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Mix With Faith

Hebrews 4:2 says,  'For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.' (NKJV) In this verse, we hear of many people hearing the gospel, however, the impact it had was not the same with everyone. This was not because of the quality of the preaching or because those hearing didn't understand. It was simply because those who saw no change in their life did not listen in faith. When the word of God is applied with faith, great things take place. We see this in the story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel 17 . Everyone in the army of Israel would have heard of the great things that God had done for them and the promises they were still yet to see, but all they could focus on was the great Goliath. David, however, didn't see a mighty warrior, his focus was on the Lord, and the fact that they were God's chosen people. He had not only heard of the great things that

Benefits of Walking in the Spirit

In our last post , we looked at what it means to walk in the spirit. Now let's look at the benefits of walking in the spirit We won't gratify the flesh:   Galatians 5:16-17    The only way to avoid walking in the flesh is to walk in the Spirit. The flesh wants to dominate but we can deny it its pleasure by walking in the spirit.  God's word is the spirit, and when we feed on it the flesh will be too weak to dominate us. We get peace: Peace comes from within us and the only way we can experience peace, is when we walk in the spirit, John 14:27 . Sometimes, when our mind is centred on the wrong thing, instead of Gods word, it makes us lose our peace. However, by walking in the spirit, we have peace even though the world is upside down. Peace is in the spirit. Our faith is put into action: Our faith works when we walk in the spirit. It is essential that we know that faith doesn't work with our senses. Faith is a spirit and works by the law of the spirit. Mark 11:24 , it&#