s into faith Think about it. No one gets arecipe made without knowing what the ingredients are and what todo with them even when they're sitting on the counter! The something that's wanted could be just as simple as havingpasta... You put water in a pan. You put it on a heated burner on astovetop. Then you wait for the water to boil.After the water comes to a hard boil you pour in the noodles andwait for the pasta to be cooked. Finally, you put sauce on thepasta and eat it!Normally, it isn't until that time that the attitude changes.You had a want. A hope. But that turned into the knowledge thatwant you wanted is happening shortly.The attitude becomes excited and expectant of the things we hadfaith for coming to pass.Just like the pasta wait, we learn in Hebrews 11:1 that what wewant is already there. It just takes time for us to get it!Why?Because we need to change o...

...ur thinking. (That's why God said torenew our minds with His word in Romans 12:2.)What God says is totally, pure truth. We just need to reallyknow it!Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence ofthings not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)These things that are hoped for are real but they aren't seenyet with the physical eyes! Don't forget there are the physicaland the spiritual realms. Just because you can't see it in thephysical realm doesn't mean it's not real in the spiritual realm!Back to the pasta! Our physical eyes saw the pasta. It wascooked for our physical bodies. But we can learn a thing or twohere...We want stuff in the physical realm! First off we have to reallyknow that it's real in the spiritual realm.We want good stuff in the physical realm!It's very unfortunate that so many people have let go of theirhopes and believed that they have to wait until they go toheaven to get the blessings of God personally.The Wait As the recipe for pasta takes time, so do ourattitude changes...First of all, we have to really know that what we've wanted isreal in the spiritual realm. (the noodles are in the boilingwater!) God gave us many gifts for the physical realm!The very word 'saved' in the Greek means "delivered, protected,preserved, healed, and made whole in Romans 10:9, 10!While renewing your mind in God's word, take notice that theseverses are how we have eternal life with Jesus!I know that it can be difficult to give up some religiousteachings -but we have to if they disagree with God! Don't keepanything if it goes against God!The noodles in pan are cooking...It started just wanting something to happen... After time isspent renewing your mind your attitude changes. You will findthat you are sure that what you've waited for is there and real.You are excited and expectant. You're more and more fullypersuaded...It is at this point that you can reach and take hold of theblessings that God has made available to you!Feel free to distribute this article if it is kept as is,including the Resource Box at the bottom. Notification of onlineuse is not required but I would appreciate it. Please contactthe author prior to use in printed media.-Michelle Jacobson contact@seedministries.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Your Words Are Powerful! Find out why in this 5-daymini-course! Just send a blank email to: mailto:wordpower@getresponse.com so that you can find outwhy right away!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Copyright 2005, SeedMinistries...