Friday Writing by Kelly Dobyns......1/13/17

Good Morning

Today's writing is by Kelly Dobyns and is titled, "Faith in Action."  The theme concerns how a person faces challenges as she journeys through faith and hope and at times finds herself stuck in the ways of the world. "It is no longer acceptable to have faith for a moment, a day, or even a week….I must have it constantly and continually.  When I do this the hope will come.  The new life living in faith and hope will take me to the life I want of freedom….freedom living in the love of God.  Loving myself and my life as God has intended me to do."

Have a great day and a lovely weekend.

God bless
Corinne & Kelly
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Today's Devotional

"Faith in Action"

Through him you believe in God, 
who raised him from the dead and glorified him, 

and so your faith and hope are in God.

1 Peter 1:21 

NIV 

Yes, I believe in God, therefore, I am holding onto this scripture.  My faith and hope are in God.  Prior to this I had been holding on to so many ways of this world that are not the most amazing things to hold on to.  I know now that holding on to these worldly possessions are causing me to be stuck where I am.  I have a few days of being unstuck and then I back track again; present problem being my lack of commitment to faith and hope.

Faith in Action

Now faith is confidence 

in what we hope for 

and assurance about 

what we do not see.

Hebrews 11:1 

NIV

That is the struggle that I have.  It is really hard for me to feel confident in something that I can not see.  It has been my pattern of learning and trusting thus far in my life to see, feel, and do a thing in order to be confident in it and do it well.  So my new pattern to learn is to read and trust in my bible and what it teaches me about faith; the faith to have the hope to get me to the other side of this struggle.  It is no longer acceptable to have faith for a moment, a day, or even a week….I must have it constantly and continually.  When I do this the hope will come.  The new life living in faith and hope will take me to the life I want of freedom….freedom living in the love of God.  Loving myself and my life as God has intended me to do.

We are foreigners 

and strangers in your sight,
as were all our ancestors.
Our days on earth 

are like a shadow, 

without hope.

1 Chronicles 29:15 

NIV 

So as we begin a new year, I as well, will begin a new lifestyle; a lifestyle of living continually with faith and hope.

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Here is an uplifting graphic

for you to think about.

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Prayers are lifted up daily for 

you by the Devotional Writers 

and the Monthly Writing Staff

of Women's Focus Ministries.

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