I say My spirit is a dry desert, I have this little seed, you r the gardener. Water this seed, Lord Jesus so I can be a great tree barring fruit. For only U can grow this seed.
2007-04-05 12:37:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Many readers probably feel the same way you do, and I often get e-mails like yours. But God doesn't want our faith to be shaky and weak, and He wants to help us become strong in our faith. The Apostle Paul's prayer applies to us: "I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you" (Ephesians 3:16).
How can our faith become strong? Let me point out three ways. First, be sure of your commitment to Christ. Is your faith in Jesus Christ and what He did for you by dying on the cross for your sins? Sometimes a person's faith is weak because he or she has never clearly taken this step of commitment. By a simple prayer of faith ask Christ to come into your life today—and He will.
Second, build your faith on the truth of God's Word, the Bible. The Bible is spiritual "food" given by God to strengthen us in our faith. Through it we learn of God's love for us—but apart from it our faith will always be vague and uncertain. The Bible says, "Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ" (Romans 10:17).
Finally, draw strength from other believers. If you're not active in a church, ask God to lead you to one where Christ is preached and you will have opportunities to grow spiritually—not just in the weekly service, but through Bible studies and other programs.
2007-04-05 13:06:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mark 4:1-9
1 He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land.
2 And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
3 "Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;
4 as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.
5 "Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.
6 "And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 "Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
8 "Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
9 And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
2007-04-05 12:44:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those who love the truth will seek the truth and to those is given a gift and that gift is faith and through faith comes a real relationship with the living God.
2007-04-05 12:42:03 · answer #3 · answered by djmantx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Romans 10:17 " Faith commeth by hearing , hearing by the word of God".
2007-04-05 12:42:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can talk to God the way you talk to anybody...I promise he'll understand you. as long as your heart is right, it doesn't really matter what you say.
2007-04-05 12:42:58 · answer #5 · answered by G is for Grover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
simply by really meaning it..u dont have 2 really say it..u just have 2 feel it..its like..um...ur soul is the thing which talks not ur tounge..he is God..he created us..he knows wut we are thikin and he knows wethere we regret it or not
2007-04-05 12:45:53 · answer #6 · answered by .. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good for you! Its wonderful allegory and well put.
2007-04-05 12:43:33 · answer #7 · answered by rico3151 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice and oh so true.
2007-04-05 12:42:17 · answer #8 · answered by Poohcat1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