Path Towards Faith

Photo by Nat Arnett "You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy." 1 Peter 1:8 When learning God's word we should feel joyful! Making studying, learning and sharing the word as a priority. It should never feel like a burden or dull to study scripture, because knowing God's love for us is amazing! As I have shared before when I told my family about my love and belief in God it brought me to tears both times. I was overcome with emotion, especially when I told my 14 year old, she hugged me and said she loved me. Which of course made me cry more, but it was a joyous loved filled cry and hug. Love among myself and my children believe it or not is nothing compared to the love that God has for us. We are commanded in scripture to love God and to love each other, it is one of the most important commandments. So how do we show our love for God? We show it by longing for pers

Today's versus were : Exodus 18:13-16 Deuteronomy 18:20-22 Matthew 13:24-30 Acts 17:11 1 Timothy 4:1-2 Jude 1:8-11 The focus of these were on  discernment  which has always been so important for me to really have a deep understanding of. Some thoughts that jumped out right away to me are to scrutinize all teachings against the word of God, beware of false teachings/teachers/prophets. A good working knowledge of Gods word will build up discernment against those things. "Judging" from the stance of Gods word is what we should be doing. "Condemning", saying who goes to hell, is not our place, that is for God to decide. Four questions to discern false teachings/prophets: 1. Does it recognize Jesus as the Son of God and only way to salvation? 2. Does the teaching agree with scripture? 3. If miracles are involved, do they bring glory to  God? 4. Is the teaching generally rejected by the world? "If something is popular it doesn't make it right. It's actual