened.

You don’t receive the Word of God without being changed for the better. Remember the promise regarding the seed that fell on good soil in Jesus’ parable of the sower: But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. (Matthew 13:23)

Planted in good soil, a seed will grow because the power is in the seed. Let the Word of God be planted in you and “grow” your faith in the love and power of God our Father.

Prayer:

Father, Your Word is the seed of faith in the soil of my heart. Let my heart be “good soil,” watered by Your Holy Spirit, so that I will reap a harvest for You. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Thought: You don’t receive the Word of God without being changed for the better.

Reading: 1 Samuel 1–3; Luke 8:26–56

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Growing Your Faith - Myles Munroe

Evidence of Things Not Seen - Myles Munroe

April 3

Hebrews 11:1 says, “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (KJV). Note that this verse does not say faith is the evidence of things that do not exist. Faith is the evidence of things you cannot see. These things already exist in God, but you can’t see them yet. Live by faith. God says, “I will supply all your needs. Trust Me to do it.” Trusting God’s Word is faith in action.

If you have been mentally assenting to the truth but not acting on it, you have been living below your privilege. Again, James 1:22 says, “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” This verse separates mental assent from faith. If you think just listening to the Word makes a difference, you deceive yourself. You must apply what you hear by believing and acting on it. Jesus said to the chief priests and elders, “There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ ‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go. Which of the two did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. (Matthew 21:28–31) The second son assented to obey, but never took action. The first son, though initially rebellious, later met his father’s request. We can’t just say we believe; we have to live out our faith by doing what God asks.

Prayer:

Father, You have promised to meet the needs of Your children. Help me to trust You and to act in faith even when what You’ve promised isn’t visible. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Thought: If you have been only mentally assenting to the truth, you have been waiving your privilege.

Reading: Judges 19–21; Luke 7:31–50

-Daily power And Prayer Devotional

Evidence of Things Not Seen - Myles Munroe