{"id":28079,"date":"2024-12-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=28079"},"modified":"2024-12-31T10:49:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T09:49:12","slug":"about-your-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2024\/12\/28\/about-your-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"About Your Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-28079-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dec-28.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dec-28.mp3\">http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dec-28.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John 17:<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9,11<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cMy prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you\u2026 Holy Father, you have given me your name; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We took a break to receive God\u2019s gift for us at Christmas, the gift of His Son. It takes faith (believing) to receive God\u2019s gift for us. It is all about faith, your faith. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/luk.22.31-32\">Luke 22:<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">31-32<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">each of you<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like wheat. But I have <\/span><\/i><b><i>pleaded in prayer for you<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Simon, that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen your brothers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d (emphasis added). I want you to pay attention to this scripture. Jesus revealed that satan asked to sift eleven of them, but Jesus pleaded for Simon. Wait a minute! Satan took permission to sift all the disciples, but Jesus prayed for only one of them. What does that tell you? That tells us that faith is both personal and collective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If God can take care of \u2018the Peters\u2019, then \u2018the Peters\u2019 will take care of the rest. And that is how it works. In fact, there was something that the Holy Spirit said to me repeatedly for a season. He spoke to me in Yoruba and said, \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One good head affects (brings good to) multitudes\u2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And he showed me different things in different areas. And I see this truth stand out again in this scripture. Bartholomew\u2019s faith was tied to Peter&#8217;s faith. Thaddaeus\u2019 faith was tied to Peter\u2019s faith. If Philip was going to do well, Peter must do well. Can you see how these things work? So, when Peter was having his challenge, if Philip had said, \u2018It is your challenge, Peter, so you deal with it.\u2019 Philip would have been shooting himself in the foot because as it goes with Peter, so will it be for Phillip. It was too late to say I do not want to have anything to do with Peter, or I do not want to have anything to do with Jesus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peter will be strengthened (say Amen). The pack will be strengthened (say Amen). That is how it works. So, all the attack on the other F&#8217;s is all about your faith. The attack on your family is not about your family, it is about your faith. The attack on your finances is not about your finances, it is about your faith. The attack on your fitness, your health is not about your fitness (your health), it is about your faith. The attack on your farm is not about your farm, it is all about your faith. So, do not get it twisted, because if your faith does not fail, your family can be rebuilt. If your family is attacked, and you do not lose your faith, your family can be rebuilt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your finances are under attack, and you do not lose your faith, you can rebuild your finances. That is how it works.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Prayer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Father, I pray for myself and Your children reading this devotional today that our faith will be strengthened, our faith will not fail, in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 17:9,11 \u201cMy prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you\u2026 Holy Father, you have given me your name; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are.\u201d &nbsp; We took a break to receive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,2103,152,2203,23,2519,1662,309,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acknowledge-god","category-act-on-it","category-action","category-activate","category-faith","category-faith-speaks","category-faith-filled","category-faithful","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28079"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28115,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28079\/revisions\/28115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}