Flame and Faith

  ✦ Faith in the Waiting ✦ When God Makes the Impossible Possible: Abraham & Zechariah Two men. Centuries apart. One unshakeable God who never forgets His promises. "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." — Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) Throughout Scripture, God has a beautiful pattern: He chooses the waiting seasons to display His greatest glory. Two of the most powerful examples of faith in the face of impossibility are  Abraham and Sarah , who waited decades for a son, and  Zechariah and Elizabeth , who carried the same longing into old age. Though they lived centuries apart, their stories echo each other with stunning similarity — and both bear witness to a God who is always faithful, always on time, and never surprised by the impossible. ✦ The Patriarch Abraham: Father of Faith in the Waiting Abraham's story is the bedrock of waiting faith. God called him out of Ur and made an extraordinary promise — that he would become the father of ...

  Flame and Faith  ·  Fe y Oración Dios Responde la Oración — En Su Tiempo, No en el Nuestro Entendiendo las diferentes formas en que Dios responde, por qué Su silencio nunca es abandono, y por qué Su tiempo siempre es perfecto. Edgar Hernandez Jr.  ·  Yakima, Washington ✦ ✦ ✦ Has estado orando por lo mismo durante meses. Quizás años. Has llorado. Has ayunado. Te has postrado de cara en el suelo y derramado tu corazón ante Dios como agua. Y la respuesta no ha llegado — o al menos, no la respuesta que esperabas, en el momento que la esperabas. Si es ahí donde estás, esta publicación está escrita para ti. Porque una de las realidades que más ponen a prueba la fe en la vida cristiana es aprender que Dios siempre responde la oración — pero no siempre de la manera que queremos, ni cuando queremos. ✦   ✦   ✦ 01 Las Cuatro Formas en que Dios Responde la Oración La Escritura deja claro que Dios escucha cada oración que Sus hijos le presentan. Primera de Juan 5...

Flame and Faith  ·  Faith & Prayer God Answers Prayer — On His Time, Not Ours Understanding the different ways God responds, why His silence is never abandonment, and why His timing is always perfect. Edgar Hernandez Jr.  ·  Yakima, Washington ✦ ✦ ✦ You have been praying for the same thing for months. Maybe years. You have cried. You have fasted. You have laid face-down on your floor and poured your heart out to God like water. And the answer has not come — or at least, not the answer you expected, in the time you expected it. If that is where you are, this post is written for you. Because one of the most faith-testing realities of the Christian life is learning that God always answers prayer — but He does not always answer the way we want, or when we want. ✦   ✦   ✦ 01 The Four Ways God Answers Prayer Scripture makes clear that God hears every prayer His children bring to Him. First John 5:14–15 says:  "This is the confidence we have in approachin...