I want to live a life of radical faith.
I need to live a life of radical faith.
With radical faith comes a trust so strong nothing can break it. Trusting God in any and every situation, no matter how horrible it may seem. I can be materialistic; I worry too much about what people think of me, and I let my pride get in the way more times than I like to admit. Something I have been learning is that when you give your life to God, those sins that have followed you your entire life are easier to overcome. I am in no way saying that I have completely overcome all of my sin, long way from it, but I have been noticing how those things that I have struggled with my entire life do not feel so heavy on me anymore.
It all comes from surrendering all control over your life to the Lord. Something that I am working on. It is not easy but man is it worth it!
I want to live differently than the world expects of me. I want to live a life full of boldness and complete obedience to the Lord. I want to have that childlike faith that whatever my heavenly father tells me or wherever the Holy Spirit leads me I immediately say yes. I say yes without hesitation and without fear because I know without a doubt that it is exactly where I am supposed to be and what I am supposed to be doing.
I recently heard a sermon about choosing to obey the Spirit over your sin. At the end of it the preacher said, “You might think you’re losing comfort but you are actually gaining freedom.” How good is that!!!
I want to walk in step with the Holy Spirit. Every day I know my faith is growing, I am learning so many new things that I don’t even feel like the same person I was just a few months ago. With learning and growing comes a whole lot of change. Change can be scary and intimidating but also so good.
So, I pray for obedience to do what the Lord asks of me, whether it might seem radical or weird in the eyes of the world.
I pray for boldness in my life and that through obeying the Lord I find that boldness.
I pray that I am filled with the Holy Spirit.
I pray that I have the boldness to do what the Holy Spirit asks of me.
I pray that I fully surrender to God’s will.
I pray that I obey God and not sin.
I pray that I have the courage and strength to do what is hard and uncomfortable.
I pray for discernment.
Lastly, I pray for radical faith, a faith that is led by the Spirit.
