Faith in God is the key to pleasing God. It is right to have faith because God is reliable. Faith also releases the blessing of God. It brings God onto the scene. Many people fail to get answers to prayer because they don’t have the kind of relationship with God that makes them confident that God is going to answer them. But this problem can be solved.
In previous studies, we have seen that God has provided a marvellous salvation from all the consequences of man’s rebellion.
This salvation is to be received through repentance and faith. God expects us to change our allegiance. We must now love Him and serve Him – not our old selfish and corrupt desires. He wants to set us free from every oppression. But as well as this change of allegiance or repentance we need to believe God and His promises with a living faith. In this lesson we will consider what it means to have faith in God.
What is Faith?
What Faith is not
Faith is not religion. Many times people say “We have our faith”. What they mean is this: “We have our religious ideas and doctrines, our traditions, our ways of doing things passed down through the generations. Don’t you try to change them.” This is not the Biblical idea of faith.
Faith is not mental assent. It is not agreeing with your mind, “Yes, that is true.” Many professing Christians believe mentally that the Bible is the Word of God, but this faith does not change the way they live. It is not a faith that can save. (James 2:14)
Even demons have that kind of faith. They know and believe that God exists (James 2:19) – and tremble. They have no loving confidence in God.
Faith is not a way to manipulate God. It is not a power by which we make God do what WE want when otherwise He would be unwilling to do that thing. It is not a kind of magic through which we make God into our servant!
Faith is not hope, nor positive desire. Hope is good, and relates to the future. Faith, however, takes the promise as done NOW. Many people have hope and are anxiously looking for results, but they lack the settled confidence and present assurance which faith has.
What Faith Is
In the general sense of the word, to have faith is to believe in something or someone, to fully trust, to be so confident that you base your actions on what you believe. To have faith is to be fully convinced of the truthfulness and reliability of that in which you believe.
Faith in God then, is having the kind of trust and confidence in God and in Christ that leads you to commit your whole soul to Him as Saviour (Justifier, Cleanser, Healer, Deliverer) and Lord (Master, King).
The NIV translation says, “Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1 NIV).
The NKJV of the Bible says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1).
Faith is a spiritual substance. When you have this spiritual substance in you, it communicates to you a certain inner knowing that the thing you are hoping for is certainly established, even before you see any material evidence that it has happened.
Faith is a spiritual force. Faith in God is a response to God’s Word which moves God to act. Jesus said in Mark 11:23, “For assuredly I say to you, whoever SAYS to this mountain, ‘Be removed and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but BELIEVES that those things he SAYS will be done, he will HAVE whatever he SAYS.” Words mixed with the real, pure faith can and will move mountains or any other problem that we face.
Faith in God must be from the heart. It is not merely intellectual. It is spiritual. “For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:10)
Faith causes you to know in your heart before you see with your eyes. “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7)
Some say, “Seeing is believing.” Once you see the thing hoped for already existing in the natural order, you don’t need faith.
Hope is a condition for faith. Hope is “a positive unwavering expectation of good”. Hope is for the mind (1 Thessalonians 5:8; Hebrews 6:19), an anchor for the soul. It keeps us in the place where we can believe, but it is not in itself “faith”. Yet, without hope there are no “things hoped for”, and therefore there cannot be faith.
Through faith we can know we have the answer to our prayer before we see anything change in the natural order (1 John 5:14,15). Jesus said, “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.” (Mk 11:24). God expects us, even commands us, to believe that our petitions are answered by God AT THE MOMENT WE MAKE THEM. We must believe that the response is immediately sent WHEN we pray. Faith is like the confirmation slip in our hearts that the goods are on the way. We have that confirmation slip instantly from God. We sense it in our hearts. The manifestation of those goods, the answer received, comes later as long as we are patient and do not throw away our confidence. (Hebrews 10:35-39; Hebrews 6:12)
Faith is like a check. All you have to do is hold on to the check, go to the bank to present it and you can confidently expect the money to appear in your account after a certain time. If you throw the check away the money will not be put in your account. God is trustworthy and always has resources to back his promises.
Living faith always has corresponding actions. We talk what we really believe, and we act according to what we really believe. The heroes of faith like Abraham were considered men of faith because they acted on what God showed them. They acted on their faith. (Hebrews 11:17-38, James 2:21-23).
To live in faith means to do and say what you believe is right, without doubting.
Faith is a rest. It is compatible with inner peace. It is not “trying to believe”. To say that you are “trying to believe” God is to say that you don’t believe Him. The man who is “trying to believe” may be sincere, but he does not have faith in that area yet.
Why We Must Believe God
Why must we believe God? Hebrews 11:6 says, “But without faith it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”
“Whatever is not of faith is sin” (Romans 14:23) and God hates sin. When we don’t believe God, we treat Him like He is a liar. Remember that He is everywhere and sees all things. He is hurt when we act like He doesn’t exist, or that He will not do what He promised to do. Only when we have confidence in God and His Word can we please Him.
Lack of faith leads to lack of obedience. God’s commands can only really be fulfilled through faith. Without confidence in God’s promises a man will never really do what God says. Lack of obedience in God’s eyes is rebellion. Such lack of obedience dishonors God and surely deserves to be punished.
“The just shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17). We must live by faith in order to be considered by God “right” and “correct”. Otherwise we stand condemned.
Those who don’t believe God inevitably believe in something else. Either religious tradition, or their understanding of science, or what the women’s magazine says, or what their next door neighbor tells them, the education system, the mass-media or a combination of all these things. God is not impressed. “Professing to be wise, they became fools.” (Romans 1:22) In fact, those who don’t fully believing God end up believing the devil somewhere along the track. It is very possible to believe what the devil says without even believing that he exists! Satan is speaking through so many philosophies and religions without openly declaring himself. Not too many actually know they are trusting the words of Satan and his demons.
God is therefore righteous in expecting us to believe in Him and what He says. Who is better qualified to tell us the truth and help us to find answers for life and eternity?
Benefits of Faith
The Bible teaches us that genuine faith is “more precious than gold that perishes” (1 Peter 1:7). Indeed such faith is going to be “tested by fire”. You can expect difficulties and persecutions in your life of faith, as well as blessings. Therefore to encourage you to hold onto and develop your faith, we will consider some of the benefits of faith.
