Faith in God's Family

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Nov.03.06: Light for the Day - "Faith in God's Family"
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-- Hebrews 11:6
   And without Faith it is impossible to please God,
   because anyone who comes to Him must believe that
   He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

-- Romans 1:8, 17
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you,
   because your Faith is being reported all over the world.
17 For in the Gospel a righteousness from God is revealed,
     a righteousness that is by Faith from first to last, just as
     it is written: "The righteous will live by Faith." (Hab 2:4)

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God's Family

Faith? Faith in what I cannot see!
Faith in my invisible Lord?
Yes, Faith in His great promises,
When we are in one accord!

When I hear His still, small voice,
Speaking quietly from within,
I listen with all my heart,
And He will keep me far from sin.

He loves everything He created,
And He created everything:
He made man in His own image,
This holy. righteous King.

He trusts all who love Him,
And when we knock upon His door,
He is always waiting and ready,
To bless us even more.

Like any good father,
He wants what's best for us:
He has a plan that may take time,
We can't be impatient and fuss.

For when we finally look back,
And see the rivers we have crossed,
We will know beyond any doubt,
We were never really lost.

That is what real Faith is about,
Trusting, and waiting patiently,
And when the answers come,
We know we're part of God's family.

-- Eva Young

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-- Psalms 31:14
   But I had Faith in You, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

-- Psalms 100:5
   For the LORD is good and His love endures forever;
   His Faithfulness continues through all generations.

-- Colossians 1:3-6
3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
   when we Pray for you,
4 Because we have heard of your Faith in Christ Jesus
   and of the love you have for all God's people --
5 the Faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored
   up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about
   in the word of truth, the Gospel
6 that has come to you. All over the world this Gospel is bearing
   fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since
   the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth.

-- Philemon 1:3-7
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and
   the Lord Jesus Chris
4 I always thank my God as I remember you in my Prayers,
5 because I hear about your Faith in the Lord Jesus and
   your love for all God's people.
6 I Pray that you may be active in sharing your Faith, so that you will
   have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.
7 Your love has given me great joy and encouragement,
   because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of God's people.

-- Ephesians 2:8-10; 16-22
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through Faith --
   and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God --
9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to
     do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

16 Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God
     by means of His death, and our hostility toward each other
     was put to death.
17 He has brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles
     who were far away from Him, and to us Jews who were near.
18 Now all of us, both Jews and Gentiles, may come to the Father
      through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has
     done for us.
19 So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners.
     You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people.
     You are members of God’s Family.
20 We are His house, built on the foundation of the apostles
     and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus Himself.
21 We who believe are carefully joined together,
     becoming a holy temple for the Lord.
22 Through Him you Gentiles are also joined together as
     part of this dwelling where God lives by His Spirit.

-- Ephesians 4:4-7
4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in
   one Hope of your calling;
5 One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism;
6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all,
   and in you all.
7 However, He has given each one of us a special gift according
   to the generosity of Christ.

-- Ephesians 3:14-21
14 For this reason I kneel before the Father,
15 from whom His whole Family in heaven and on earth derives
     its Name.
16 I Pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you
     with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through Faith.
     And I Pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
18 may have power, together with all God's people, to grasp
     how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge --
     that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
20 Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we
     ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
21 to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout
     all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

-- 1 John 3:1
   How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should
   be called children of God! And that is what we are!
   The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

-- Galatians 6:9-10
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time
   we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people,
      especially to those who belong to the Family of Believers.