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PROVE YOUR FAITH

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DAILY MANNA
TUESDAY, JUNE 9 2020

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PROVE YOUR FAITH 
TEXT: JAMES 2:10-26.
🔑KEY VERSE 
"Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works" (JAMES 2:18).

It is all too easy to seek to extol our personal virtues, flaunt our spiritual gifts and make ourselves look better than other people. Whereas, this may impress men, it accounts for little or nothing before God. What matters to Him is the result of whatever spiritual experiences we claim to possess.



Apostle James underscored this point when he stressed that believers must not strive for half measures. They either obey all the laws or they fail in all. Their words must match their actions. In the same vein, he said if they profess to possess faith, it can only show by their good works. It is no use telling someone in need, who came to you for help, that God will bless him. Without giving him an assistance, such fine words amounts to nothing.

Faith is reinforced by works as in the case with Abraham. He believed God to the point of almost sacrificing his only son, Isaac, as God commanded. That singular action was what marked him as a man of faith. Rahab the harlot, too, was commended for backing up her faith in the God of Israel with action.

We must never be contented with simply proclaiming how great a faith we have. Rather, we should allow the actions that are influenced by our faith to speak the loudest. We must make ourselves part of God's answer to other people's prayers by rendering assistance to them. If we love and obey God, we must never withhold anything He demands from us, no matter how precious. This is the only way to prove that we have faith.

✍THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"Faith without works is dead."

COVER TO COVER 
2 SAMUEL 13-14.

HYMN 
Let others see Jesus in you
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