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"May be my faith is not strong enough, that is why I still do not see any change"
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2Corinthians 4:18 "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."
2Corinthians 4:13 "We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;"
Faith is the spirit in all children of God and the spirit of faith is the fullness of faith. I have the fullness of faith because I have spirit of faith.
2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Every child of God is able to live by faith through God.
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
The faith that lived in Christ and not just my own faith also lives in me.
Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
I have been made righteous and boldness is an expression of faith.
1Corinthians 12:9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
The source of faith lives inside me because the Spirit of faith lives in me
Romans 10:17 "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
The word of God produces the faith of God. I have sufficient faith because I am born of the word.
Ephesians 1:3 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:"
Heavenly faith is the highest kind of faith. Faith is one of the spiritual blessings I have been blessed with. This faith is a heavenly one.
Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,"
The existence and work of God's faith in me is not rooted in the power of my mind but in the power of God.
Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
Because I have the image of the creator of all things I can create all things.
Psalm 82:6 "
I have the seed and power to express God.
Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Faith is a good thing and walking in love is walking uprightly I can access faith by walking in love.
1Corinthians 10:13 "There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it."
God will ensure that I have enough faith to get whatever is needful for me.
"Why is this keeping soo long I can't wait for this"
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Isaiah 40:31 "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."
Any good thing which has to be waited for comes with it better things that you will not have to wait for
Habakkuk 2:3 "
James 1:4 "But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing."
Ecclesiastes 7:8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
What is to be waited for comes with it a reward worth waiting for
Romans 2:7 "To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life:"
Psalm 37:9 "For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth."
Patience is the key to successful governance on this earth because this earth is governed by time and patience is the evidence of the mastery of time
"If I don't get this, no one else must get it"
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Philippians 2:3 ,3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.,4 "Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.",5 "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:"
The mind of Christ we have received in Christ always seeks the best of others without regard to self.
Psalm 40:14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
Wishing evil for others will only end me in shame and backwardness.
1Corinthians 12:26 "And whether one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it."
It is to my advantage if others get what I don't get because in so doing I never lose any blessing because I always share in whatever blessing they have through my connection to them in the spirit of love which lives in the body of Christ. What I don't get directly can be gotten indirectly through others
"I don't have the patience to wait for this"
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Luke 8:15 "
Patience is needed to produce fruits from God's word.And it is by God's word that man lives-
Deuteronomy 8:3 "And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you knew not, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD does man live."
"I can't tolerate him any longer"
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Ephesians 4:2 "With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;"
The presence of the Holy Spirit in my life is the strength in me to tolerate
Galatians 5:22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,"
"I will be happy if things will speed up"
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1Peter 3:8 "Finally, be all of one mind, having compassion one with another, love as brethren, be tender hearted, be courteous:"
Romans 9:16 "So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."
Acts 1:7 "And he said unto them,
James 1:3 ,3 "Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience.",4 "But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing."
Isaiah 28:16 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD,
"God is all powerful, why doesn't He address my issues quickly"
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Hebrews 10:35 "Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense of reward."
God works according to how consistent your faith in His pwer is which faith must be perfected through trials and tests till it is fit to effectively and efficiently conduct the power of God.
James 1:2 ,2 "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials;",3 "Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience.",4 "But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing."
James 1:12 "Blessed is the man that endures trial: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him."
"I will stop this church/group because of this attitude the leader/this thing"
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Romans 8:14 "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
Colossians 3:13 "Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do you."
1Corinthians 13:7 "Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
Galatians 5:22 ,22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,",23 "Meekness, self-control: against such there is no law."
Matthew 5:13 "
I have been designed by God to solve problems and not to run away from them
Matthew 5:14 ,14
"Even if I will succeed in this, it will take a very long time, I don't have time"
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Psalm 62:11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs unto God.
Zechariah 4:6 "Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
Romans 8:14 "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
Psalm 18:32 "It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect."
2Peter 3:8 "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"
"I am not seeing much result in this, why should I continue"
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Hebrews 6:12 "That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
Hebrews 10:35 ,35 "Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense of reward.",36 "For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise."
Galatians 6:9 "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
Hebrews 6:15 "And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise."
Job 8:7 "Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end should greatly increase."
Zechariah 4:10 "
"I must finish this thing before this time"
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Romans 8:14 "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"
Zechariah 4:6 "Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
Psalm 62:11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs unto God.
James 4:14 ,14 "Whereas you know not what shall be tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.",15 "For you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we shall live, and do this, or that."
"Am I not better than this person, why was he/she chosen"
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2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Zechariah 4:6 "Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
Psalm 118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
1Samuel 2:9 "He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail."
Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.
1Corinthians 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
"Why does God not punish the wicked and reward the righteous instantly"
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Matthew 13:28 ,28 "
The seeming delay of God's judgment upon the wicked is to preserve the righteous
Ecclesiastes 2:26 "For God gives to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping up, only that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping of the wind."
The seeming delay of God's judgment is to ensure that the wicked work for the righteous
2Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
James 1:4 "But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing."
"I can't tolerate people who don't agree with me"
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Colossians 3:13 "Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do you."
Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.
"I don't have the patience for this"
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Hebrews 6:12 "That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
Galatians 5:22 ,22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,",23 "Meekness, self-control: against such there is no law."
James 1:4 "But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing."
"This thing is good, but it will take a long time and I don't have time to wait"
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Hebrews 6:12 "That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
Galatians 5:22 ,22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,",23 "Meekness, self-control: against such there is no law."
James 1:4 "But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing."
To the degree I look at the 'seen' to same degree I will feel inadequate in my faith.