OUR DAILY BREAD : GOD INCIDENTS

[cimi]

February 9
Tuesday


GOD INCIDENTS

Hebrews 11:1-1-0
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In everything by prayer
and supplication, with
thanksgiving, let your
requests be made
known to God.
__Philippians 4:6
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In the normal course of providence, God works in and through creation, not despite it. For this reason, some answers to prayer are difficult to prove with certainty.

"Only faith vouches for the connection." C. S. Lewis writes, "No empirical proof could establish." We believe a prayer has been answered not because of any scientific criteria proving it." We believe a prayer has been answered not because of any scientific criteria proving it, but because we have faith.

Most of the ways we encounter God--nature, the Bible, the Lord's Supper the church, other people-- include things we can touch. God's own state, though, is the realm of spirit. Prayer reflects that difference between us.

Although we may ask God to intervene directly, it should not surprise us if He responds in a more hidden way in cooperation with our own choices. An alcoholic prays, "Lord keep me from drink today." The answer to that prayer will likely come from the inside--from a stiffening resolve or a cry for help to a loyal friend--rather than from some marvel like the magical disappearance of liquor bottles from a cabinet.

Whether God supernaturally intervenes or is giving us the power to obey Him, we trust His character. We see a true partnership, intimate and intertwined. __Philip Yancey
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``````````````````````Help me to walk aright,````````````````````
````````````````````More by faith, less by sight;``````````````````
````````````````````Lead me with heavenly light--````````````````
```````````````````Teach me Thy way. __Ramsey````````````````
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An important part of praying
is a willingness to be part of the answer.

***************Today's Bible Reading __ Hebrews 11:1-10*********

1 Now faith is the substance
of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not
seen....

3 By faith we understand
that the worlds were framed
by the word of God, so that
the things which are seen
were not made of things
which are visible.

4 By faith Abel offered to
God a more excellent
sacrifice than Cain, through
which he obtained witness
that he was righteous, God
testifying of his gifts; and
through it he being dead still
speaks.

5 By faith Enoch was taken
away so that he did not see
death, "and was not found,
because God had taken him";
for before he was taken he
had this testimony, that he
pleased God. 6 But without
faith it is impossible to please
Him, for he who comes to
God must believe that He is,
and that He is a rewarder of
those who diligently seek
Him.

7 By faith Noah, being
divinely warned of things not
yet seen moved with godly
fear, prepared an ark for the
saving of his household, by
which he condemned the
world and became heir of the
righteousness which is
according to faith.

8 By faith Abraham obeyed
when he was called to go out
to the place which he would
receive as an inheritance....

9 By faith he dwelt in the
land of promise as in a
foreign country...; 10 for he
waited for the city which has
foundations, whose builder
and maker is God.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Abel's sacrifice was not superior to Cain's because it was a better
quality sacrifice, or one earned by harder work. The implication of
verse 4 is that Abel's offering was superior because it was offered in
faith--not in self-effort. __BILL CROWDER

[Mackenaw]

Awesome message!!!

Hi Cimi

love,
Mack