Ep 185 A Legacy of Deeper Faith with Sue Donaldson

If we want a deeper faith, we can ask God for it. He knows our hearts anyway, so we may as well be honest.

When we ask God for more faith, He will do one of three things:

1. He will ask you to do something really big
2. He will allow challenging circumstances
3. He will give you children (or someone to love)—or all three at the same time. And then your faith will have an opportunity to deepen.

Perhaps you’ve heard this before but it’s a good reminder:  

Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah's Ark:

One : Don't miss the boat.

Two  : Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.

Three : Stay fit. When you're 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.

 

My favorite is the last one: “Stay fit.  When you’re 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.”

Your life’s not over because you’re 40 or 50 or 60 or 600. Just ask Noah. So we better stay fit. Spiritually and every way.

 

Of course, it wouldn’t matter if Noah were fit at 600 if he had no intention of obeying God, would it? Part of our spiritual fitness is a heart of obedience.

By faith, I invited my neighbor for coffee, dinner, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve Soup Potluck, dinner, zoom Bible Study and wine night. Two and a half years later, she said, "Is it too late to join Bible Study?" (Never) Four months later she gave her life to Jesus. 

On one sunny but chilly Sunday in February, she got baptized in a very cold water tub. 

Point #1:

Obedience could save a life. Jesus obeyed and went to the cross.

Point #2:

Never give up. 

 

Some faith-isms:

• There are no small acts of obedience. All take faith.
• If you want faith, God may ask you to do something really big – and you’d better do it because it could save a life. 
• A life of faith means we answer “Yes, Lord” before He even finishes His sentence.
• The more we obey what He tells us to do, the deeper our faith will become.
• We miss out on a chance to know God if we stay in the boat after He’s told us to get out and come to Him.

 

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