It needs to be said again and again because it keeps being ignored again and again. We have these great and precious promises and in order to see each one of them in our lives we get on the path set before us and walk it out.
All kinds of tribulations from this world., the flesh and the devil will come., Jesus promised that we need to be aware of this AND to mostly be aware that we are to be of good cheer He has overcome the world...the flesh and the devil.
How do we see anything Jesus has for us? By grace through faith. It begins at the time of our salvation. From there we learn about Jesus and what this so great a salvation is by the things we go through and how we keep learning to keep going to Him in and through the new creation we are in Christ and the Holy Spirit who leads, comforts, teaches., guides us into all truth. learning as we go about the love of God in Christ and what it means for us each day.
No one has said here that if you are sick you don't have enough faith.... If you have tribulation you don't have enough faith., if you can't pay the bills you don't have enough faith., if you are dealing with depression you don't have enough faith., if you are not sure how to proceed in life choices you don't have enough faith. I don't agree with those who do say this because these are things we all to some degree deal with each day.
I'm daily learning to walk in the truth and the promises Jesus paid for me to have and it takes me time to walk it out by faith each day. None of us have arrived 100% But I see there are things to learn to access by faith each day. And each day by faith the Bible says we are to prove what is that GOOD and ACCEPTABLE and PERFECT WILL OF GOD.
It takes time for us to grow in that each day. Each day we are supposed to be being transformed by the renewing of our minds so that we each INDIVIDUALLY in the power of the Holy Spirit prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2
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2 [/SUP]Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].
And may as well post a few more verses in this chapter in Romans 12
I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship.
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2 [/SUP]Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].
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3 [/SUP]For by the grace (unmerited favor of God) given to me I warn everyone among you not to estimate and think of himself more highly than he ought [not to have an exaggerated opinion of his own importance], but to rate his ability with sober judgment, each according to the degree of faith apportioned by God to him.
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4 [/SUP]For as in one physical body we have many parts (organs, members) and all of these parts do not have the same function or use,
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5 [/SUP]So we, numerous as we are, are one body in Christ (the Messiah) and individually we are parts one of another [mutually dependent on one another].
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6 [/SUP]Having gifts (faculties, talents, qualities) that differ according to the grace given us, let us use them: [He whose gift is] prophecy, [let him prophesy] according to the proportion of his faith;
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7 [/SUP][He whose gift is] practical service, let him give himself to serving; he who teaches, to his teaching;
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8 [/SUP]He who exhorts (encourages), to his exhortation; he who contributes, let him do it in simplicity and liberality; he who gives aid and superintends, with zeal and singleness of mind; he who does acts of mercy, with genuine cheerfulness and joyful eagerness.
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9 [/SUP][Let your] love be sincere (a real thing); hate what is evil [loathe all ungodliness, turn in horror from wickedness], but hold fast to that which is good.
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10 [/SUP]Love one another with brotherly affection [as members of one family], giving precedence and showing honor to one another.
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11 [/SUP]Never lag in zeal and in earnest endeavor; be aglow and burning with the Spirit, serving the Lord.
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12 [/SUP]Rejoice and exult in hope; be steadfast and patient in suffering and tribulation; be constant in prayer.
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13 [/SUP]Contribute to the needs of God’s people [sharing in the necessities of the saints]; pursue the practice of hospitality.
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14 [/SUP]Bless those who persecute you [who are cruel in their attitude toward you]; bless and do not curse them.
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15 [/SUP]Rejoice with those who rejoice [sharing others’ joy], and weep with those who weep [sharing others’ grief].
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16 [/SUP]Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty (snobbish, high-minded, exclusive), but readily adjust yourself to [people, things] and give yourselves to humble tasks. Never overestimate yourself or be wise in your own conceits.
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17 [/SUP]Repay no one evil for evil, but take thought for what is honest and proper and noble [aiming to be above reproach] in the sight of everyone.