WORDS

Live by the faith

Let fear and slavery behind

12/10/2017

By: Apostle Valdemiro Santiago

Our flesh tends to evil issues such as envy, corruption, jealousy, prostitution, addiction, and hate. In the world, the tendency is to change hope and confidence in God to hope and trust in men. Living according to the flesh says Romans 8: 12 means to go towards death, to keep complaining, murmuring as if there were no solution for the problems. Living according to the Spirit means to live by the faith, to touch God`s heart. Every one of us has a mission, and God allows all men and women to decide whether they want to live by the flesh or Spirit. Those who live by the flesh believe in just what they see and get desperate because they don`t see the exit. Living by the flesh is living by reasoning while living by the Spirit means to be happy, to celebrate dreams, waiting in God. Sending watchdogs to Canaan, they recognized that the land was good, but just Caleb said that if God became pleased at them, that area could be conquered. While everyone saw by the flesh, Caleb saw by the faith. God allows us to go through hard moments. When Martha called Jesus because her brother was sick, Lazarus, Jesus celebrated saying it was for the glory of the Father. Jesus appeared to meet Martha and her family just four days later. Living by the flesh only brings us bad news and concerns. Sometimes you observe your life, your path and say no one knows you. God knows you pretty well. Every day the human being has to please the Lord to win. We have to please God, it`s incredible, but it`s easier to please the Lord than pleasing people. Being a slave means not having own wish or free will. It means to be tied to a humiliating condition without any rights. God didn`t call us to be slaves. Even without deserving, God provided us with rights. So, we are not slaves. Then, we don`t need to be frightened. God gave us His Spirit for us not to live as slaves. You Christian, if you are frightened, you are a slave Christian, and none of us must be frightened. You and I are very important to God because we are His adopted children. He registered us through the Spirit that He put in us, the signal that He put on us. We are His heirs. Adoption happens to orphans, and the Word suggests that the one who doesn`t recognize God as the Father becomes an orphan, alone and unprotected.

God didn`t create religion; He decided that who believes in Him will be chosen, will receive a seal, and will be His. Our word is very powerful. Everything is related to the way we please the Lord and how we put ourselves before Him. You define how your life is. If you say it`s worthless, it will be, and if you say it`s blessed, it will be as well.

Let just God`s word come into your life. The situation is complicated, you may hear about crisis, desperate, murders, robberies, war, death, accidents, catastrophes, but God tells you that you are blessed. There will be a moment when everyone will be towards these words. Christians live by the declaration of their own faith, and today I declare that we will be the most blessed people ever.