1. Faith brings salvation. (Ephesians 2:8,9). Whosoever believes in Him has eternal life. (John 3:16), and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. (John 5:24). The just shall live by faith. (Romans 1:17)
2. Faith brings answers to prayer. “And whatever things you ask in prayer, really believing, you will receive.” (Matthew 21:22). Since God tells us to pray for our daily bread (Matthew 6:11), faith is therefore a key to our material provision.
3. Faith brings all the benefits of salvation into our lives (Ephesians 2:8,9). This includes healing, prosperity, peace, love, joy (1 Peter 1:8), deliverance from demons and the curse, sanctification of the mind and emotions (the salvation of the soul) and any other benefit which the word of God promises to us.
4. Faith is a spiritual force through which our ministry for Christ becomes effective. (Mark 11:23; Matthew 17:19,20). Faith is a major key to ministry success. It brings to you what you need for your ministry, and by imparting it to others through your life and your ministry of God’s Word, you enable them to receive the blessings of God’s grace mentioned above.
5. In particular, faith is the major key for an effective healing and deliverance ministry. Jesus Christ “the same yesterday, today and forever” lives in the Christian (Hebrews 13:8, Galatians 2:20), and through the Christian wants to reveal the power of salvation to men in a way they can see and feel. In this way, our evangelism concerning the Kingdom of God will not be in talk, but in power (1 Corinthians 4:20).
How to Develop Faith
We see how important faith is. Yet some people despair here, thinking that they don’t have faith. Yet faith comes (Romans 10:17), it can grow and develop. If you are not full of faith today, that doesn’t mean you will be that way all your life. You can choose to be a person of faith!
Here are some keys to developing faith.
1. Listen to the Word of God as much as possible. “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God” (Romans 10:17). Constant attention to the Word of God produces faith, especially if we attend to it with an open heart and mind. The book of Proverbs encourages us to constantly keep the Word in our hearts and to keep our attention on it (Proverbs 4:20-22). Health is one of the benefits promised.
What we listen to affects what we believe. If we listen to the TV more than to the Word, we will believe the lies of the world more than we will believe what God says. Constant attention to lies produces deception. Eventually the mind will accept something if that thing is heard often enough and persuasively enough. That is why we should keep hearing the Word of God, through preaching, Christian tapes, confession of the Word, daily fellowship with godly Christians. This will cause us eventually to believe the truth from our hearts.
2. Realize that every believer has been given a measure of faith by God. (Romans 12:3). We just have to use and develop what God has given. We must put it into action.
3. Pray in tongues and be full of the Spirit (Jude 20). We will look at this later. If you have been baptized in the Spirit as the disciples were in the book of Acts, you should pray and praise in tongues often because through this you “edify yourself” (1 Corinthians 14:4) and “build yourself up in your most holy faith”. Praying in tongues is a key to being full of the Spirit. Since faith is a fruit of the Spirit, all things things are related together.
4. Obey God and the conviction of the Holy Spirit. It is as you walk that you gain strength. God will not reveal greater things to you until you are faithful in the things He is showing you NOW. Therefore obedience to the Spirit and what He is showing you through the Word or through your conscience is important in the development of your faith. You cannot have living faith without taking some practical steps of obedience. Act on what God is saying!
5. Give thanks. Give thanks for the results before you see. Don’t complain – that shows you doubt God’s love and God’s answer to your situation. Give thanks in all situations (1 Thessalonians 5:18).
6. Develop a life of praise and worship. Praise drives the powers of darkness away and brings the throne of God into your circumstances. Praising God is an act of faith and helps your faith to grow. It is commanded (Hebrews 13:15). Worship is admiring God through the Spirit. If you can perceive who is God, His power, faithfulness and love your trust and faith in Him will grow.
7. Spend as much time as you can with people of faith. The spirit of faith on them will touch your life also (Proverbs 13:20).
8. Speak the WORD. By saying with your mouth you exercise your faith, you hear the Word and you build it into your life. God’s Word is anointed and has power when it is spoken to change the spiritual atmosphere (Joshua 1:8; Romans 10:10). Confession of God’s Word (saying the same thing as God’s word) brings you into the place where the Lord will move to fulfill it (Hebrews 3:1). The angels hearken to the voice of God’s Word (Psalms 103:20)
9. Seek holiness, purity of heart. “Pursue peace with all men, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.” (Hebrews 12:14). It is with the heart that man believes (Romans 10:10). To the extent that the heart has uncleanness, unforgiveness and other bad conditions within, the man will lose the spiritual perception of the Lord which enables his heart to believe. Purity and faith feed each other.
10. Remember that faith works by love (Galatians 5:6). The centurion (Matthew 8:5-13) and the woman of Canaan (Matthew 15:21-28) were both motivated by their love for another in coming to Jesus. And both were described as having great faith. Let us believe God for others to be blessed, in a spirit of love, and as we give of our selves God will give blessings to us also (Luke 6:37). This is related to the idea of “seed-faith”. Express your faith by planting a seed in terms of some form of giving. God will release a multiplied harvest in return if we endure and do not faint (Hebrews 10:36).
Confession and the Power of Words
“With the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:10). Confessing Christ as your Living Lord and Savior with your mouth releases God’s salvation into your life. Since salvation includes many benefits and blessings our right mouth confession is a major key to receiving what God has provided for us by his grace.
We should realize that “Death and life is in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.” (Proverbs 18:21). The power of the tongue is in the power of the words we speak. All our words have an effect on the spiritual atmosphere around us, either for good or bad. It is through words that covenants and promises are established. It is through words that our faith or our fears are expressed. Bad words open the door for bad spirits to work. Good words open the door for God and His angels to work.
Angels heed the VOICE of God’s Word (Psalms 103:20). Words are spiritual seeds. Words of life produce life. Words of faith produce faith. Words of love produce love. Words of hope produce hope, and so on. Words of death attract spirits of death, words of doubt attract doubt, words of fear attract spirits of fear, and so on. Therefore we must guard carefully what we SAY. The Bible has much to say on this subject, especially in the Book of Proverbs (e.g. Proverbs 10:19, 20, 31, 32; 12:18, 22; 14:23, 33; 15:1, 4, 28). Jesus said, “But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it on the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned. ” (Matthew 12:36,37). Paul said, “And WHATEVER you do, IN WORD or deed, do ALL in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” (Colossians 3:17)
Confession (Gk: homologeo) means literally “to say the same thing”. To confess the Word of God then means to say the same thing as God’s Word says. When you say it, it tends to produce faith because in saying it you must also hear it from your own mouth, and hearing the Word causes faith to come (Romans 10:17). In saying the Word yourself, you identify YOURSELF with the truth of God’s Word. It is one thing to hear someone else say something, another to say that thing yourself. The more you say God’s Word, the more you will believe it, and the more you believe it, the more you will say it.
