Diary of a Sold Out Woman

Hebrews 4:2
2For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.


Mark 4:15
15And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

In a perfect world we would have no trouble, it would be easy to hold on to the word of God because we would not have the enemy to our soul, the devil, always trying to throw doubt, fears and unbelief at us and in many cases our own carnal mind trying to reason and logic it through. Therefore, we must earnestly contend for the faith and rest upon the promises of God.

The above verses say that the Israelites could not enter into the promise land because they did not mix the word with faith., they could not enter into His rest. In spite of the fact that God provided them safe passage through the red sea and none of them drowned, they drunk water from a rock and had manna falling to the ground from heaven as food, they remained in unbelief. Today, God who 'is the same God today, yesterday and forever' givs us miracles and blessings abundant and when troubles rise we should remember these experiences and grab hold of the word of Godand know that if He did it before He will do it again. We must, in spite of circumstances, find the word (verses) that minister Gods truth to the negative situations we are facing and cut those giants called doubt and fear and unbelief down. These "rocks" are able to bring any of the giants down to the ground. We are not grasshoppers but we are strong in the Lord and in the power of His might, MORE than conquerors. When lack appears to come we declare " My God shall supply all my need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." "It is the Lord who gives us the power to get wealth." We hold onto that word and do not let go for surely the enemy will try to come and steal the word from our hearts but we "fight the good fight of faith." when that ole adversary, the devil, comes along and whispers "you are not saved " we declare "Whosoever cometh to Jesus He will not cast out" and "the work that He began in us He will perform until the day of Jesus Christ" "nothing can pluck us out of His hands." When friends dont share in your dreams and visions we say " I can do all things through Christ Jesus. " "if God be for me who can be sucessful against me." God is going to get the glory out of this. We mix the word of God with faith and we hold on like a bulldog to a bone because the righteous are as bold as a lion and we have tenacious faith! Ours is no downcast spirit, we are the salt of the earth.