Mustard Seed Faith

Well, God is not a genie who grants every wish, and people ought to stop treating Him like one and really get to know Him. Gods will is the first on His list, not our desires or 'wants' because He is a good shepherd and we shall NOT want.
He has already given us all we need!
Its just people can be greedy and disobedient and desire more. Desire is just another name for lust.

The faith of a mustard seed...God has sown in our hearts. He doesnt give us a tree already grown. He starts small.
 
Matt 17:20 and Luke 17:6 discussion…. Start with a little faith of the right type and see where it gets you…

Jesus speaks of a believer needing only a small amount (as a mustard seed) of pure and doubtless faith that is sufficient for (the spirit of) God to acknowledge that our requests are sincere and acceptable. God will not accept a request that is tainted with the desires of the human spirit/ nature and the influences of the world. Our request must be genuine that means our faith must be genuine first. We come to God with the right mind, heart and spirit.

If we think we need more faith to get God to listen to our requests, then we usually are mistaken. The faith, however small or large, already given, if pure in heart, is sufficient – to ask and request of him and then to genuinely reciprocate and do God’s will that is his plan for us.
This is what God requires of us as a believer. How can we know and do God’s will if we cannot go to God in pure heart when we prayer and ask God for something?

We ask of the spirit of God for our desires. Usually these wants are obstacles in our lives. Things that bother us, especially over time. They are usually the chronic type that fester in our lives. God does not always give us what we want even those things that are #1 or #2 on our priority list. We therefore must continue in asking as we then do God’s will and his plan for our lives. God always knows what we want before we actually ask through prayer, words and in our thoughts.

When Jesus replied to his disciples that they had little faith, he meant they had insufficient pure heartfelt faith that would minimally register with (the spirit of) God, to do anything or perform any activity.

Over time, this genuine faith we will grow, as we have demonstrated to God that we are pure in heart in our faith and trust him without question as an innocent child; then we are willing to obey and do God’s will, even more.
In Christ always,

APAK
Small Faith , big faith, strong faith weak faith is in the hand of the individual.
We are All given Thee Measure of Faith and what we do with it ultimately depends on us.

Little Faith vs Big Faith
Little Faith will consist of doubt and fear and will waver under pressure.
Big Faith will not allow anything to hinder it or sway it away from the Written Word Of God.

The measure of Faith planted in each of us is as a seed. It must be watered and fed in order for it to grow strong and pure.

Faith that moves God is Faith that Stands true no matter what it looks like or no matter what is coming at you.
It's a Faith that Stands True unto His WORD NO MATTER what.

It's going to be tried and tested by our enemy. It's in this time that one finds out if their faith is pure strong Biblical Faith.

You can have all the heart felt prayers you want but if you don't believe with unwavering faith, your prayers are weak .

Blessings
FCJ
 
Small Faith , big faith, strong faith weak faith is in the hand of the individual.
We are All given Thee Measure of Faith and what we do with it ultimately depends on us.

Little Faith vs Big Faith
Little Faith will consist of doubt and fear and will waver under pressure.
Big Faith will not allow anything to hinder it or sway it away from the Written Word Of God.

The measure of Faith planted in each of us is as a seed. It must be watered and fed in order for it to grow strong and pure.

Faith that moves God is Faith that Stands true no matter what it looks like or no matter what is coming at you.
It's a Faith that Stands True unto His WORD NO MATTER what.

It's going to be tried and tested by our enemy. It's in this time that one finds out if their faith is pure strong Biblical Faith.

You can have all the heart felt prayers you want but if you don't believe with unwavering faith, your prayers are weak .

Blessings
FCJ

I agree with everything you said, but sometimes a weak prayer is all one may have. Sometimes we are tired and down and struggling and it's all we can do to get that little weak prayer to God. I believe God will build up that weak prayer and that it will turn into a strong faith based prayer as we seek him and pursue him.

It's a journey of growth. I do not know anyone that first came to God with strong faith and strong prayers. Most come to God weak and broken and seeking deliverance and help.

I am so glad God was gracious to me, patient and loving as He heard my weak prayers and now has turned them into stronger faith based prayers. Looking back over the years I am so thankful and grateful to God for never leaving me and growing me into a Godly woman of faith. It was a bumpy ride / journey for me. Others may have taken that straight path and did not encounter such bumps and struggles, but I sure did.

It's been such an amazing journey of faith, love, discovering. It all started with my weak prayer.
 
I agree with everything you said, but sometimes a weak prayer is all one may have. Sometimes we are tired and down and struggling and it's all we can do to get that little weak prayer to God. I believe God will build up that weak prayer and that it will turn into a strong faith based prayer as we seek him and pursue him.

It's a journey of growth. I do not know anyone that first came to God with strong faith and strong prayers. Most come to God weak and broken and seeking deliverance and help.