“A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.” (Proverbs 18:20, see Proverbs 12:14). This means that we feed on the words we speak. What we say comes back to affect our own heart and our own spiritual condition. That is another reason why confessing the Word and not negative things will greatly help our faith.
At times it is difficult to speak consistently with what the Bible says because our minds are not sufficiently renewed. We still have doubt in our souls. We must reprogram our subconscious minds to accept God’s principles and God’s promises without doubt (Romans 12:2). Meditation, repeated pondering, listening to good preaching, confession of the Scripture, as well as informed study will help here. The Word must enter deeply into us. This will change the way we are, the way we speak, the way we respond to difficulties and challenges. If it does not we have been too superficial in our treatment of the Word. We have substituted the mental knowledge and recognition of the words for real meditation and confession.
God talks in faith. God “gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did” (Romans 4:17). Through faith-filled words, God created the universe (Hebrews 11:3). As sons of God we are called to be imitators of God, filled with God’s Spirit (Ephesians 5:1,18). When we are in Christ and we have the promise of God, we have the right to speak about something God has promised as if it existed even before our natural senses are conscious of it. It is our faith that gives substance to this confession of things not seen. For example, if we have believed God for a car, we can talk about our car before we see it. We should realise that God has already “given us all things that pertain to life and godliness” (2 Peter 1:3) and all spiritual blessings (Ephesians 1:3). But the effective receiving depends on our faith. Faith is confident of the faithfulness of God in His declared promises and talks and acts so, even before the natural eye sees.
Acting in Faith
Real faith has corresponding actions. Looking at Hebrews 11:4-37 we see that all those who are commended for their faith did something as well. It is possible to have actions, even religious actions, without real faith – but these actions are dead works. Without faith you can’t please God. (Hebrews 11:6).
Sometimes confusion arises in this matter of faith and works. There is a radical difference between works or actions that spring from real faith, and works which spring from SELF in an effort to earn God’s approval. The former cannot be separated from real faith. The latter are as filthy rags to God (Isaiah 64:6), and are wrong because the man occupied with them cannot understand or accept God’s free grace – that it is by GRACE, by CHRIST that we are saved, and not by our own works.
Faith hears the word of God, the voice of God and acts in obedience with a trusting heart. God often speaks to us through our consciences by His Spirit, pressing us towards a particular kind of action which is based on God’s Word. Real faith yields to God’s suggestion and does it.
Jesus told the blind man to go to the pool to wash. The blind man, by acting in obedience to Jesus’ words BEFORE he received healing, demonstrated the kind of faith which God required of him in that situation, and he was healed. (John 9:7). If he had not obeyed, he would not have been healed.
God told Abraham to offer his son Isaac up as a sacrifice. Abraham’s obedience in this matter demonstrated the reality of his faith. (James 2:20-24). Even justifying faith is not passive. It does not rest in sin. Justifying faith works with repentance to open the door for the receiving of God’s great salvation.
Overcoming the Enemies of faith
In closing this lesson we will consider some of the main enemies of faith and how they can be overcome.
1. Ignorance. You cannot believe a promise until you hear it or find it. Much unbelief rises out of the fact that people just don’t know what the Bible says. The cure for this is study, meditation and consideration of the Word.
2. Unbelief. This is the sinful choice to not believe God. It is usually motivated by pride, rebellion and ignorance. The cure for this is therefore to humble oneself, change one’s mind, choose to believe. Fasting puts done the flesh and is often very effective in destroying the power of unbelief, because it aids in humbling ourselves and in removing fleshly distractions to the voice of God. If done correctly it can help us to focus on God and will make the spiritual things more intense to us, thereby destroying unbelief.
3. Fear. Negative fear is a negative emotion based on the real expectation of bad things to come. It is rooted in anxiety and a lack of trust in God’s fatherly protection and love. Perfect love casts out fear. (1Jn 4:18). God is perfect love. Therefore by seeking God, His presence and the fullness of His Spirit we will be set free from fear. When we are conscious of God’s power it is very easy to be courageous and bold. We expect success when we are consciously full of God and know that we are doing what He is telling us to do. To overcome fear we must look to God and not to natural considerations which could cause our failure if God were not with us. Peter, looking to the wind and the waves, was overcome by a fear which paralysed his faith and caused him to sink. He needed to keep looking to Jesus. God says, “Fear not, FOR I AM WITH YOU.” (Is. 43:5). God gives us a reason not to fear, and a commandment. To fear anyone or anything except the Lord is a sin. We can overcome this sin by being full of God and looking to Him. Also we must forgive all men if we want to be delivered from this form of torment. (Mt 18:34, I Jn 4:18)
4. Doubt. Doubt is an enemy to faith because it speaks with a voice that challenges the truth or the reliability of what we should be believing. To overcome doubt we must fill ourselves with the Word of God, meditating deeply and repetitively on it. Doubt is the evidence of an unconsecrated heart and mind. It is the evidence of lack of devotion to God’s Word. Doubt, like fear, torments. We must forgive others and give our whole hearts to God. We must stop listening to the voice of demons or the voice of our own carnal mind trained from early days to resist God. This is a decision. It helps to hear the testimonies of others to overcome doubt. However, doubt will never be fully overcome until we treat the Bible as God’s voice TO US.
5. Discouragement. Sometimes we feel discouraged because of physical or emotional weakness or tiredness. We may be disappointed by the behaviour of other Christians. We may be discouraged by the persecution of others, even of our families. Perhaps we have waited for what may or may not be God’s promise to us, and we grow impatient. Many Christians at some time in their life become disappointed with God. Satan uses discouragement to weaken and if possible destroy our faith. To overcome discouragement we must make a decision to be strong (Hebrews 12:12; Ephesians 6:10) in the Lord. We must want to be strong and stop making excuses for our weakness and failure. We must consider God’s faithfulness to us in the past, even through difficulties (Hebrews 10:32-34). We must rededicate ourselves to God’s Word, to thankfulness, to prayer and to the voice of the Spirit. We need to learn to obey the Spirit in small things. Sometimes even great men of God like Elijah were discouraged. At one time, even after a great victory, he ran away from Jezebel, the witch. God restored Elijah through the ministry of angels, through his voice, and by getting him occupied in new missions for God full of the promise of hope.
