The Integrity of God's Word

This is one of my favorite chapters of E.W.Kenyon's Book "The Two Kinds of Faith" written in the 1940's. Enjoy
Chapter I
THE BASIS FOR FAITH
THIS faith business has me whipped", said a young man the other day.
"The pastor preached on it Sunday. He didn't tell me how to get faith, but he told me the necessity of it, told what it could do.
"He quoted those wonderful sentences from the lips of the Master, 'All things are possible to him that believeth.' 'If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed . . . . '
"I have tried to get it. I have done everything that I knew or anyone else could tell me, but it seems to be so elusive. Can you tell me where the difficulty lies?"
I liked him. He was so frank, so genuine. The distress in his eyes challenged me.
I said to him, "Faith comes through the Word of God.
"You have faith in the man for whom you work ; if he promises you a raise in your salary, you wouldn't question it.
"You have faith in the bank where you do business. If they told you that your account was overdrawn, you wouldn't question it.
"You know that you and your word are one. You are back of your word, back of every word that you promise.
"God and His Word are one. God is back of every Word that He promises. Not only is He back of it, but His throne is back of His Word.
"He said, 'I watch over my Word to perform it.'

"He is a business man. He knows that His Word is the foundation of everything, so He stands back of it.
"Jesus said, 'Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall never pass away.'
"This is the thing that gives faith . . . the integrity of this Word."
"Faith comes by hearing the Word, understanding it, by it becoming a part of us.
"I am going to say a hard thing. I am sure you will understand me. Lying and deceit and dishonesty are the badges of the world.
"We see it in international relationship between nations.
"They have their secret service men listening in everywhere, robbing each other of blueprints of warships, etc., until there is no chance of security anywhere.
"This is the reason for our unbelief. The air is pregnant with it. When we come up against the Word of God which cannot lie and cannot be challenged, somehow or other we are unprepared to accept it.
"Satan is a liar and he is the god of this world.
"Jesus came as a Revelation of Truth. He is the only one who ever made men become honest, when to tell the truth meant that they would be burned at the stake.
"Here we see the foundation of this Faith. You come to know Jesus through the word. He introduces you to the Father.
"Then you begin to act on the Word, to test it out, as it were.
"After a bit you will find that acting on what Jesus said, or the Father said, becomes as natural as acting on the word of the man for whom you are working."
He said after careful thought, "Thank you. I believe I have learned something I have never seen before."
One Foundation
There is but one foundation for Faith, the Living Word.
As we become one with the Word in our actions, then faith becomes an unconscious reality.
You never think of your Faith, you only think of the need and His ability to meet it.
If you wish faith to grow and become robust and strong, soak in the Word, feed on it, meditate on it, until you become one with it in the sense that you are one with your business.
Find out what you are in Christ, what your privileges are, what He thinks of you, what He says of you.
You will find all this in the Word.

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How Can I Get Moving?

In Ecclesiastes 11: verse 4 Solomon writes
"If you worry about the weather and don't plant seeds, you won't harvest a crop." There is wise advice here on how to get motivated. Usually fear and worry stop us in our lives. But Good Action can cure us.We must act in the face of bad weather. We must do whats right, because its right, and Do IT Right. That is Excellence. Remember the principle "Decision creates energy". I have used these ideas consistently in my life to accomplish the goals and dreams that I have had. And when I am worrying about the weather, looking at the clouds,mesmerized by the problem, I ended up UN motivated -kinda BLAH. But when I ACTED in the face of bad weather, and sowed my seeds, I reaped in due time - a harvest of desired harvests. "You will reap what you sow". Knowledge acted upon is POWER. Get Moving !

A Redemption Poem

When God placed man in Eden,
Amid the glories there, He gave him full dominion,
Put all beneath his care; No curse rests on the garden,
No sin nor pain was known, Death had not cursed creation,
Nor taught its lips to moan.
Then came the mighty tempter.
Up from his dread domain. To curse God's fair creation,
Give birth to sin and pain; The man yields to temptation,
And filled with treason's blight, He sells his vast possessions,
Then all is plunged in night.
Man's driven from the garden,
With no approach to God, Save through bleeding sacrifice,
Whose blood flows o'er the sod; For man is dead in spirit,
And Satan rules o'er him; Then thru this curst relation
Man's sorrows reach the brim.
When driven out of Eden,
By justice's awful rod, A promise then was given,
Of Christ — Incarnate God, Who'd break the rule of Satan,
The claims of justice pay, Restore the lost Creation,
Bring in Millennial Day.

Promise by E.W. Kenyon

Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude at Work

A Restaurant's #1 Dish

A restaurant's best dish should be ---CARING. My dad taught me this. His name is Joe Italiano. THE Joe Italiano. He is the reason The Maplewoods (1,2 & 3)are successful today. And the one thing he did , ALWAYS , was care about the customer. Oh he could cook too. If there was a problem with a meal, we would fix it. We even will drive to a Take-Out customers house if we forgot to put a salad or something in their bag. Many times as I cooked side by side with him, he would say "you can't serve that" and would show me proper CARE for the food and customer. One of our favorite sayings is "You can teach 'em to cook but you can't teach 'em to care". We only hire cooks who "care". That may be the reason for the Maplewood's popularity.

5 Books That Have Changed My Life

1. The Holy Bible : NO other Book has the Power to change a life as this does !
2. Dream Seeds : By Mike Murdock
3. The Search For Significance : By Robert S. McGee
4. The Bondage Breaker : By Neil T. Anderson
5. Simple Steps to Impossible Dreams : By Steven K. Scott
Although my Personal Library has thousands of Books , these are five that at one time in my life have been like a River of Life to me.

Is Life a Marathon ?

The long-term approach to life is helpful in the midst of life's daily ups and downs. But Focused, Deliberate, Massive Action--The Sprint --is also needed to accomplish much of anything. Wisdom is the ability to use knowledge. Use both a long-term view with consistent BURSTS of Action. Remember that Decision Creates Energy.

Hello world!

I want to share my thought of the day.  **Nothing is ever the way it first appears**. You can't always trust your senses. Did you ever FEEL scared? FEEL sad? We walk by faith and not by the senses. Faith in facts. The Best source of facts is the Word Of God - commonly called the Bible. My life is built on the rock! Yours can be too.