Forged By Faith

1 Samuel 12:22 NIV If the Maker of life was pleased to make us His, why then do we live as if we’re not? Sure, there’s a rather appropriate fear to be found within faith as faith, in and of itself, is a matter of trust and hope and certainty as considered inside the unseen and as such it asks us to believe beyond us. And well, for all of us this is a fairly perfect novelty in that we’ve never known of even a day within which we didn’t rely primarily upon ourselves. For life here has devolved into this sort of chaotic dissidence in which each of us live so different as necessitated by our varied interests and intents as always determined by the delights in which we delight and the doubts of which we dread. And this continued separation of society into cells of selves that sell themselves to themselves has left us leaning mostly upon ourselves as we see that such is supposed to be as normal as most here have agreed to allow it to become. But that’s a rather confused existence when one st...

Acts 1:8 NIV I'm telling you, we have to stop limiting who we are in our faith. This world likes to keep people down by convincing them that they're small. We've all been told that we're too weak, too messed up, too unimportant to ever make a difference. But the opinions of this place cannot alter what God says about us. And as this verse points out, He created us to be a part of something massive! We've all been there and that thought of giving up before we even get started. We think, "How can I possibly make a difference? Why should I even try?" Well, because God thinks we can do it. In fact He knows we can do it. He created us to do it! He designed us to be His hands and feet down here. He built us to carry His love and compassion to those around us. So if He doesn't doubt us then we should stop doubting ourselves! The truth is that it's not about us. It's not about our capabilities. Our impact isn't reliant upon our strength, knowledge,...