5. The Love of Praise. When you are more interested in what people – even Christian people – think of you, more than what God thinks of you, according to Jesus, you won’t be able to truly believe in Him. Why? Because God’s priorities and man’s are different. Jesus said, “How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?” (John 5:44)
To overcome this, you must cultivate a personal relationship with God through prayer and obedience. You must allow your old nature to be weakened as you say yes to God and no to these desires for seeking praise and recognition.
God is calling all of us to put our faith in action in many ways. Many of the following lessons relate to practical areas which as a Christian we must put into practice. True faith will lead us to church commitment, to pray, to be baptized in water and in the Holy Spirit and to tell others about Christ.
Hi Ron,
Thank you for writing to us and expressing your frustration and your feelings towards God. I would like though to challenge an assumption you have made that it is God who kept you from getting married. On what do you base this conviction? The other thought I would like to challenge is the idea that you are a very good man. It depends on whose standards you judge yourself by. By your own standards you might be a very moral and very upright human being. By God’s standards, we have all failed to live to the level of perfection of the 10 commandments who say for example that if we put anything in our heart before God, we have sinned. By God’s standards, we have all failed to live up to those standards. Therefore we all need saving from a loving but just God. The Bible also says: ‘No good thing will He withhold from those who seek Him.” Are you seeking Him? Or are you living a life of independence from God and when you want something from Him you think He should just be there for you and help you? God has not bound Himself to help everyone in the world with everything they want, whether they serve Him or not. He is not obligated to, though He wants to. Yet the Bible says: “It is not the Lord’s hand that is short and cannot saved, but it is our sins that have separated us from God that He cannot hear.”
Coming to God in humility and turning away from sin will give you much higher chances to be heard by Him and to secure His help in the area of marriage. And remember, He is the Creator and the King, who are we to call Him to account? And let’s not attribute every bad thing that happen in the world to God, as we have to justify putting that blame on God. My encouragement is that instead of blaming God, you seek to make peace with Him so that you can be saved and have a chance to enter under His favor and receive the blessings you seek. Anger towards God will not move Him or make you get anything from Him. Faith and turning from sin will. Call upon His Name and ask Him to save you and bless your life. The Bible says: Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. You might have missed the first part.
How can i have faith in God since he kept a very good man like me still single today when i should’ve never been in the first place? God really sucks and always will.
Hi Steve, would be happy to help you with the war that’s going on inside you. Feel free to email me at testimonies @ christian-faith.com Mari
Thank you for this article which has helped me understand issues I was struggling with. I am more confident now to keep going even when I falter knowing that God’s word is available to me. Truly what are we without God?
this is a realization of how much I lack. I know the quotes about faith and my mind and my heart are at war. I pray that God will help me understand and fuel my faith.
Robert, that was a great testimony, I myself need to do this as well. my hope and prayer is for us both to be able to do this and receive the peace and joy in us that passes all understanding. may god bless you.
I myself struggle with this issue on faith and trust, I want so badly to not doubt but to trust in god and jesus. I do believe and would appreciate if all you believers would pray for me on this issue. I thank you and hope god blesses each of you in the way you need most.
Hi Robert,
Have a read of my latest article as well:
God asked me to write this article, what I have learned lately through the trials I have been through. I hope it blesses and comforts others. Feel free to share with those who are struggling with similar things.
When your circumstances contradict the truth of God’s Word, what do you think of Him? Do you trust your mind to lead you to the right conclusions or do you trust Him with the heart? What trust is more reliable?
http://www.christian-faith.com/himandtrials/
I have been convicted by these words: I need to trust God completely and surrender to His will for my life. Like so many others, I have allowed worldly troubles to depress me and to steal the joy of my life. God has brought me through some adverse circumstances before and I need to follow His words, if I am to expect Him to deliver me from this adversity. In my greatest challenge, I have suffering and I have been hoping for a better outcome but I have not held on to my faith in such a way as to give God all of my trust and devotion. Once I do, I can walk with more confidence and assurance. This must be the day that I decide that I have had enough pain and misery and give it all to God through the rededication of my faith. Glory to God…it’s now up to me to do as He says. Thank you for your guidance and inspiration.
Romans 3:22 KJV says this: ‘Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference.’
It says the faith _of Jesus. Ephesians 2:8-9 says faith, along with grace, is a gift from God.
Hebrews 12:1-2 says, ‘And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.’, NIV.
We don’t operate on faith that we can generate because we don’t have to. We have the faith of Jesus to sustain us.
John 5:19 , ‘ So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.’, ESV. Also John 5:30, John 8:29, and John 12:49.
Jesus, in His Incarnation (Earthly body), did only what the Father told Him so how can we think we know better than Jesus how to live our Christian lives ?
Jesus said without Him we can do nothing, John 15:5, His teaching on the vine and the branches. The scripture is there to support what I’m writing, you only have to read it for yourself and believe.
The secret is to stop trying and just ‘be’ a Christian. Jesus sent His Holy Spirit to guide us in living like He did, in obedience to the Father. When we allow Him to ‘run’ our lives and keep our pride and ego out of the way we become authentic Christians.
Living _in Jesus and He in you, your life will never be the same and you will come to love reading your Bible, your prayer life will be enjoyable as will your fellowship and, strangers will _want what you have. That is the most effective way to obey His command to share His Gospel.
I pray this will be a blessing to all who read this.
In Christ Jesus, Michael
Very good site.Thanks.
thank you soo much for these encouranging words which i believe have and will awaken many christians faith.you are blessed and continue with the good work and God will reward you in Jesus mighty name.
I love this
Great info. Lucky me I came across your blog by chance (stumbleupon).
I’ve book-marked it for later!
ANONYMOUS Just have faith in God’s word and keep moving: https://lrn.cc/6QE
I pray God that strong faith will reign in the hearts of men today because without faith, it is impossible to please God. And the stronger your faith, the easier it is to please God. FAITH is Forgetting All I Trust Him. God bless you all
It is good for every christian to have faith in God…..For God is capable of doing all things
Awesome devotion on Faith. Am thoroughly blessed and inspired. Keep up the good work…
Faith is such a critical substance from salvation up to final stage of the Christian walk. We’ll never be able to fully comprehend with our finite mind how valuable faith is as well as why God has placed so much emphasis on it. But from what we’re able to grasp, without faith there’s no salvation. Without faith not only is it impossible to please, so is serving Him as well. Faith is all about us coming out of human tendencies, conceptions, understanding, and so forth by embracing in a complete manner what God says within His Word.
so when you speak of this faith you have in Christ and what he can do?
did he not say if you have faith these things you see me do you will do greater? have you been able to walk on water yet?
