HYPE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR FAITH

Emotional hype is not a substitute for faith. 

Hype has never empowered me to overcome anything.

It only gives me false sense of security that falls apart under pressure. 

Pumping myself up emotionally to deal with dangerous or difficult situations, is simply being fake, phony, and can sometimes be hazardous. It doesn't  fool anybody but me!

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Hebrews 11:1

NO SUBSTITUTE

Busyness is not holiness! 

We can never substitute our good works of ministry, for our holiness before the Father.

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Romans 12:1 MSG
So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life--your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life--and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for Him. .

It is only when we work from our place on the altar, we can actually get the "right work" done, at the right time, the right way, with the right spirit! 

1 Peter 1:14-16
So you must live as God's obedient children. Don't slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn't know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. For the Scriptures say, "You must be holy because I am holy."