![]() I’m learning to call out to God and just basically walk around the house telling him my feelings. It’s been since January since my husband left and this year has been a roller coaster ride of emotions for me. I have the same struggle as you, Betty Jo. I’m ready for the mountain moving, giant slaying, bold believing faith that God intended all along! In Take Hold of the Faith You Long For: Let Go, Move Forward, and Live Bold you’ll see how to ignite your faith as never before. Let’s get unstuck from mediocre faith and take hold of all that God has done for us and put in us! No more spiritual couch potato for me. What is one thing that you are having trouble letting go of that you know God has called you to release? Leave a message and let’s share together. Help me let go of everything that holds me hostage to a life that’s less than You intended and take hold of a life that’s more than I imaged. I want to take hold of all that You have done for me and placed in me. Lord, I’m tired of being stuck in my faith. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to let go, move forward, and live bold! Will what? Will let go of all that holds them back and take hold of the promises that move them forward.Īnd when we learn how to do that, we will get unstuck from a mediocre faith and begin experiencing the bold believing, mountain moving, giant slaying faith that God intended all along. God’s power, provision, and purposes are for “whosoever will” (Mark 8:34 KJV). They had to know it, believe it, and act on it. ![]() He and the Israelites had to “set their feet” to conquer the land to grab hold of the promise that was theirs for the taking. God told Joshua about the Promised Land, “I will give you every place where you set your foot” (Josh. Let me say that again: know the truth, believe the truth, act on the truth. ![]() We must move from knowing the promise, to believing the promise, to taking hold of the promise through obedient action in order to make them a reality in our lives. That is how the greatest faith on earth becomes a reality. At the same time, I’ve let go of anything that holds me back. I’ve got to take hold of them with all the firmness of the trapeze artist grasping that second bar. I’ve discovered it’s not enough to know the promises of God in my head. When we grasp and make our own what Jesus has already done for us, and what He has deposited in us, our lives look very different than the tepid faith of the average churchgoer. When we take hold-grasp-and make our own all that Jesus had already taken hold of for us, we begin to experience life to the full-the faith we’ve always longed for. 3:12, emphasis added).Īnother version expresses the verse this way: “I press on to lay hold of (grasp) and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own” (AMPC). Paul wrote to the Philippians about how to keep moving forward and not get stuck in our faith, “I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me” (Phil. If she refuses to let go of the first bar after she grabs the second, she’ll be stuck hanging between the two platforms with hands clinging to both bars…stuck. Somersaults, backflips, and triple twists wow the crowd.Īnd each move requires the performer to let go of one bar and grab hold of another. Once she grabs hold, the crowd remembers to breathe. It is usually during the peak of the third swing when the performer releases the bar mid-air and grabs hold of another bar or second performer swinging toward her. She swings out once, swings back above the platform, and swings out again. She jumps off the perch and swings through the air. Have you ever watched a circus performer on a flying trapeze? An aerialist stands on a high platform while holding onto a tiny trapeze bar connected to a rope. Sometimes I feel like a trapeze artist who’s stuck hanging over the vast expanse in a circus tent, wondering why I can’t fly through the spiritual life with the greatest of ease like so many others seem to. Have you ever felt stuck in your faith? Like you can’t seem to grow any deeper? Stand any stronger? Believe any better? I know I have.
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