{"id":24039,"date":"2015-01-22T00:15:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T05:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=24039"},"modified":"2015-01-21T22:44:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T03:44:45","slug":"give-us-faith-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/22\/give-us-faith-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Us Faith To Be Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Give us faith to be strong<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Father, we are so weak<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Our bodies are fragile and weary<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> As we stagger and stumble to walk where You lead<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Give us faith to be strong<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Give us faith to be strong<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Give us strength to be faithful<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> This life is not long, but it&#8217;s hard<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Give us grace to go on<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Make us willing and able<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Lord, give us faith to be strong<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Give us peace when we&#8217;re torn<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Mend us up when we break<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> This flesh can be wounded and shaking<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> When there&#8217;s much too much trouble for one heart to take<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Give us peace when we&#8217;re torn<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Give us hearts to find hope<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Father, we cannot see<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> How the sorrow we feel can bring freedom<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And as hard as we try, Lord, it&#8217;s hard to believe<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So, give us hearts to find hope<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lord, give us faith to be strong<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Give us peace when we&#8217;re torn<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Give us faith, faith to be strong<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8OpUlIXDgGk?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Singer \/ Songwriter: Andrew Peterson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u00a0* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0* <\/span><\/p>\n<p>This song is a prayer\u2014an acknowledgment of our great need for God in all things. \u00a0As in every area of our lives, we need the help, the provision, the supply that only God can give.<\/p>\n<p>It is true that we need to have faith; no doubt. \u00a0Jesus spoke often to His apostles and the other disciples about faith. \u00a0Over on the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Seeking Him<\/span> <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/category\/daily-devotions\/\" target=\"_blank\">daily devotional blog<\/a>, we are in the midst of a series looking at some of \u00a0Jesus\u2019 words on FAITH. \u00a0This week the bloggers are focusing on the account (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=mark%205%3A24-34&amp;version=NASB;ESV;NIV;AMP;NLT\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>) from the Gospel of Mark, chapter 5 where we hear about the woman with a long-term bleeding disease who is healed simply by touching Jesus\u2019 garments. \u00a0It is an incredible record! \u00a0Listen&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She had heard the reports concerning Jesus, and she came up behind Him in the throng and touched His garment, \u00a0for she kept saying, \u00a0\u2018If I only touch His garments, I shall be restored to health.\u2019 \u00a0And immediately her flow of blood was dried up at the source, \u00a0and [suddenly] she felt in her body that she was healed of her [distressing] ailment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">verses 27-29<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There is a pivotal point here: she believed\u2014<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>she had <strong>faith<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u2014that if she could just get close enough to simply touch Jesus\u2019 clothing, she would be healed. \u00a0Remember she \u201c<em>kept<\/em> saying, \u2018If I <em>only touch<\/em> His garments, I <em>shall be<\/em> restored to health.\u2019\u201d \u00a0And so she took the action necessary. \u00a0<strong>Having faith requires action.<\/strong> \u00a0As I think about this scenario, it seems to me there were a number of strong deterrents standing in her way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The crowd<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\nVerse 24 tells us, \u201c&#8230;a large crowd was following Him and pressing in on Him\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Her own physical frailty<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nVerses 25 and 26 say she \u201c&#8230;had been subject to bleeding for twelve years&#8230;had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and &#8230;instead of getting better she grew worse\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The social stigma of a woman touching a strange man in public<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nVerse 33 relates, \u201cBut the woman&#8230;though alarmed and frightened and trembling, fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In spite of these things she believed \u201c&#8230;the reports she had heard about Jesus&#8230;\u201d. \u00a0Put yourself, sisters, in her sandals&#8230;would you (would I?) have had the courage, the fortitude, the faith to do what she did? \u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>I do believe we could&#8230;we would. \u00a0<\/em> <strong><em>I do believe we do.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Throughout our lives, we find ourselves experiencing similar circumstances and hard times. Right now, today, I know some of you are living through difficult, demanding, hard situations. Whether they are health-related (like this woman), or difficulties in relationships, or financial problems, or a myriad of other troubles&#8230;we need to <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><strong>have faith<\/strong><\/em><\/span> that God will take care of whatever might be our need. \u00a0Our faith is based on our knowledge of His promises in His Word.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;So <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><strong>faith<\/strong> <\/em><\/span>comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.<br \/>\nRomans 10:17<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So that your <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>faith<\/strong> <\/span>might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.<br \/>\n1 Corinthians 2:5<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>faith <\/em><\/span>is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.<br \/>\nHebrews 11:1<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And without <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>faith<\/em> <\/span>it is impossible to please Him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him.<br \/>\nVerse 6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We live by <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>faith<\/em><\/span>, not by sight.<br \/>\n2 Corinthians 5:7<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord. \u00a0According as His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n2 Peter 2:1-4<\/p>\n<p>May we keep all these things in mind as we have faith in the Almighty God Who provides\u2014Jehovah-Jireh.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>When we feel weak, may we ask for \u2018strength to be faithful.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>When we are weary, may we ask for \u2018grace to go on.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>When we are anxious, may we ask for \u2018peace when we\u2019re torn.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>When we can\u2019t see the way out or through or around or beyond, may we ask for \u2018hearts to find hope.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>When we feel we have nothing left, may we ask for \u2018faith to be strong.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We must always remember that there is no need we will ever have that He is not already aware of. \u00a0He is the Eternal God our Provider\u2014Jehovah-Jireh!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u00a0* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0* <\/span><\/p>\n<p>O Lord, we recognize that we need Your help in everything. \u00a0As the beautiful lyrics of this song sing out, we also ask You, Father, please give us faith to be strong&#8230;give us strength to be faithful&#8230;give us grace to go on&#8230;give us peace when we\u2019re torn&#8230;give us hearts to find hope. \u00a0We thank You, now in advance, for each of these things because we have already been given a measure of faith by Your grace and mercy. \u00a0We have faith placing our confidence and trust in You, El Shaddai. \u00a0And we pray all these things in Jesus\u2019 precious and powerful Name. \u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Give us faith to be strong Father, we are so weak Our bodies are fragile and weary As we stagger and stumble to walk where You lead Give us faith to be strong Give us faith to be strong Give us strength to be faithful This life is not long, but it&#8217;s hard Give us 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