Sometimes GOD delays the best wine to the last. The patiently awaiting this wine are the celebrant of drinking it. I praise the Lord Jesus Christ for His unfailing favour to include me in receiving such a wonderful deep teaching on the theme What is FAITH? This has opened me to higher understanding in the word of God. I am really blessed. May His name exalted on high. Thanks be to God for the Teacher
Jesus loves you and everybody else in this world even if we don’t love him back. Please understand that Jesus doesn’t hate you and that all you have to do to be with him in heaven forever is accept him as your one true God and Savior. He sent his one and only son to come and die on the cross for our sins so that if we accept him truly than we will live in heaven with him forever. John 3:16 says, That God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Please think about this and pray about it.
GOD LOVES YOU!!!
I stumbled upon this page looking for an answer to what FAITH really is. Frankly, I think I have no idea. I don’t know how to have faith. I am going through a rough time in my life and despair, doubt, fear and discouragement has become a part of my life. I am married to a guy in Canada and I’m waiting for my spouse visa for the past two and a half years. It’s going to be our third wedding anniversary in December. Although my husband is very caring and loving and and he comes to spend time with me twice every year, but I am really disheartened that we are still waiting to be together. I pray every day crying profusely all through it begging God to give me meaning and peace and give me the understanding why it is being delayed but I fail to understand. I know it is only because I lack faith that even when I pray I keep doubting if it is God’s will to unite us or not. I feel so miserable and defeated. I curse the immigration people for being so lazy and I feel like God is punishing me for my lack of faith. I wish to have the kind of faith my husband has. He always talks positively about this situation and I am a complete opposite of him. I do not wish to be like this anymore. I am begging God to grab my hand and keep me from falling. I know the evil one is trying to pull me towards him and making me doubt God’s promise. But I pray and hope for God’s mercy that He may save His child and make me patient. I need Him and I pray that He fully restores my faith. Thanks to this article and all you people of faith I have a new hope of mending my ways and bring my life from negative to positive. In Jesus name, Amen.
Blessings to all.
Anna
i leave my church and my group someone help me with my faith in the good and jessus
What a wonderful time to find this site. My faith has been waivering and I have been afraid. I had an incident at work and have been terrified at the outcome. But I am no longer afraid. My faith has been restored. I know that God is faithful and just to see me through. I will doubt not! I believe that I am being put through this to help me to see the error quickly, before I continued to fall. It has brought me back to where I need to be. I ask that other believers out there believe with me, for God says that where two or more are gathered in his name and ask for anything, believing and doubting not, it shall be done for them. God Bless!!
You are not alone! We have all felt discouraged and like the world is against us at some point in our lives. The good news is, THE WORLD is what we are thinking of when we feel this way, GOD is never against us. He is always with us. When you start feeling this way, stop and pray and read the word. People are busy in their lives and what we perceive as being ignored or not liked is the devil. People most of the time are not even thinking about it. They are living their lives and have no idea you are feeling the way you do. I recently had a friend tell me that she was so devastated over something at work that she thought about killing herself. I was involved in the situation and it was nothing to the people involved. They had no idea she was feeling like this. It was just another day for all of us, the devil worked hard on making her feel paranoid and afraid. We cannot let him win. Be strong in the Lord with all your might. No matter what it looks like, if you can be strong and just hold on, you will see goodness. God wants goodness for us, not evil. Surround yourself with his word and listen to his lead. He will lead you to the right circumstance and people. Down the road, as long as you have faith, you will look back and smile at how things turned out. Take it from someone who has been there. 🙂 My prayers are with you.
“But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back. I TAKE NO PLEASURE MYSELF . I FEEL LIKE Jesus Hates me . Its sad when you cant even follow through with the age of grace? IM ALREADY DEAD IM A TOTAL FAILURE AN ABOMINATION
FAITH IS GOD GIVEN. I LOST MOST OF MINE DUE TO DRUGS AND ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOR.. Jesus im as dead as my dead mother i should just overdose on a speedball and die like my mother, ive been waiting 7 years for a blessing? more like a curse ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST YA SO THERFORE WHEN YOU SEE THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION STANDING WHERE IT OUGHT NOT BE (LET THE READER UNDERSTAND) )
Its tough and heartbreaking to say the least. But I must go on. The storm is terrible and I can’t see an inch in front of me but brothers and sisters please pray for us as I am weak and trembling.
Great!!!
Hey, I will keep you in my prayer! “Be still, and know that I am God”..
Although I got a bad report last night im still standing!. I’ve got too because my family needs me and I need them. I may be in the valley still but im holding on to Jesus.
You are more than welcome, blessings to you.
May God bring you good tidings of great joy, peace, love, patience, humbleness, and health now and for eternity.
May God guide your thoughts, your step and your words. Do not be afraid for the Lord of Lords and Kings of Kings is with you. He is your pastor so ask, seek and knock and the doors will open, you will receive and you will see the greatness of the Lord.
You have much to offer the Lord, offer Him your time every morning kneel down and pray to Him, ask Him for advice, for help, for quidance, Seek His word and you will find rest.
You do have much to offer HIM. Offer Him praise as you shower, in the car, as you walk. Praise Him… Praise Him…
You do have much to offer. Since He has already delivered you and is upholding you with great love; talk, testify of His greatness, be kind, humble, honest, be GOOD..
Now do you see how much we can offer Jesus?.. Im learning that now… Boy if I tell you my crazy roller-coaster story, but lately He has taken me off the ride and placed me in a state of peace, joy and strenght.
Im still struggling but I have noticed that when I place Him first every morning my day goes so well, “thank you LORD”…I wake up, I go to work on time. I am not sluggish or depressed. I feel great… Thank you Jesus…
When I have negative thoughts at work, or feel out of it I ask Him for help.. I tell him exaclty how I feel. I tell Him all.. He is my Bestfriend, but now I’ve noticed that He is more than that He is the air I breath, He is my eyes and my ears.
I am learning, I am learning as I go. I stopped making excuses, “How do I do it”,
“oh, I am so tired”, “what shall I say”‘ etc… Now I just do it. I kneel and I pray. And if I find myself repeating things I ask Him to teach me how to pray. If I made a mistake I ask Him to help me understand why I did it and to teach me how to over come it. Dont look for hope, look for Jesus. He is waiting on YOU!!!
