Vital Signs: Friday, February 14, 2025

Faith in Action

"But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you." - ‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭9‬-‭11‬ ‭NLT‬‬

We must pray, believing “God is,” for if “God is not,” there is no need to pray. However, because “God is,” it is only reasonable that we should pray—praying with the expectation of lassoing the promises of God and declaring them as our own.

"We take action because we are unburdened by doubt, fear, anxiety, tradition, and everything that comes against the knowledge of God. We are His disciples today. We are His apostles today. We act because we believe. We believe because He is faithful, His promises are true, and we trust Him."

—Excerpt from Understanding My Faith in Christ by William Kassler