Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Nehemiah 1:4-11
by: Trisha Gerstel.
Through the years, I have found that the simplest way to define Christian faith is this: Faith is believing that God is who He says He is and that He will do what He says He will do. Unfortunately, I (like many others) find my faith faltering on a near daily basis. Nehemiah gives a good example of how to respond when we recognize that we have acted—or reacted—out of unfaithfulness. It is important that we confess our sin and repent first. Then we can ask for God’s mercy and strength to move forward in a way that leans solely on the belief that God is who He says He is and that He will do what He says He will do.