God bless you ten folds..
I never got to thank you for your kind words. So thank you. It is because of my situation that I have turned to seek God. But also to live my life for Him as He wants me too. I have made enough dumb decisions and am tired of living without His blessings. I sure don’t have much to offer but what I have is His. Blessings to you
Annette, I believe there are times when seeking a sign is alright. My father left my mom and three of us boys went with him. Almost a year later, he got a letter in the mail from a lawyer seeking child support for the three daughters and one son in my mother's care. That was his sign from God to move to a different state. That was NOT one of those times when seeking a sign was alright! He had in fact determined to do evil and sanctify it by saying, 'if it is your will to move, have them force me to be a responsible person.'
That was a digression, but also an illustration of how people use signs to blame God for the choices they make. Of course they are not 'blaming' God, as much as they are justifying themselves.
Jesus got onto the people about seeking after signs when they were tempting him. "IF you are messiah, then…." They refused to bellieve Him without a sign, and Jesus rightly knew they would still not believe had He given a sign. They said, "if you are Christ, come off the cross…." Yet, he did even greater by coming out of the tomb and they refused to believe. They paid false witnesses.
Why ask for a sign? A person who believes God, and in God, may genuinely be uncertain of the direction they feel God is leading them in. The choice may have a high personal cost, and they may wish to make sure it is God talking to them. For that reason they may seek a sign…. However, while seeking a sign, we must also be willing to confirm the voice of God by drawing near Him in prayer and supplication, and not flippantly saying, "he didn't do the sign, so it must not be Him," or, "He really didn't mean it." etc.
A person may seek a sign not to test God on whether He is faithful, or true or real or anything that tempts Him and challenges Him, but to determine the direction of his will, in a spirit of humble submission to that will.
People who follow after signs, are not truly believers, for if they believed, there is no need for evidence to bolster faith in God's existance, presence, providence or love. If we accept these attributes of God, there mey still be latitude for signs to help us find our place in the midst of His will.
I hope this helps. Tim
Hello “Lookingforhope2011″…
The Lord knows your heart, your past, your present and your future. I don’t know why I am responding to you b/c I feel that I am not well equipt to give you sound advice, but what I am about to tell you is not my advice for I am no one. I’m just a struggling sinner trying to deepened my relationship with the Lord.
I just want you to know the following: In the beginning God said that everything he made was “GOOD”.. Everything works out for the Good, so don’t worry about anything and
just ask God to help you put HIM FIRST.. No matter what the outcome maybe God ALREADY found a way to make this right.
PLEASE, don’t worry about anything but rather gives thanks for everything that is going on b/c it is for the GREATER GOOD! Just wake up in the morning and put all your doubts, all your hurt, fears, worries at HIS feet. Tell Him exactly how you feel. Don’t pretend, don’t hide, don’t sugar coat. If you are going back to God b/c you want Him to take you out of this mess you are not Choosing HIM for the right reasons. God knows EVERYTHING.
Build a relationship with Jesus Christ and ask Him to help you understand. There is a lesson you must learn. Look for HIM and ONLY HIM to quide, advice and protect you. Every Morning and every night tell HIM, “Let Your Will Be Done”.
Maybe God wants you to surrender. Surrender all your worries, your issues etc. Put God first, how? Through Prayer!!! Talk to Him Every Morning, give Him 5min 10min of your day then progressively increase your prayer time. Ask Him to teach you how to pray, how to walk in this world, how to talk, etc… Just pour your heart out to Him. Tell Him what you did wrong, why, etc…
He is waiting on you… God Bless..
I have read so many people on here whom ask God for a Sign to confirm something. I do not understand this practice for Jesus said that an Evil & Perverse generation seeks after a Sign. Doesn’t our God give us each A measure of faith and with god isn’t his answer always Yes & Amen. Why seek a sign & why are some pasters Telling some flocks to seek a sign? I thought faith is the substance of things hoped for , the evidence of things not seen. We are to act differently from the world. isn’t he a Free giver? He is the reverse of our flesh he is spirit. He tells us to believe we already have something before we see it. So why seek signs.? I just would like not to stumble in this or see others stumble. YSi Christ Jesus, Annette
I know the type of fear you are talking about, recently I faced a totally irrational fear that something I was doing for God would turn out bad. I knew solidly that that was impossible, yet I still feared. The thing I found was asking God for forgiveness, thanking him for that forgiveness, then sayin out loud “I reject the Devil’s lies about fear”, and James 4:7 says ” resist the devil and he will flee from you”. Also, remember that whether you feel like something is truly scary has no effect at all on reality. Don’t have faith in your common sense, as it comes from the world
Peace
im not sure you came accross this page by accident i dont believe any of us here came here by accident i would think God has us here for a reason and He knows what He is doing
hi there read what you says i feel i problay not the right person to offer advice to you sinse im the biggest backslidder there is im sure if i was born a man my name would be thomas as in doubting thomas but none the les i feel compelled to write this to you you know whats your problem you are condeming yourself and believing if you go to prison its what should happen you are still torturing yourself with guilt of who you USED to be your old self died when you gave your life to Jesus and when you confessed and asked for forgiveness you recieved it but what you havent done is forgiven yourself please be at peace because Gods ways arent ours and if and im sure He is telling you it will be alright then believe because He does not lie you need to rely on faith and you will see by trusting and believing even before seeing really can happen now my dear friend in Christ Jesus His Love for us is so abundant that by actually using me to say these things to you He is also saying these things to me who also needs to trust and have more faith Amen thankyou Father God bless you and fill you with peace
I read through the original post here and then some of the replies. When I was severely backslidden I got myself in a heap of trouble with the legal system. With that said I since have repented of drinking. And renewed my vows to the Lord. Now I’ve prayed about the accident I and my family were in. And deep down I feel the Lord saying it will be ok. But every time I have to go to court I still cry myself to sleep and when the prosecutors still talk to about throwing me in prison and throwing the key away I waver in my faith. I don’t want to waver and I don’t want to make God mad. Im really having a tough time. Its hard. Even harder on my wife and kids. Im the only one working. And with me gone it pretty much tosses them out on the streets. I feel like a total waste of breath sometimes. Anyway. Thanks for any prayers that you can offer.
testing
Is 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 proof that God will one day answer all my doubts about God’s love to humanity? It seems so, but it doesn’t seem to be absolute proof….cos surely the start of it can be interpreted that all knowledge will pass away, implying that we will be satisfied with enjoying God’s presence to the fullest even though by faith we still have to overlook the mysteries that have always been in the backs of our minds.
