Praying for stronger faith for you! Keep reading and studying the Bible....God reveals Himself in His Word, through other Christians, and even in nature. Building your faith will take time and effort...but it will happen. Seek and you shall find.
You may be feeling panic right now and it's making it hard to concentrate. So first, I pray that His peace will descend upon you so you can be calm and think about what you are reading in the Word plus how you are to respond to this illness.
Death is not to be feared for those who believe in Jesus and knows what comes afterward. Sometimes it takes a crisis to make us really start to pursue the Truth and think about what happens after death. There is no guarantee that we'll live another day or another hour. Any of us can die in a accident of some kind and it will be over in an instant. Rather horrifying to think about but it's reality. All of those poor people on that missing plane had no idea about what was about to happen (....praying for them and their families).
It's hard to think about an illness as a blessing but there's two things that it will provide us with: first, the reality that we can, and will eventually, die; second, the hope that there is something more. Hallelujah, there is much more
. This earthly life we've been given is our opportunity to get things right with the Lord so we can spend eternity with Him. This body will someday disintegrate...yet our soul will remain. Sometimes, it takes a crisis for us to begin to seriously think about what this means.
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Matthew 6:19-21
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[SUP]19 [/SUP]“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. [SUP]20 [/SUP]But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. [SUP]21 [/SUP]For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
This spiritual growth can be for your family too. Do you attend church? Hearing the Word preached, singing worship songs, praying with other believers will strengthen you like nothing else will
. And you will be fulfilling the obligation of a father to lead his family into the truth and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ
. They will be comforted and so will you.
Praying for your healing and especially for the guidance and comfort of the Holy Spirit. Be encouraged! God has your best interest in mind...and making the choice to believe, always, that He is a loving God, no matter what happens here on earth, will give you that strong faith that you desire. He will honor your request because nothing pleases Him more than the true desire to know Him
.
