August 13, three examples of how faith fulfills good resolves.

To this end, we always pray for you that our God may make you worthy of his calling

and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power.

2. Thessalonians 1.11. When Paul says that God fulfills our good resolves by his power

through faith, he calls our acts works of faith.

He means that we defeat sin and we do righteousness by faith.

That is, by being satisfied with all that God promises to be for us in Christ in the next five minutes,

five months, five decades, and into eternity.

Here are three examples of how this might look in your life.

One, if you set your heart to give

sacrificially and generously, the power of God to fulfill this resolve will come to you as you

trust his future grace in the promise, my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 419.

And the promise, whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

2 Corinthians 9.6.

And the promise, God is able to make all grace abound to you so that having all sufficiency

in all things at all times you may abound in every good work, 2 Corinthians 9.

8. 2. If you set your heart to renounce pornography,

the power of God to fulfill this resolve will come to you as you trust his future grace in the

promise, blessed are the pure in heart,

for they shall see God, Matthew 5.8.

It is better that you lose one of your members

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