Daily Bread – August 14, 2023 (The Second Day – Genesis 1:6-8) 2 Corinthians 1:24 – We cannot have control over your faith, but are helpers of your joy – for by faith you stand. Joy & Confidence Are Essential To Faith Joy and confidence are key components and partners of faith. Through the Holy Spirit, we learn to abound in confidence, and one of the responsibilities of ministers is to assist in keeping the believers full of joy (Romans 15:13; 1 John 1:4; 1 Peter 1:8; John 15:11; Philippians 1:25; Nehemiah 8:10). The men and women of God who are blessed to help others cannot be another person’s faith. They cannot control or rule over another person’s faith; they can only minister the Word and the Spirit, then it is up to each person to decide if they will participate. A preacher of the Word can say, “Go shout to the mountain until it moves;” but it is up to the individual to obey and not grow weary. Simply put, those who have grown the most did not have a Pastor to call all the time. They did not have someone else to believe God for them that the finances would come in, or the sickness would go out. They stepped up and believed what they had been taught from the Word, and began to put it into action. Each person must learn to stand on their own two feet in faith and in a personal relationship with the Holy Ghost! We have all been anointed together with Jesus, and God’s ministers are here to show you how – yet not always do it for you (2 Corinthians 1:21-22). Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen