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Faith Is Built by Faithfulness, Not Feelings · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Welcome to the 60 seconds motivation.
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  Ladies and gentlemen, your host, Angel Santana.
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  Now, hold on to your seatbelts, folks. It's not a 60-second motivational topic,
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  but I figured it'd be a good way to close out the week with a little bit of
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  hype, a little bit of some excitement.
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  We are still live on TikTok, and we are pre-recording this for all of you that
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  are listening to it on Friday.
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  So for my front row listeners, you know, like Rhonda and Nikki and Ariel and
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  Tasha and Nicole's husband, welcome in.
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  I hope you've enjoyed these back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back episodes.
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  Let's get started with another episode as we close out the week.
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  It's Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  Faith is built by faithfulness, not feelings. And it goes like this.
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  So let's be honest for just a moment. Some days, faith feels strong.
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  And other days, it feels quite heavy, sometimes even distant.
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  And if you're not careful, we start believing that how we feel determines how faithful we are.
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  But today, I want to remind all of you something freely.
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  Faith is not built by feelings. Faith is built by faithfulness.
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  Let me show you a quick scripture. Galatians chapter six, verse nine.
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  Let us not grow weary in doing good for at the proper time, we will reap a harvest
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  if we don't give up. Notice something there.
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  Notice the promise is tied to not giving up, not to feeling inspired.
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  And then in James chapter one, verse four, this is what it adds.
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  Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
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  Spiritual maturity doesn't come from emotional highs. It comes from steady obedience over time.
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  So what does all that mean? Here's something many believers struggle with quietly.
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  We think faith should always feel powerful, but scripture shows us something different.
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  David praised God while being afraid. Job trusted God while being broken.
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  Jesus obeyed the Father even when his soul was overwhelmed.
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  Faith shows up even when emotions don't cooperate.
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  Consistency is not boring to God.
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  Consistency is beautiful. Anyone can go all in for a moment.
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  But spiritual growth happens when you feel and you keep showing up when it would be easier to quit.
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  Prayer is powerful. And a day without prayer is a day without power.
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  Prayer, when you feel dry. Scripture, when you feel distracted,
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  just like the little one coming in right now.
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  Trust when you don't have clarity.
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  That's not weak faith.
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  That's deep faith. Let me say that again. That's not weak faith, it's deep faith.
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  Right now, I'm speaking to where people are at this very moment.
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  Right now, many people feel spirituality is exhausted.
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  They're tired of starting over, tired of trying harder, tired of wondering if they're doing enough.
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  And here's the grace-filled truth.
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  God is not measuring your passion. He's not honoring your perseverance.
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  You do not need to feel close to God to walk faithfully. You just need to keep walking.
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  Here is a simple way to live and to live this out for this week.
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  I want you to pick one spiritual rhythm. one rhythm
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  that you can keep even on the hard days five minutes
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  of prayer one minute of prayer one verse hi noah one verse of scripture come
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  here i'm praying a short moment of gratitude a quiet pause to breathe come here
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  and to trust don't aim for intensity right aim for faithfulness.
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  Because at the end of the day, small repeated acts of trust shape a resilient faith.
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  What are we doing right now? Are we doing have faith, let it begin?
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  I'm doing have faith. Say have faith.
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  Let it begin. Yeah. You want to pray with me?
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  Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for your walking with us through every season.
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  When our feelings are inconsistent, help us remain faithful,
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  strengthen our trust, deepen our perseverance, and remind us that you are near.
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  Even when we don't feel it, you may remember and always remember this today
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  because your faith is growing.
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  Even on the days it feels quiet, God is faithful, even when our emotions change.
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  So even when your son comes into the room and you think he may have,
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  quote unquote, messed up your episode, no, he strengthens it, right?
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  Right? What do you want to do tonight? You want to go to bed?
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  Who's going to school tomorrow?
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  Noah's going to school I'm going to say goodbye Can you say goodbye?
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  Down You want to go lay down? Lay down Alright, say bye bye everyone Say bye
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  bye Say have faith Let it begin Let it begin I hope you enjoyed it May God be
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  with you May he shine his light upon you And for TikTokers We're still going,
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  It's show time We leave you here As far as my son is concerned Noah's here God
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  bless you God be with you And never forget Have faith Let it begin Right? Right Right .