Some things God does and the beliefs of other Christians (i.e. comparing parents to God….I tend to think that if parents want children, they are obviously getting something (i.e. relationship) out of having them (even with the most pure motives of parents)…..even if those children do sin in the most offensive way, the parent has an obligation to forgive their wrong because after all the child was to fulfill something in them (even if just a sense of purpose). Is this something that contains mysteries that people just have to overlook on this earth or is it just me? I think the best answer for me with that is that we simply can’t know why God created us, but nevertheless, it is always in the back of my mind at least.
Does God expect us to have blind faith, which is what it is if you don’t have absolute proof for just one thing (on the nature of God). I believe God exists, that His Word is true, in all the miracles he can do, that heaven and hell exists etc. But it makes me very sad to say that I don’t have a revelation of God’s love :(. Surely you can’t say that whatever you are believing when you are unhappy is a lie from the devil? Or can you? I know a certain amount of common sense faith is needed, which I can do…but even this point doesn’t seem to provide absolute assurance that one day I will understand with my mind and be satisfied.
Thank-you kindly to anyone that might be able to say anything to help me get out of this dreadful rut!
Well a question in my mind was answered by your words in your second post….You believe once saved always saved……This is a error and one reason why you say some things about the working of the Holy Spirit with no fear of judgement….I can say and do anything I want because I am saved and cannot loose my salvation..As with any free gift you can keep it or toss it away…..I suggest you do a Bible study on being blotted out of the Book of life….
I have the same thing and a little fear.I am paranoid and I can’t sleep well…I don’t really sleep too much.so the answer is:It’s a test….or a punishment…mine is for doing drugs and smoke.I feel overwhelmed…I feel that I am offending all my friends and that makes them go away.I kinda freak them out.But deep inside I believe that this will pass.I want to go out and it’s a rainy day or people are bussy.so ask God for forgivness:D and stop fearing..start loveing…and start believeing for real!
You answered yourself.God planted inside your brain so you know what is the right answer…Christianiti….Ortodox is the right answer….try and seek God …he will definitely answer your call…
HI I just happened be surfing ran across this page perfect timeing enjoyed reading all the comments..I have been dealing with alot of fear,doubts and unbelief negtive and complaining for a long time I been getting into God word more it helps but them I go around grumbling and murmering all the time..I dont want be like this anymore I been praying but then it like wondering if God hears me cause the way I am acting… I dont want be this person anymore…I am going through a divorce but have gotton stronger would love hear from you all with some advice ask for yur prayers thanks…
I was a lot like you, even down to the favorite artist thing. lol
Anyway, hey! and welcome to the site.
And you’re here because God loves you! (;
I am glad that you are open to explore the things on this page.
To begin, one thing that makes Christianity stand out is that it is not a religion based on what people do for God, but what God has already done for us. There are many different belief systems where people are reaching for a ‘higher power’, where their own work and effort takes them to a preferable level of spiritual achievement.
Christianity isn’t about people reaching high, but about a God stooping low. Low enough to become a human Himself, Jesus Christ, and walk on earth to save people from sin by His death on the cross. It is only by accepting Jesus Christ and His death on the cross that we can be saved.
The site owner, Michael, has written a ton of great articles covering some of the foundational teachings of Christianity. Here is a great place to start:
http://www.christian-faith.com/bible-teachings-articles
and
http://www.christian-faith.com/the-good-news#intro
These are great places to start.
For you have any questions you can always send me a message through the site. But please, feel free to comment and leave questions as much as you wish on any article on this site. There are a lot of people here who can answer your questions.
So, I’m not even totally sure why I am on this page! I’m definitely not a religious person. I’m seventeen, I smoke, I drink, my favorite singer is Eminem, and I have been called the spawn of the devil. I just kind of stumbled on this page when I was on Google. I guess it is interesting to see what people believe in! Even though it is not exactly my thing, it’s a pretty cool page! I never really understood the different faiths and religions, like, how do you know which one is real. I just kind of understand christianity to be that there is this all knowing perfect dude in the sky, who, if you don’t worship him enough sends you to hell… I am probably wrong because like I said, I am not even close to knowing anything about religion. Any comments would be awesome though 🙂
Wow, I read this before, yet I come back to this site and re read, some of these comments from a fresh perspective. God Has done, and is doing so much in my life since my initial post. However this post that you have written is more impactful right now then it was when I originally read it. If some one would have told me this early on, I probably wouldn’t be going through the hell i’m going through today. Yes! I did go up against the enemy directly, on top of that I was living a sinful life, and under demon power and talking crazy and just depressed, oppressed, and possessed. Being very disrespectful to any and every one I came in contact with. Speaking all manner of lies, deception, cursing, perversion and profane talking. I was very hateful, I had so much hate in my heart. I actually was listeining to the voices of demons and spirits, their lies and direction. Pornography riddin, masturbating, vile individual. I’ve opened so many doors, it’s unbearable. My mind state was just over taken and I didn’t even realize it. Since then i’ve repented and try my best to live for God, and daily cry out in Jesus name. But praise be God our father, I can still get this kind of encouragement. I really want to be delivered from hells grip. I claim it every day but I believe the lord wanted me to revisit this post. I felt free just from reading it again. Now I want to add this to my daily spiritual life with Christ. Thank you, thank every one on this site that was and is an encouragment, I appreciate you all, All glory to God in Jesus name, thank you father.
Thank you for that word of encourgement. I really needed that cause im going through alot and really need Gods love. That was a really good reminder. Thank you so much.
JESUS NEVER FAILS!!!!!! Our God is a good God, he know best, remember he thought of us first before we were even in our mothers wombs, ur birth was not a mistake, God was smiling when u were born because he had a purpose for ur life and he wanted us to be part of his Glory. Life maybe difficult right now, u may be going thru a lot of things, the good Lord never said life was going to be easy, but he said it will all be worth it, all God wants us to do is keep a positive attittude in all our suffering, and he will see us through, no problem is permanent my beloved, God can never gives us more than we can handle, we can truly do all things through Christ, he is our Saviour, our comforter, our Friend and above all our ultimate reward.