I am so glad God was gracious to me, patient and loving as He heard my weak prayers and now has turned them into stronger faith based prayers. Looking back over the years I am so thankful and grateful to God for never leaving me and growing me into a Godly woman of faith. It was a bumpy ride / journey for me. Others may have taken that straight path and did not encounter such bumps and struggles, but I sure did.

It's been such an amazing journey of faith, love, discovering. It all started with my weak prayer.

I do agree... The Father meets us right where we are at.. And if our hearts are sincere.. He will help us to grow :)
 
It's a journey of growth. I do not know anyone that first came to God with strong faith and strong prayers. Most come to God weak and broken and seeking deliverance and help.

1 Peter 1:23
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Romans 12:3
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Faith is planted as a seed within each of us as we are born again.
This Faith Seed must be nurtured and built up and grown in Christ via the Writen Word of God.

Yes at times we can "feel" weak or over burden.
That's when we have taken our eyes (faith) off of God and onto life and circumstances.

God's Word says let the weak "Say" I am strong.
Joel 3:10
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Yes some times weak prayer is all some one has......however........to stay within that weak faith for a mature meat eating Christian would ultimately be their downfall into lack.

Another problem in the Body is we have 30, 50, 80 year old babies.

Not talking about a brand new born again baby in Christ......but.....

Those who have walked in the Lord for 10 years and more who still require to be fed with milk and can hardly even crawl in the things of God.

Just as in the natural realm. ... there are set times for a baby to learn to crawl, walk and run on their own and these are set by God the Father.

Just saying.....
There is a huge difference between a new baby in Christ and one who has walked with the Lord for years.

Gladly feed and change a diaper on a new born and dress a toddler. ...... but at 30 years old.......

Blessings
 
I definitely see your point on the Christians who stay in that mind set and do not grow. Sometimes growth is slower for some. I don't think we can judge others and compare their walk / growth to ours, though. But I definitely see where you are coming from.

I am glad God stays with us and keeps nurturing us along the way even when we drag our feet and stay in that lazy / baby mindset way too long.
It's funny we are discussing this as this morning when I was praying I was reflecting back to God how much I have grown, but that my journey was up and down. I started weak, got stronger, fell back to weak, got stronger, fell back to week, and now I am stronger. This time is much different though. It's solid and strong in a way that it was not before. I am more in-tuned to God and seeking Him in a way that I did not when I was weaker. I was also a much more selfish person then than I am now.

I think there were many times when I was more interested in what God could do for me and help me than I was in serving him, and loving Him.
I am so thankful He stayed with me and never left me and continued to show Grace to me.
 
I definitely see your point on the Christians who stay in that mind set and do not grow. Sometimes growth is slower for some. I don't think we can judge others and compare their walk / growth to ours, though. But I definitely see where you are coming from.

I sure hope what I said does not leed readers to think we judge those.
Reason Being : scriptures such as
Judge not lest ye be judged.

Yes some grow or mature slower
HOWEVER
God knows the reason why and most of the time its LACK of Commitment unto His Word and Ways.

Second and most important
God's own Word Judges Us.

Ever hear some one say, oh I tried that faith stuff and it did not work?
Truth is Faith tried them and they failed.

We like to make excuses for everything but our excuses will not stand against God's Word.

I agree we do not ever really know how much light there is in any individual BUT God does and He knows their heart.

God also knows how they should function with the degree of Light they obtain and when they simply refuse, well there is not much He can do.

God is subject unto His own word.
Blessings
 
I sure hope what I said does not leed readers to think we judge those.
Reason Being : scriptures such as
Judge not lest ye be judged.

Yes some grow or mature slower
HOWEVER
God knows the reason why and most of the time its LACK of Commitment unto His Word and Ways.

Second and most important
God's own Word Judges Us.

Ever hear some one say, oh I tried that faith stuff and it did not work?
Truth is Faith tried them and they failed.

We like to make excuses for everything but our excuses will not stand against God's Word.

I agree we do not ever really know how much light there is in any individual BUT God does and He knows their heart.

God also knows how they should function with the degree of Light they obtain and when they simply refuse, well there is not much He can do.

God is subject unto His own word.
Blessings

God is good to us all. that is so true.
I can look back and see truth in what you are saying. I was lazy back then and needy, but didnt want to work at it myself.
 
God is good to us all. that is so true.
I can look back and see truth in what you are saying. I was lazy back then and needy, but didnt want to work at it myself.

Exactly. ...
God is not going to do for us what He has Told us to do.

People cry out to God about this and that and how unfair it is but yet refuse to do things in which God has instructed us to do.

Yes We have the Promises of God and Yes His Word Does Prove True and Just Always BUT His Word is Subject unto His Word.

Another words. ... one can not violate or ignore God's Written Instructions on How we are to function in His Kingdom and Have God's Word work in their behalf.

Some use Grace as a defence attorney and claim Grace does it for them.
No! Grace is what has kept them alive even though they refuse to be obedient unto the ways of God.

Blessings
 
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