The people who wrote their names in gold in the sight of God were people of faith. Those ordinary people changed their world by believing God in the face of incredible odds. Each of them passed through unimaginable circumstances but because they held unto God, He moved in their favor.<br><br>To prove God as they did or to excel their exploits in the field of faith, it is important for us to peep into their mindset when they were in the eyes of the storms of life. The problem is that if we fail to walk in faith, we miss God. On the other hand, if we fail to learn from people of faith, we stand to lose. <br><br>A close look at what people of faith said or did when they were in the battlefield will help anybody who wants to travel far with God. A good understanding of how they were feeling and proper appropriation to our circumstances will give us the much needed victory. If they succeeded with few examples to guide them, we can do better. The ball is in our court.
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Chris Anianwu. Windows to the Heart of People of Faith
CHAPTER ONE. THE WIDOWS
CHAPTER TWO. A PEEP INTO THE HEART OF SOME PEOPLE OF FAITH
CHAPTER THREE. CRISES AND HARD TIMES - THE DEFINING LINES, THE DECIDING MOMENTS
JOB
ABRAHAM
THE SHUNEMMITE WOMAN
WRESTLING WITH GOD
DANIEL
CHAPTER FOUR. WHEN GOD ARRIVES LATE
WHEN WE HELP GOD
CHAPTER FIVE. OBEDIENCE
CHAPTER SIX. WHEN GOD DISAPPOINTS
LET US NOT JUDGE AN UNFINISHED WORK
CHAPTER SEVEN. WHERE IS THE GOD OF ELIJAH?
CHAPTER EIGHT. THE PEOPLE OF FAITH KNOW WHAT THEY KNOW
CHAPTER NINE. THE PEOPLE OF FAITH LIVE FOR GOD’S GLORY
CHAPTER TEN. THE PEOPLE OF FAITH HAVE ETERNITY AND GOD IN SHARP FOCUS
CHAPTER ELEVEN. GOD NEVER LEAVES THEM ALONE
CHAPTER TWELVE. DESPITE WHAT PEOPLE OF FAITH ARE GONG THROUGH, THEY CARVE OUT TIME TO ATTEND TO OTHERS
CONCLUSION
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Words are windows through which we go into the heart; actions are entrances into the mind and trying situations are the factors that separate the grains from the chaff. Embedded in these are myriads of tiny holes and cracks we can navigate to reach the intents of the heart.
Often we underestimate the power of our words. We tend to forget that the power of life or death lies in the tongue, Proverbs 18:21. It is critical that we understand this because our words expose the person inside our body if you know what I mean. This insight can help us control our words and actions as we walk with God and interact with other people. Whatever we are going to change in our words or actions must start by some fundamental changes in our mindset. Such changes do not come by mere wishes. They come by quality decisions we take in our walk with God.
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The truth is that we may never know it all until we get there. Who would tell Job that God’s signature was on all that he went through? Who would have convinced Joseph that God was signatory to what happened to him? Nobody would have convinced Hannah that God shut her womb. We can go on and on but the great news is that all these people and more came out of their problems in flying colors. The big question is, how.
I used to wonder why God accepted Abel’s sacrifice but rejected Cain’s. Before that happened, we were not told that Cain offended in any way. However, Genesis 4:7 says, “If you do well, will you not be accepted?” This implies among other things that God knew things about Cain we did not know. He also knows things about certain situations we may never know. Yes, He knows things about some people that we may never conceive unless we were told. In some cases even if we were told, we could not comprehend them. Therefore, God’s judgment is right and final because he weighs every aspect of a case before He passes judgment. The best we can do is judge with imperfect knowledge and incomplete information. That more often than not renders our judgment null and void.
