REMAINING ROCK SOLID IN OUR FAITH!

 

REMAINING ROCK SOLID!=

(In our Faith)

 

AS WE AGE=things

Get tougher and tougher=the CHALLENGES

Get tougher and tougher

 

And it is=UP TO US

To STAY even closer to God=to stay

ROCK SOLID=in our faith=and in prayer

To get through=from day to day

REMAINING ROCK SOLID!=in our faith

 

“……..the winds blew=and buffeted the HOUSE

But it did not collapse=it had been set

SOLIDLY ON ROCK”                                                                                                               Mattthew 7:25

 

Our houses=OUR HOMES=won’t collapse

IF they are built solidly=and

We won’t collapse either=WHEN

The challenges to our faith comes

 

Not if our FAITH IS SOLID

Not if=we are BUILT on

The gifts of the Holy Spirit=like

Counsel and wisdom=and

ALL of the other gifts

 

We must GROUND OURSELVES=every day

By PRAYING=to the Holy Father God

And to His Son=Jesus Christ

REMAINING ROCK SOLID!=in our Faith

 

“Nevertheless=God’s SOLID FOUNDATION

Stands firm=sealed with this inscription=

 

‘The Lord knows those=who are his’=and

‘Everyone who confesses=the name=of the Lord

Must turn away from wickedness’”                                                                                          2 Timothy 2:19

 

What we need to be=is to

BE living=the FRUITS of God=living off

The fruits of his SPIRIT=that keeps us

ROCK SOLID in Christ and in his=HOLY FATHER GOD

 

“Create in me=a pure heart=O God=

And renew a STEADFAST SPIRIT=within me”                                                                            Psalm 51:10

 

“I live=in a high

And holy place=but also

With the one=who is contrite=and

LOWLY IN SPIRIT

 

To receive=the SPIRIT=of the lowly=and

To revive the heart=of the contrite”                                                                                   Isaiah 57:15

 

“But the fruit=of the SPIRIT=is love

Joy=peace=forbearance=kindness=goodness

Faithfulness=gentleness=and self-control=

Against such things=there is no law”                                                                                     Galatians 5:22-23

 

IF we are living in=and with

THE FRUITS of the spirit=we are ROCK SOLID

In our faith=and we are indeed BUILT

ON a solid foundation=and able to withstand

Almost anything

 

“See=I lay a stone=in Zion

A tested stone=a precious stone for

A SURE FOUNDATION

 

The one=who relies on it

Will never=be stricken with panic”                                                                              Isaiah 28:16

 

We are aging=and worldly things

Are crumbling=before our eyes

BUT=if we are built

 

On God’s love=built on

THE FRUITS=of the SPIRIT=we will

REMAIN ROCK SOLID!=(In our Faith)

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our FOREVER LIVING=forever loving

FOREVER FAITHFUL=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman         11-12-2023

Ps       INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Kate Wicker