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KEEP THE FAITH ANYHOW Now Showing: Week 1 Week 1 (March 1st-7th) | Week 2 (March 8th-14th) | Week 3 (March 16th-21st) | Week 4 (March 22th-28th) | Week 5 (March 29th-31st)
March 31st: Keep the faith anyhow - I am looking for divine completeness. Amen. Assignment: For the next seven days affirm your faith by declaring at the start of each day that, in challenges present and in challenges to come, you will keep the faith anyhow! March 30th: Reaffirm your faith - God we believe in You, trust You and trust everything that we have to You. Assignment: Declare to someone that you trust everything to God! Then determine whether you believe what you say. Pray for grace and strength to entrust those things that you are not so sure about. March 29th: Resolve in your faith - Some things, God, have been going on too long and we have been carrying them too long. But I can hear You saying that it is finished and there is to be no more crying about this. Assignment: Bring to mind a situation that a family member or close friend has shared with you that has been burdening you for quite some time. Pray for the situation and affirm God’s presence in the situation. Then arrange a time to share with your relative or friend what you have been feeling, what you have done and ask them to pray with you to declare that crying and agonizing are over and thank God for faith to believe that things are working out to God’s glory.
March 28th: Reclaim in your faith - We are looking for restoration in our bodies, spirits, on our jobs, in our homes and in our livelihoods. Assignment: From the above areas, name one aspect in which you desire God’s intervention in your life, to restore what is broken or out of order in your life. Read Jeremiah 29:13 and write a prayer that extols God for being God; tells God what you are seeking to change; and then gives thanks for God’s divine order being established in your life. March 27th: Release to your faith - So we will give You (God) everything that we worried about and let You (God) go ahead and handle it. Assignment: Name one aspect of your personality that you know does not reflect you as the person God created you to be. Write a prayer thanking God for creating you; thank God for revealing what needs to change in your life; and thank God in advance for the opportunities to be the “new” you, to His glory.
March 26th: Rest in your faith - There are some things that kept worrying our minds, so much so that we lost sleep at night. We are not going to lose anymore sleep because you never sleep nor slumber. Assignment: Describe the last situation that kept you up all night, unable to sleep. What finally changed that you were able to sleep? On an index card, write Psalm 121 and keep it handy to pray before going to bed with a worry.
March 25th: Exercise your faith - There are some relationships that we held on to that need to be severed. Assignment: Write the name one person in your life who does not speak life to you; the name of someone who always leaves you feeling you are someone other than who you are in Christ; the name of the person who often causes you to have to remind yourself that you do not desire to be the person you are when you are with him/her. Write down what drives you to remain in each relationship and then pray about whether it is worth compromising who you are in Christ by continuing to hold on and give thanks for showing you the way out of toxic relationships?
March 24th: Loose your faith - Don’t talk about what the church is not doing; it is up to you to keep the faith. In the end, you cannot blame anyone but yourself if you turn your faith loose. Assignment: Recall the last time that you didn’t feel like going to church because your burden was too heavy. If you went anyhow, how did you feel about having gone and about the situation after leaving the worship service? If you didn’t go, how did you feel about the situation at the end of the day? Which was the wiser choice?
March 23rd: Renew your faith - In prayer thank God that you have kept the faith thus far and inscribe in your mind that you are going to keep the faith anyhow. Assignment: W rite a prayer of thanksgiving for a recent situation in which you did not give in or give up because of who you are in Christ. Include in the prayer thanksgiving for the strength given to you that kept you through the situation. Then write your promise to remember how God has kept you and that you will turn to the Lord and keep the faith anyhow, in challenges yet to come.
March 22nd: Rewarding faith - Your faith is going to be tried. It is going to be tested…God perfects us and makes us stronger in the struggle and exalts us in due time. Assignment: Write down 5 spiritual disciplines. Circle 2 that you practice regularly. Place an asterisk next to the one that you will pray and read about, to begin practice. Invite a close friend to join you in practicing the new discipline.
Week 3 March 21st: Reassuring faith - Strength comes when you find joy despite your struggle. When you come out on the other side, you will be stronger than you have ever been in your life. Assignment: What challenge are you currently facing that you faced many times before? How are you handling the difficulty differently better this time than in the previous times? Give God thanks for strength to endure and the reassurance that you will come through faster and better than the last time(s).
March 20th: Everlasting faith - The Word of the Lord is a strong power. It is everlasting and eternal and will be here when this world is no more. Assignment: Write down the passage of scripture that conveys the promise to you that you will make it through whatever you are faced with now?
March 19th: Trusting faith - What Satan really wants is your faith, so cling to it. Faith simply means that you trust God. You trust Him through thick and through thin. Assignment: What struggle do you need to see the Lord to move in your life now? What about your faith walk described in Day 18 will encourage you now?
March 18th: Motivating Faith - The enemy wants you sad, depressed and down. But he does not understand that greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. Assignment: What is the most recent situation or circumstance that you seemed to have no idea if or how it would work out, and yet it did? What did you do that demonstrates that you were walking by faith until it was resolved? Tell the Lord “Thank You” for seeing you through.
March 17th: Faith to discern - This is the best time in your life to be alive, but you’ve got to make up your mind to praise Him anyhow. You’ve got to tell your flesh to sit down and ask the Spirit to rise up because as long as you keep praising God, it will confuse the enemy. Assignment: Write down your response to this thought -- right now life would be so much better, if it were not for what? Next, write down the one thing in life that really makes a difference for you. Now, write a prayer of thanksgiving for the one thing that makes the difference in your life.
