The White Stone Zone

There is a lot of teaching about faith these days that has little to do with Biblical Faith. One such teaching is that the increase in faith will bring you health and prosperity whereas the lack of faith is the cause for all of your ills.  For the child of God who has placed his/her faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, nothing could be further from the truth.  The truth of the gospel is that not matter what happens in your life, you are an 'heir of God and a joint-heir with Christ." (Romans 8). With that said, there is only one passage, as far as I know up to this point in my studies, where the Apostles of Jesus asked God to increase their faith, and it was tied into Christ's teachings on forgiving others:   “If your brother or sister   sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. 4  Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.” 5  The apostles said to the Lord, “Increas

“19  My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to  listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20  because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. 21  Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you."       Paul tells us in Ephesians, "In your anger, do not sin." He does not say, "don't get angry," because anger is a God-given emotion.  Sin involves hate and letting that anger turn to hate.  Our flesh rails against our Spirit every day, and when we are in conflict, it will rear its ugly head every time.  James provides a playbook for dealing with anger.  1.      Quick to Listen means when you are angry, you have to listen to God speak to you about 3 things: a. Identity b. Needs C. Circumstance. You need to hear that you are a New Creation, God’s special child, holy and blameless. You also need to h