by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose, Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
A Biblical Response to Life Difficulty Key Concepts The Scriptures are not telling us to exalt and rejoice in spite of our bad feelings, but rather that joy and exaltation are the expected emotional response to difficulty when we know the truth in our hearts....
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
There are three elements that make up the purpose of TPM.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
God has invited us to participate with Him in the work that he is doing.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
God is at work in the life of every believer bringing about eternal transformation.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
Understanding faith is a foundation stone in TPM
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
Heart belief supersedes intellectual belief.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
Faith is believing whatever we may believe with the heart. So not all faith is pure.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
Most people receive an illumination of truth during a ministry session.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
Walking in a pure faith requires God’s purification
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
The very fact that the Bible tells us that our faith needs to be refined means there is something less than pure in our faith.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose, Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
Jesus death did not bring value to us, His death reveals our value with God.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
Continuing study of faith as it relates to TPM
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
Having our minds renewed with truth is not the same as spiritual maturity.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
As God is refining our faith we are called to submit.
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
We Do Whatever We Believe Not All faith is pure The very fact that God needs to refine our faith suggests it is not totally pure. We would never try to purify gold that was already free of impurities. Doing so would be purposeless, as there would be no benefit from...
by Ed Smith and Joshua Smith | Purpose: Faith Refinement, Supplemental Training
Without Faith We Cannot Trust and Obey We Trust and Obey Because We Believe When I was a child we used to sing the old hymn “Trust and Obey.” The words declared, “Trust and obey for there is no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and...