MGD: Take a Step of Faith

Shalom and a blessed morning to you all our wonderful listeners.

This is Harvest Chapel International Komase coming to you live

with our morning glory devotion broadcast. Facilitating this morning glory's

devotion is Pastor Benjamin Brismith and I believe that as

we look into the word of God together, we shall

be changed from glory into glory. Amen. Shall we share

a word of prayer? Father, in the name of Jesus,

we thank you for the privilege and the honor to

look into your word once again. We pray, O God,

that as we hear your word, as we listen to

your word, your word shall impart life into our hearts.

Your word, O God, shall be a blessing to us

as we step out there today. In Jesus' mighty name, Amen.

Let us take our confession together from Joshua 1, verse 8.

Joshua 1:8

Joshua 1 verse 8 This book of the law shall

Joshua 1:8

not depart out of my mouth, but I shall meditate

in it day and night, that I may observe to

do according to all that is written in it. For

then I will make my way prosperous, and then I

will have good success. Amen. Beloved, the theme for today's

devotion is Take a Step of Faith. take a step

of faith and our text will be taken from Matthew

Matthew 14:22–33

chapter 14 verse 22 to 33. Matthew chapter 14 verses

Matthew 14:22–33

22 to 33 and I'll be reading from the NIV version.

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and

go on ahead of him to the other side while

he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he

went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later

that night, he was there alone, and the boat was

already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves

because the wind was against it. Shortly before dawn, Jesus

went out to them walking on the lake. When the

disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified.

It's a ghost, they said and cried out in fear.

But Jesus immediately said to them, Take courage, it is I.

Don't be afraid. Lord, if it's you, Peter replied, tell

me to come to you underwater.' Come,' he said. Then

Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water,

and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind,

he was afraid and beginning to sink, cried out,' Lord,

save me!' Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him.'

You of little faith,' he said,' why did you doubt?'

And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down.

Then those who were in the boat worshipped him, saying,

Truly you are the Son of God. Beloved, here ends

the reading of the word of the Lord. Thanks be

to God. Take a step of faith. Beloved, if we

were to act on the knowledge that we have received

and respond to what has been sold in our life

so far, we would be so surprised at the turn

of events in our life. We are expected to step

out in faith when we hear the word of God.

We are supposed to take God at his word and

be bold to live out the things that we hear

from God. God is a big God and he is

set apart from all the other gods. His ways are

not our ways and his thoughts are higher than our thoughts.

The things that he requests of us are usually opposed

to the status quo and the normal way of doing things. Hence,

sometimes it becomes a challenge and very daunting for us

to do. But yet still, He wants us to trust

Him as a loving Father to lead us on the

right path to a glorious end. When we read the Bible,

we are exposed to amazing truths and blessings reserved for

the child of God to enjoy here on earth. But

until we arise and take a step, we will end

up not seeing any change in our lives. Until we

arise in courage and boldness and take God at his word,

nothing is going to change in our lives. For us

to enjoy the over 7,000 promises that God has declared

in His Word, as well as those that He has

spoken to us individually during our devotional times and His

declarations through our pastors, we must accept His Word as

true and respond appropriately. In our Bible reading, we hear

about how Peter walked on water. When Peter saw Jesus

walking on the water, a desire was stirred up in

his heart. He wanted to do same and at the

command of the master, he did not stay in the

boat but took a step of faith. In taking that

step of faith, he saw the manifestation of the word

of God in his life. Beloved, I do not know

what you have been asking or believing God for. and

I do not know what God has said concerning your life.

But if only you would take a step based on

the word and instructions of God, you shall see a

manifestation of what He has said concerning your life. Can

you take a record of how long you have been

reading and listening to the word of God? Can you

take stock of every sermon that you have listened to

in church or on your own? Can you recollect the

number of verses that you have read from the Bible?

It is a good thing to read and listen to

the word of God daily, but it must not end there.

We must reflect on what we have done so far

with the revelation, knowledge and truth that we have been

exposed to in the word. It is time to rise up.

It is time to act on that dream and instruction

from God. Do not let anything hold you back. We

have been in our comfort zones for too long. Let

us step out there in faith and activate His rich

promises to us and all that concerns us in the

mighty name of Jesus. Amen. God richly bless you. Let

us take our memory verse from James chapter 2 verse 26.

James 2:26

I'll read from the ISV. James chapter 2 verse 26.

James 2:26

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so

faith without works is dead also. I take it again.

James chapter 2 verse 26. For as the body without

James 2:26

the spirit is dead, So faith without works is dead also.

Let's share a word of prayer. Father, we thank you

for your word that has come to us. We pray,

O God, that you will endue us with the strength,

the courage and boldness, O God, to act upon your word.

That when you speak, O God, we shall take a

bold step in the name of Jesus. Grant us the

grace to step out of our comfort zones and to

act on your word. In Jesus' mighty name we pray

with thanksgiving. Amen. God richly bless you for staying tuned.

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See you same time tomorrow for another time of morning

glory devotion. Shalom and have a fruitful day. Amen.