March 16th: Faith to speak - If you keep the faith anyhow, you should be able to tell the devil that he can do what he wants, but you are going to praise God any how. This is your time to be encouraged, pushed, strengthened and stretched. Assignment: Using the same situation identified in Day 15, what do you find in the word of God that gives you needed encouragement, courage or strength to move or “be” in a way that you never before imagined you could stand. Write it down and put it in your pocket for the next time. Then tell someone about the promise that secured your new place in faith.
March 15th: Faith to praise - So, when you look at the reflection of your life, regardless of what you think you look like or what your situation looks like, your response to your life should be to praise the Lord anyhow. Assignment: What did you do that you quickly realized that you had acted out of character, showing yourself quite unlike the person you know yourself to be. What present situation could take you there again, if you wanted? Give God a praise (even in advance) for a new you who will not respond in the same manner as before.
March 14th: Faith to rest - God will keep you in perfect peace if you just keep the faith anyhow. Assignment: Reflect on the last time you remained calmness and clear thinking when everything around you would have otherwise had you spinning out of control? Write a testimony telling what it means to have the peace of God that passes all understanding. Let a family member and a friend read it. Then, pray for the Spirit to show you someone who needs to read or hear your testimony and share it with them.
March 13th: Faith to Assignment: Can you name the nine attributes of the fruit of the Spirit? Which are present in your life? How do you know? When was the last time someone affirmed the presence of the Spirit through your presence (fruit). How did it make you feel? What area in your life is God growing you to bear good fruit?
March 12th: Faith to Assignment: Are you aware of your spiritual gift(s)? Can you name one? In what way are you developing that gift and using it in the work of ministry? Knowing that the Spirit is not stagnant, have you been doing the same thing out of habit? What steps have you taken to see where the Spirit is leading you to work?
March 11th: Faith to look up - God is able and it is because He is able that we have to keep the faith anyhow. To keep from falling, you cannot look to Congress or the Feds; you have to look up higher. You have to look to God. Assignment: Reflect on the last time you prayed a prayer of faith, asking for forgiveness and pouring out of your heart what you believe is possible in life only through the power of God. How did that affect how you are handling a present situation?
March 10th: Faith with saving Power - The doxology found in Jude 1:24 gives us the prayer, Assignment: What does it mean to you to know that through your faith in Christ you are forgiven of sin and the penalty of death, that Jesus intercedes on your behalf even now as you pray and that He will vouch for you before God, securing your eternal life?
March 9th: Faith with keeping power - He is able to keep, save, deliver, heal, lift, help and guide you. He is able to direct you and give you a new chance. He is able to wipe the slate clean. Assignment: Write a prayer thanking God for His mercy that held you and directed you safely – giving you life and new start. Tell 3 people about what it means to receive God’s mercy.
March 8th: Faith with changing power - The Lord is able to do exceeding, abundantly, above all that you could ask or think according to the power that works in Him. Assignment: What was the situation in which you responded in a way that you later realized (or now realize) was the “new” you because of the Spirit of God? How long did it take you to realize you had responded differently? Did you thank God for the change in you? Thank Him again.
March 7th: Faith with power to share - When you use the word able, it means that the Lord can do anything by His power through you. Assignment: What was the last thing you said or did to help someone, knowing that it was not done through your own initiation, wit or power? What was the person’s response? How did it make you feel? Did you thank God for using you?
March 6th: Faith with Holy Ghost power - Keep the faith anyhow, because there are people who take the anointing seriously and do not just come to church because of a meeting. These people believe in praying and fasting. They believe in deliverance, sanctification and justification. Assignment: Write down the names of the persons God has placed in your life with whom you can share and rely on to encourage, instruct and/or support your spiritual growth and work in ministry. Which person fills while role(s)? Don’t forget to thank God by calling each of their names in prayer.
March 5th: Faith that upholds - In life, there will be events that will disappoint you and sometimes your closest friends and family will disappoint you. They will let you down, but you can still keep the faith anyhow. Assignment: What was the last situation that you were disappointed by the response of a family member or close friend? How has that situation affected your relationship with them? Write a prayer asking God for forgiveness for you and the other person and ask for Him to restore the relationship.
March 4th: Faith that sustains - If you keep the faith anyhow, God will keep food on your table, clothes on your back and money coming in. God will bless you going out and coming in, but you have to keep the faith anyhow. Assignment: Tell two people about a time in your life when you know that only the grace and mercy of God provided your daily need.
March 3rd: Faith that perseveres - When you are at your wit’s end and you keep the faith anyhow God will bring you through. Assignment: Write down a scripture that tells of God’s promise to bring you through.
March 2nd: Faith that makes room for God - It is when we are at our wit’s end and we keep the faith anyhow that God steps in. Assignment: Write a prayer of thanksgiving to God for being present with you in your life’s journey.
March 1st: Faith that expects the unexpected - The Bible teaches us that if we keep the faith anyhow when we are at our wit’s end, our faith allows God to do something supernatural in our midst. Assignment: What do recall as the first supernatural thing you saw God do? What was the most recent supernatural thing you saw God do? What supernatural thing are you believing God to manifest in your life? Write it down.
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