"WHATSOEVER IS NOT OF FAITH IS SIN." God is pleased by our faith. If we have, thank God, for it is the gift of God. If you have now, you had not once, for all are destitute of faith by nature. If you have faith, you will also feel the power of unbelief, struggle with it, and pray to be delivered from it. Have you faith in Christ? Do you believe that His claims are valid? Do you believe that His word is true? that His sacrifice is sufficient to atone for your sin? that He is the proper object of trust, love, and worship? that as a believer, He will save you with an everlasting salvation? Have you faith to trust His word? to rely with confidence on His finished work? to commit your soul into His hands to be saved by His grace? Have you faith to venture in His cause, and boldly to avow yourself to be on the Lord's side? Have you faith in God as your Father? Do you believe that He cares for you, that He will supply all your needs, that He will guide you by His counsel and afterwards receive you to glory? Do you trust His faithfulness, rest on His promises, and leave your concerns in His hands? Have you faith to believe that you are delivered from the law, that you are in friendship with God, and may walk at liberty? For without faith it is impossible to please God.

For Meditation:
True faith refines the heart,
And purifies with blood;
Takes the whole gospel, not a part,
Upholds the fear of God.