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The Bible teaches that believers should not depend on feelings. Feelings are not bad in themselves. However, when it comes to salvation, decisions and choices are more important than feelings.

The promise of God's Word, the Bible - not our feelings - is our authority. The Christian lives by faith (trust) in the trustworthiness of God Himself and His Word. This train diagram illustrates the relationship among fact (God and His Word), faith (our trust in God and His Word), and feeling (the result of our faith and obedience) (John 14:21)

The train will run with or without a caboose. However, it would be useless to attempt to pull the train by the caboose. In the same way, as Christians, we do not depend on feelings or emotions, but we place our faith (trust) in the trustworthiness of God and the promises of His Word.

What will you place your faith in?

Note: Do you want your faith to grow? First, receive Christ as Savior, and ask Him to begin changing your life and attitudes from the inside out.

Next, begin by reading the Gospel of John, chapters 1-6, several times. Then read the remainder of John and the other three Gospels accounts (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), then the book of Acts, then Romans, followed by the rest of the New Testament. Begin reading a few of the Psalms and Proverbs daily, and eventually work your way through the Old Testament.

As you read, first pray and ask God to speak to you about Himself through His Word. Keep a journal of what His Spirit reveals to you and what He wants you to do. As you read, you will want to talk with Him. This communication is known as prayer. A simple acrostic may help you to give some structure to your growing prayer times. It is the word ACTS:

A – stands for Adore. We should worship God for His character, power, love, and wisdom.

C – stands for Confess. To ‘confess’ means that we agree with anything God says in His Word in sin, choose to stop doing it (the Bible calls this repentance), and begin doing what He tells us.

T: stands for Thanksgiving. We thank Him for His love, forgiveness, answered prayer and help.

S – stands for Supplication. This simply means asking God for His help to meet any needs you, your family or others may be experiencing.

For more materials to develop your relationship with God please visit www.growinginchrist.com.  

If you do not have a Bible you may view a variety of translations, in different languages and formats at the following sites: Note: not all sites or Bible versions are as good as others are. If possible, stay with recent, more accurate versions such as the NASB, the NJKV, the NIV, or the NLT. Some organizations may be able to send you a Bible if you ask them (some for free, others for a nominal cost + S/H), but you will need to search the web on your own.  Some places you might try include:

Holy Bible, Bible in Basic English 

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