09/09/2025
Good Morning Beloved!
Yesterday, we were reminded that there is a fight of faith that goes on in the life of a believer. It's not a normal fight that the world is accustomed to. It's a fight to remain in faith. It's a fight to keep believing in Jesus and what He has done for us! It's a fight to keep believing we are healed and blessed even if our surroundings or circumstances say otherwise.
You see beloved, the enemy knows that once we believe and keep on believing, his days of destroying our lives are over. It was by faith that Sarah bore a child. It was by faith that Noah was able to build the ark. Impossible things happen when we believe. So what he will do is try to make us stop believing. He would send "lying" symptoms to make us doubt what we have heard. He will manipulate circumstances, even use people to make us stop believing. That is why our part is to fight the good fight of faith! Our part is to keep believing!
However, It's a fight we are not meant to fight with our own strength. Eventhough we are the ones who fight to keep believing, the Lord, in His grace towards us, has given us a sure way to win the fight. It is to simply hear and hear again the Words that Jesus preached to us! As we have received the faith by simply listening to the Good News of Grace being preached, we also keep the faith by listening again and again to the same message that brought the faith in the first place! As you hear and hear, faith effortlessly come to you and you find yourself fighting the good fight of faith!
There is nothing more restful than simply listening, Church! You can do it while you are stuck in traffic. You can do it while doing your chores. You can do it while you are walking or strolling. God has made it in such a way that it is easy and light. Do not listen for listening's sake. Listen attentively, munching on the beautiful truths that Jesus is telling you through the preacher! Hear Jesus through the preacher! Allow the message to quiet your hearts. Allow yourself to be filled and satisfied by the preaching of the Good News! You do not even need to listen to the whole message. Pick out the part that spoke to you and listen to it over and over again and see your faith rise up!
This is a mighty secret, beloved! This is a secret the Lord gave for winning the fight of faith! May we take advantage of it this week!
The Lord keep you and protect you - you and your whole household! The Lord make His face to shine upon you and be favorable towards you! God bless you Church!
Ptr. Paul Timothy Viray