"And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and i n all

judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be si ncere and without offence till the day of Christ; Being filled with the fruits o f righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God." ( Philippians 1:9-11) "Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, b ut in understanding be men." (1Cor. 14:20) "For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from th e dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: t hat is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righte ousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." (Romans 10:5-10) "By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. " (Heb 11:7) "Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowle dge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, an d do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but ?that which is through the fai th of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith"? (Philippians 3:8-9) "Jesus answered and said unto them, ? Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believ ing, ye shall receive." ? (Matt 21:21-22) Jesus says: "If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." (John 15:7) To "abide" in Christ we daily "take up our cross"...daily we pray to be forgiven of the hidden sins of the heart and those daggers of the tongue. Daily we pra y for God to search our hearts and show us any hidden thing so that we can ABIDE IN CHIRST. This is not a difficult thing...it is by faith we pray and confess our sins. When we were saved, we simply believed in our heart all that is witnessed of Jes us our Christ, that He was born of a virgin, He lived a sinless life, He was cru cified upon the cross and by His death, gave life to as many as would come to Hi m, by His Blood He paid the sin debt of the world and by His resurrection He sea led it forever,never to be repeated. When you believe in your heart all that is recorded of His life, His death, and His resurrection from the dead, you are born again, and you will confess Jesus i s LORD with your mouth. Confession is a daily walk, it is to ABIDE in CHRIST. You will never deny Him a gain. You will confess Jesus is LORD before all men everywhere. You are not as hamed of the gospel of Christ for now you are made a new creature in HIM.

Abide in HIM. Believe and confess. To confess is to go and to do all He has said to do. If you really and truly believe then you will really and truly DO all that He ha s said to do.