rust himself to the lifeguard to be rescued, so we too must lie still in the arms of Christ, not trying to save ourselves, but trusting Him to do the work of saving us.If you pray from the bottom of your heart, God has heard you. Jesus said: The one who comes to me I will by no means cast out [John 6:37 The Living Bible]. In other words, if you come to Christ, He will not turn you away. He must keep His word for God cannot lie. You can be assured that our Lord will keep His word and cleanse you from every sin and make you His child.Having taken this step, the step of following Christ, dont try to do it alone. Come and join us in the Anglican Catholic Church where the strength of fellowship with others will help sustain you in your new faithA man fell off a cliff, but managed to grab a tree limb on the way down. The following conversation ensued: "Is anyone up there?" "I am here. I am the Lord. Do you believe me?""Yes, Lord, I believe. I really believe, but I can't hang on much longer.""That's all right, if you really believe you have nothing to worry about. I will save you. Just let go of the branch." A moment of pause, then: "Is anyone else up there?Thats the trouble with talking about religious faith in terms of BELIEF. Everybody BELIEVES, but too few people ACT WITH FAITH ON THAT BELIEF. They want to know if anyone else is up there.We use BELIEF and FAITH interchangeably, but actually, the kind of faith we find in the Bible has little to do with BELIEF. At least not belief the way the word is so often used. When someone says "I believe in something", we usually take that to mean that believing is a kind of alternative response not dependent upon FACTS, or even CONTRARY to the available evidence. As in "I believe in flying saucers."But Biblical faith is always an ACTION. Abrahams faith was born when he commenced that journey from Ur to Canaan. In Matthew, the woman is healed when she acts on her faith. Jesus says, "Your faith has made...
