Apostle Allison Smith Conliff delivers Mother’s Day Service sermon focusing primarily on the transformative power of faith. The Apostle defines faith as the "eyes of the spiritual realm," arguing that it is the essential vehicle for navigating life's challenges and achieving the impossible through divine favor. By examining biblical figures like Mary, Elizabeth, and Moses' mother, the sermon illustrates how absolute trust in God allows individuals to fulfill their purpose regardless of their physical circumstances. The message encourages the congregation to maintain a lifestyle of faithfulness rather than focusing on outward appearances or temporary hardships. Ultimately, the sermon celebrates mothers as pillars of strength while calling all believers to feed their spirits and rely on God as their ultimate source of hope and security.

Key Points:

The "eye of faith" acts as a transformative lens that reshapes both spiritual perception and the reality of daily life by allowing individuals to see beyond physical circumstances.

Faith serves as the "eyes of the spiritual realm," enabling believers to see "things not seen". This spiritual vision transforms perception in several key ways:

• Accessing the Unseen: While the "naked eye" only perceives current physical realities, the eye of faith allows a person to stand strong even when they do not know what is going to happen or where they are going.
• Moving Beyond "Sight": Walking only by sight leads to being "double-minded" because it causes individuals to waver based on their current struggles. Faith, conversely, allows one to "see" into the next dimension and anchor themselves in God's promises regardless of what is visible.
• Spiritual Communication: Faith facilitates communication with God, allowing believers to receive messages and assignments that are "entrusted" only to the faithful.
• Empowerment for the Supernatural: Spiritual perception through faith empowers individuals to walk in the supernatural, as demonstrated by Mary and Elizabeth, who both saw beyond their physical limitations, virginity and advanced age, respectively, to birth what God intended.

Faith is a "lifestyle" rather than a temporary state, impacting how people navigate practical life and its challenges:

• Daily Resilience: Beyond special celebrations, faith is meant for "daily living". It is described as a "vehicle" that carries people through life and the "ammunition" needed against darkness.
• Courage in Uncertainty: Faith transforms fear into courage. For example, Mary, as a teenager, accepted a life-altering calling because she was taught to live by faith. Similarly, Moses' mother took the "mad" action of placing her child in a river, trusting in a purpose beyond her intellect.
• Strength and Exploits: Those who know God through faith are described as "unstoppable" and capable of doing "exploits". This strength allows them to remain steady even when "flood waters are rising" or "troubles seem to be overtaking" them.
• Redefining Practical Needs: Faith changes how one approaches material needs and personal identity. It encourages believers to focus on "dressing their spirit" rather than just their physical bodies, and to find contentment regardless of their current season.
• Hope in Hardship and Death: For those experiencing abandonment, widowhood, or single motherhood, faith provides a "secret place" to find help and assurance. It even transforms the experience of death, providing assurance and hope that distinguishes the person of faith from the rest of the world.

Ultimately, the eye of faith adds "substance" to a person's life, turning hope into evidence and allowing them to "faith their way through" any circumstance.

Rec. Date: 12th May. 2024