Don’t talk about it…BE about it …. Have you ever noticed that the things we remember most are experiences we have participated in? Words and lessons we study are important also, and perhaps it’s different for you, but experiences are what I learn best from and remember the most. It seems our actions are remembered more than our words. It’s a spiritual principle that we should let our actions, or light if you will, speak for us. Think about it. Light doesn’t take away from or compete with the action. It supports it silently so others can see it. That is how God wants us to let our light shine, through our actions and not our words…Check your experience… “Now we need more action, without which we find that “Faith without works is dead.” Big Book pg 76 Lord, let our light shine through our actions and not our words, AMEN. “So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.” James 2:17 Have a blessed day y’all! …. MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Furniture Bank is in the hand-UP business and not the HANDOUT GAME! You can donate any amount for a tax deduction and tax receipt, even $20 a month helps, because $100 provides a new twin bed and bedding to make a house into a home for our clients and families escaping homelessness and hopelessness. We send 2 or 3 new beds to every family we assist. Furniture Bank is a 501c3 public charity and every penny donated goes toward helping our families, veterans, and individuals in need. Visit our website and click on the PayPal button for a secure transaction and tax receipt that will follow within 48 hours. Please help us help others! http://www.furniturebank.us

Faith it until you make it… We use faith in one form or another in many situations daily. For instance, when we touch a light switch, we naturally assume without much thought that the light will come on. Oh sure, a few of us, BUT NOT ME, have engineering degrees and understand all of the mechanics and physics involved in this simple act, but for the most part, folks like me trust that the light will just turn on. It’s the same experience in my car every time I turn the key to start it or apply the brakes while driving. I have faith, based on my previous experiences, that these actions will bring the desired results. The more I experience something, the stronger my faith is. It’s the same with our spiritual life. The more we spend time in the Word and with Jesus, the stronger our faith grows. We can’t buy faith, but we can sure grow it!.. Check your experience… “In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves.” Big Book pg 70 Lord, let us grow our faith through daily contact with You and time in Your Word, AMEN. “For we live by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7 Have a blessed day y’all! Start your day on a positive note! Daily devotions from the Big Book and Bible combined! Paperback and Kindle versions available!! Every penny goes to support Faith Through Works Fellowship ministries including our beloved Furniture Bank! Please order yours today and help us help others! https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pastor+mark+farley&ref=nb_sb_noss

Ours for the asking… We have to work in some form or fashion for just about everything in life. Obviously we work to provide for our families and we work at getting things we want and like. We even work on ourselves, physically, mentally, and spiritually in order to keep healthy. One of the things that we don’t have to work for is God’s unconditional love. He chose us and it’s ours for the asking! However we must work to build relationship with Him in order to grow in Christ and know His will. How is this working out for you?.. Check your experience… “God either is or He isn't. What was our choice to be?” Big Book pg 53 Lord, thank You for choosing us and allowing us the opportunity for Your grace and everlasting life, AMEN. “You have not chosen Me, I have chosen you. I have set you apart for the work of bringing in fruit. Your fruit should last. And whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give it to you.” John 15:16 Have a blessed day y’all! Start your day on a positive note! Daily devotions from the Big Book and Bible combined! Paperback and Kindle versions available!! Every penny goes to support Faith Through Works Fellowship ministries including our beloved Furniture Bank! Please order yours today and help us help others! https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pastor+mark+farley&ref=nb_sb_noss

Becoming teachable. ... Remember the last time you were able to lay aside your preconceived notions, expectations, and self-made opinions in order to truly learn something new? Yeah, it's been a while for me too! Part of having free will and becoming an adult is this magic magnifying mind that we have that likes to unconsciously grow and feed from our perceptions and experiences. It tries to predict situations for us as well as attempts to harden our hearts through our own self-made assessments and judgements. Until we stop this process and set aside the ability and power it has over us, we cease to truly grow spiritually. Kids don't have this. They look to us with wide eyes and open minds thirsty to learn. It's only when we can open our minds willingly in this manner can God truly teach us and fill our hearts with His Spirit and wisdom. Are you still willing and able to be teachable? ...Check your experience. ... "But after a while we had to face the fact that we must find a spiritual basis of life-or else." Big Book pg 44 Lord let us set aside our own thoughts and become teachable like a child for Your Word, AMEN. "He said: I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:3 Have a blessed day y'all!! Start your day on a positive note! Daily devotions from the Big Book and Bible combined! Paperback and Kindle versions available!! Every penny goes to support Faith Through Works Fellowship ministries including our beloved Furniture Bank! Please order yours today and help us help others! https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pastor+mark+farley&ref=nb_sb_noss

