I had the pleasure of listening to Bill Winston's sermons at Kenneth Copeland's Southwest Believers Convention this past July. It certainly was a blessing to me. Lately, I feel as if my faith is being tested like never before. I began to realize that this testing is not in a vacuum. God is taking me to a higher faith in Him. It started with finding out that my student loans had run out for grad school. This was especially discouraging as I have 4 classes left in order to finish. There was not a doubt (then or now) that I would finish. I've already settled that. But I began to seek God about what all of this really meant. Other financial problems arose which I won't discuss because they are coming to pass (!). It was then that I began to see how my faith has been latent for quite some time. Sometimes we get distracted and our attention leaves God. As a result, our faith suffers. I think my faith had went backward in early 2014. I had some victories here and there, but the toil of life was really beginning to wear me down. Up to mid-2014, I had never been this tired.
Enter Bill Winston.
I can't list everything he preached about but the gist of it all was that God is taking believers to a new level of faith. The biggest thing I got out of it was that we have to get our carnal mind out of the way (Romans 8:7). Sometimes we try to figure it out. That is one of my biggest hangups, well used to be my biggest hangup :). Dr. Winston stressed that we must believe with our heart (Romans 10:10). We must essentially take God at His word.
These were things I knew.
I knew better.
But I wasn't doing them.
I realized while I listened to the sermon, that I had trying to figure it all out in my mind. This was why I was so tired. This was why I had trouble focusing. I am beginning a new journey in faith. One in which I will succeed. This time I'm going to do it right. I'll keep you posted on the victories to come in Jesus' name. Meanwhile, take a listen to Dr. Winston. You won't be disappointed.
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