Faith is not strong until God is seen AS A CARING FATHER( matt6.25-34).This is because perfect love casts out fear(1jn4.18). You didn't tell him that you wanted to be saved when hesys died for you(Rom5.8-12).Fear evaporates when you know that God cares about you,he will not even treat you as your sins deserve if you truly repent(ps103.10-13,isa43. 25,dan9.9).Religious men have presented a God that is waiting for you to make a mistake and wipe you out thereafter. My own Father God will tell me to forgive my offender 490 times in a day so how could He do less.See, apart from walking in love n forgiveness to our offenders FAITH ALSO WORKS BY KNOWING HIW MUCH GOD LOVES YOU(gal5.6).We have to let people know that Jesus came to save sinners and not the righteous so let us stop making sins of men bigger than THE BLOOD(isa1.18,Lk19.10).If you have sinned against God then go to him with sincere repentance for forgiveness and take it by faith in the word(1jn1.9,isa43.25).There is never a single regret over a confessed sin because God has forgiven you and has no record that you ever sinned,so where is the regret over what is no longer in God's mind.You too should forgive yourself and move on as though nothing happened.If God has forgotten then you too should forget.Past and confessed sins only exist in your memory but your memory isnt God,his word or reality . Stop relying on your senses when you trust him because senses are deceptive when contrary to the word(prov3.5,2cor5.7)-Faith is confidence in God's word while trust is your commitment to d word.So ,believe that God cares about you more than earthly fathers who provide good things for their own children(mat7.7-12).Cast all your worries on him because life battles are His for you and not yours AS HE CARES ALWAYS FOR YOU(2chr20.15,1pet5.7 TLB).God is always thinking about you and that is why ps121 says that God who protects/keeps Israel DOES NOT SLEEP NOR SLUMBER wow,doesnt that tells you that HE CARES?Even the prodigal son's father was waiting for his son after backsliding and wasting his father's hard earned resources (Lk15).Believers faith today is not strong because if religious and teachings of legalism .I dont know about you but i am going ALL THE WAY WITH JESUS.This is your light so go shine with it.
Pst Goke Ogunleye.