The human heart is at the heart of the human problem… It’s part of our nature to blame people, places, and things when it doesn’t turn out like we want. This thinking is built into our culture as well as society. Don’t trust me, just tune into any news broadcast or media report and the finger pointing and blame placing is the major part of the story. This thinking, when allowed to dominate our thoughts, covers our hearts and makes it hard for the Sunlight of the Spirit to flow through our hearts and minds. Now don’t get me wrong, bad things do happen and there can be other people, places, or things involved. That is what our justice system is for. What about the veil of negativity and closed mindedness we are left with covering our hearts and minds? I mean it’s hard to trust others, especially these days, but because it is a spiritual principal that we have to GIVE in order to GET, that we must put away our negativity and mistrust and replace it with grace and faith. If we can open our hearts to allow Jesus to fill us with His Holy Spirit and to cover and protect us with His grace, then things turn out better… Check your experience… “Here was something at work in a human heart which had done the impossible.” Big Book pg 11 Lord, let us turn our hearts and minds over to the care of Your will and grace, AMEN. "Yes, even today when they read Moses' writings, their hearts are covered with that veil, and they do not understand." 2 Corinthians 3:15 Have a blessed day y’all! Hey friends please check out Servants Hearts! It’s a free site to help connect folks with volunteer and helping opportunities! Furniture Bank, Spiritual Solutions Group, and Advocate Phoenix are pleased to share the newest free helping service from Faith Through Works Fellowship! Its Phoenix based for now. Pray for its growth to provide helping hearts and willing hands to our organizations that need help! http://aservantsheart.us/

Looking at your Caller ID… Modern technology provides us with many conveniences that make our lives easier as well as more informed. From instant information available to all on the internet to digital medical records that doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies securely share, these benefits enable us to lead easier and more productive lives. One thing I particularly enjoy is caller ID. Back in the day when the wall phone in the kitchen rang. We had to answer it no matter what and we never knew who was calling. Caller ID has simplified my life. If you are in my contact list, I know it’s you and I will answer, if you are unknown to me, then you get to speak to the voice mail I check once a week! Spiritually speaking we have the same opportunity with the calls on our hearts and souls. God uses Jesus and the Holy Spirit to call on us through our hearts to not only help us, but also show us His will for us. Because God loves us unconditionally, He give us the free will to choose to take His call or not. What is our choice to be?.. Check your experience… . “There had been a humble willingness to have Him with me -- and He came.” Big Book pg 12 Lord, let us answer Your call knowing You have the answer for us as well as the way of grace and peace, AMEN. “…lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.” Ephesians 4:1 Have a blessed day y’all! …. MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Furniture Bank is in the hand-UP business and not the HANDOUT GAME! You can donate any amount for a tax deduction and tax receipt, even $20 a month helps, because $100 provides a new twin bed and bedding to make a house into a home for our clients and families escaping homelessness and hopelessness. We send 2 or 3 new beds to every family we assist. Furniture Bank is a 501c3 public charity and every penny donated goes toward helping our families, veterans, and individuals in need. Visit our website and click on the PayPal button for a secure transaction and tax receipt that will follow within 48 hours. Please help us help others! http://www.furniturebank.us

What goes around COMES around. .. Have you ever played with a bouncing ball? Did you notice that it always cones back to you with the same force you give it? Now I am not trying to teach physics, but the ball example contains today's spiritual thought. I have learned over the years that my relationships with people, places, and things have the same effect. We GET what we GIVE. It's a spiritual principle. When I treat others with grace, I get grace and when I throw out grief and negativity I get it right back. Check your experience. ... "Just to the extent that we do as we think He would have us, and humbly rely on Him, does He enable us to match calamity with serenity." Big Book pg 68. Lord, let us give others the same grace and joy that you freely give us, AMEN. "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you," Matthew 7:12 Have a blessed day y’all! Hey friends please check out Servants Hearts! It’s a free site to help connect folks with volunteer and helping opportunities! Furniture Bank, Spiritual Solutions Group, and Advocate Phoenix are pleased to share the newest free helping service from Faith Through Works Fellowship! Its Phoenix based for now. Pray for its growth to provide helping hearts and willing hands to our organizations that need help! http://aservantsheart.us/