Use What You’ve Been Given!

. . . according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
—Romans 12:3

For God to command you to live by faith and then to not give you faith would be an injustice. But God has dealt to every man the measure of faith. God has given to everyone who is born again the measure of faith. He has given you what you need to live by, what you need to please Him, and what you need to live in victory. He has given you “the measure.” The measure that He freely gave you can be increased and used, or it can be ignored and left dormant. Many Christians are fooled into thinking that they do not have faith, so they spend count- less hours praying and asking God for faith. “Lord, give me faith; please, God, give me faith.” They do not realize that He has given them the measure of faith. Until you know that you already have faith, you will never attempt to use faith. You will not use something you do not believe you have! You have been given the measure of faith. When you use that measure—it will grow and increase. You can have little faith, great faith, common faith, or shipwrecked faith. You can be full of faith or full of fear. All will depend on what you do with the measure you have been given. Use your faith in every situation. Talk God’s Word, not the problem—believe God’s Word in every circumstance. The Word is the foundation of true faith. Sit under the teaching of the Word, listen to faith-filled, Word-of-God recordings and solid online teachings, and your measure of faith will change to become great faith.

Pastor Tom Kehres

Learn the Way of Faith

The just shall live by faith. —Galatians 3:11

Here God tells us for a second time that the just shall live by faith. In order for you to “live” by faith, there must be some teaching and training in the “how-to” of faith. People make a living in the natural as doctors, electricians, plumbers, builders, and many other occupations, but none will be successful without training. Many go to school for years and spend a lot of money to be able to live and survive and thrive in their jobs. Yet people in the Church spend little time to study and become proficient in their spiritual way of life—faith. We need to discover what faith is, how we get it, how we use it, what it will do, and why it is important. Faith to a believer is a way of life, not a subject or a topic. Faith is not a way of getting things from God; it is a way of living in and enjoying what God has already given us. I live by faith! I raise my children by faith, I work at my job by faith, I handle my money by faith, and I live by faith in my marriage. I make every decision by faith, I think faith, I talk faith, and my entire life is sustained by faith. Why? Because faith is God’s way—faith is the best way. Make a decision today to live by faith. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you how you can live in the Word and let the Word live in you (John 15:7). He is the Spirit of faith, and He desires for you to live a life of faith.

Pastor Tom Kehres

A Better Way to Live

And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. —Deuteronomy 32:20

In the Old Testament, God had to deal with a people who had no faith. They were not born again, not regenerated in spirit; they were still living with an old sin nature. These people were living by fear rather than by faith. God could not have a face-to-face relationship with them. He could not be intimate and close to them. He would have to sit back and watch them get into a mess; then, when they called out to Him, He would be able to come and rescue them. Many Christians live the same way today. They go along, doing their own thing, until they get in trouble; then they call out to God, and He rescues them. But there is a better way to live in this day—a way to avoid messes entirely. You can now live by faith and be led by the Word and the Spirit of God. Faith will put you on top, and faith will keep you on top. Faith will remove fear from your life; it will replace the spirit of fear with the spirit of faith. You will no longer wonder where you are headed—you will know, and believe, what your outcome will be. We are no longer a people who have no faith. We are a faith people, a just people who can now live daily God’s way! Faith came to us when the Word came. Jesus brought faith to mankind so we could live a daily, overcoming lifestyle!

Pastor Tom Kehres

A New Way to Live 

Now the just shall live by faith. —Hebrews 10:38

On the day you received Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you were justified by His blood (Romans 5:9). You were made righteous and just before God. Sin is no longer separating you from an intimate relationship with God. You have been made just, or innocent, in His sight. The born-again person, or the just person, should now live in a different way. The just shall live, or have his life sustained, by faith. Faith is simply putting God and His Word in first place in your life. Believing what God has said about you, others, and the circumstances will take you to a place of living beyond the natural, beyond the ordinary. So if we are to live by faith and not just try it out, we need to study about faith and learn about it every day of our lives. The just can live in many ways, but in order to live on top, to live in victory, to live pleasing to God—the just shall live by faith. Begin to study about faith; learn to live God’s way. The old way of life will no longer work for you. God has made a new way of life available to the believer—His way, the higher way, the best way. The just shall live by faith!

Pastor Tom Kehres