We can never truly enjoy life without knowing what God’s purpose for our life is, we should aim to pray for the good Lord to reveal himself to us, to reveal his purpose for us, so we can live a fulfilling life that the Lord planned for us…
Thank you very much for this article…….i have been blessed truly and will keep the word of God in my heart….many are the times that the devil keeps attacking me on what am believing God to do in my life………I know that with God all things are possible and nothing is too hard for our God ……but the devil keeps attacking me asking are you sure your God can do this…………Well in All my God is able and he can and will do all that he says he will do…….so i just have to keep my faith and believe that it is done.In Jesus Name…Amen.
Peace be with you. And Im not just saying that. My heart feels sorry for you. 14 is a tough time, 15 is too. I remember I was a rat experimenting with pot and listining to Satanic music like metalica and motley crew. And then riding motorcycles and generelly being unclean. Well, the thing is if you fell ostracized by your family, Father etc. It could be a experience that leads you to turning to YHWH messiah. I remember My Dad used to be on my back. But it was really me that was the problem. I was the unclean one. And my diet was unclean too. By this I mean I was eating satans food. Ie the music, tv, and worldly friends. But If you Pray to YHWH and ask him to help you he can. You might have to pray hard and express yourself through tears of turning to him. NOTE: There was once a king in Israel who heard the Mitzvots in the Torah and when he heard them he fell down and tore his cloths and turned and prayed with tears to YHWH for his sins and the sins of the nation. And or though YHWH was going to destroy and punish the Yisralites he relented when he saw that the king was in a state of repentance. This can be the same for you. But make sure that you “Hear the Mitzvots” with your ears, and hear the Messiahs words of ‘Life” (He said he is the life) and offers “Life more abundantly” to his people. So Shemah to Messiah Yahusha. He keep all the Mitzvots perfectly AND thats god news for us as now we observe the mitzvots cause we love him rather than having too. Instead of a stony heart he gives us a soft heart, just lie the ten words were written on the stone tablets, now they can be written on our heart. Messiah showed us YHWHs love by dying for our sins. He did not sin but took our sins upon him and was our lamb offering. “We love him, Because he first loved us” – that in the bible somewhere. Oh well. I dont listen to crap now like metallic. To me its like munching on a lizard bacon burger. So thats why the Torah mitzvots for the unclean food is there so we can relate to what we put into our ruach. If we put good ruarch food in, good will come out. But if we put bad ruarch food in then we will get sick. And if you havent tasted good ruach food yet it is hard for you to understand how delicious it is. Im talking about the best fast food burgers in the universe! and then most of its free. Free food. Yep, Messiah said in “Revelation” That he has secret “Mana” – this stuff sounds yum yum yum. So its time to eat the secret Mana.
Hope the above thoughts are helpfull for you.
Respectfully, uncle dax…nz ([email protected]) feel free to write.
Hey I think I understand what you’re going through. We all go through some kind of hardship. What helped me the most is the love of God. We all think we understand how much God loves us, but we haven’t really realized the whole package of His love or the proper revelation of His love. The word says that love never fails. Galatians 5:6 says faith works by love. We can have all the spiritual gifts available but if we dont have love, we’re nothing but clashing cymbals. Luke 12:32 says Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Once we get a full revelation of Gods love, doubt, despair, fear, and hopelessness will disappear. God is a God of hope. 2 Timothy 1:7 says For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind…. The word also says to pray in your most holiest faith. That’s praying in the spirit. praying in the spirit keeps us in the love of God. (Jude 1:20-22)…Also dont forget….THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH……Be Blessed
Heya wanted to link this from a post I made on another topic (slightly altered) on this site entitled (I just cant take it anymore) cause I thought it might be relevant to your situation. First off just wanted to say all credit due to God for understanding, revelation and clarity on the things of His Word. And also that most of the below information I got from the author Eric Gondwe in His books linked below. Anyway, here’s the post:
Just in addition, I would say keep seeking and praying to God for intervention and deliverance from the situation. Don’t try go up against Satan directly by directly rebuking spirits and demons etc (direct confrontation) but apply the spiritual warfare that is biblical, powerful and effective. This involves indirect confrontation in looking to God, seeking God and focusing on God for your deliverance and His intervention. God’s just recently corrected me from error in that I would often directly confront Satan and demons (rebuking them, binding them etc) thinking this was biblical and correct, where I’ve learnt that biblical sound spiritual warfare is indirectly confronting Satan and demons by looking and focusing on God as our deliverer and battle fighter. (see below). I had to actually confess this and repent to God, because unknowingly I was claiming authority I did not have by directly opposing Satan and his demons (opens a door and gives Satan ground in your life). It is God’s role to do that on our behalf as we seek His intervention and deliverance.
The biblical weapons of spiritual warfare (could be seen as living as a christian) include:
(1) prayer (connects us directly the spiritual realm and we enter Gods throneroom where He can act on our behalf in the spiritual realm and against Satan to deliver us – very very powerful)
(2) fasting – powerful and biblical (obviously care and discernment is to be taken depending on health situations/conditions (pregnancy, diabetes etc) also like teenagers still developing – discernments on length of fast etc) Good explanation on fasting link (chapter 4)
(3) the Word of God (sword of the Spirit & belt of truth) – immerse yourself in the word and meditate on it, asking God to speak, lead you, reveal to you and work in you
(4) Walking in love, repentance and forgiveness (shoes of peace) – abiding in Christ
(5) Walking in fellowship with other christains (can get prayer for each other, build each other up, get prayer for healing etc.)
(6) Walking in humility (“humble yourselve before the Lord, and He shall life you up” James 4:10
(7) Walking in submission (submission to God – submitting to His Word and His Spirit and submission to one another)
(8) The Blood of Jesus (abiding in Christ, the covering of His Blood, forgiveness, cleansing of sin etc)
(9) Praise and thanksgiving (powerful)
(10) Faith (shield of faith – rem faith is conviction (of God’s Word and what He reveals to you) and resolve (you resolve to believe the Word and trust God)
(11) Our position in Christ (who we are in Him, our identity, what that means – we have full confidence and access to the Father and God’s love, power and favor is ours through Jesus, as well as His goodness and righteousness etc.) and the name of Jesus.
This list is not exhaustive (there are many more weapons we have from the Word). I just wanted to note (again) I just read a book by Eric Gondwe entitled “Major Spiritual Warfare Principles: Biblical Do’s and Don’ts of Warfare” and got most of the above information advice from this book and especially chapter 9 (see this chapter for a list of more of our weapons for spiritual warfare). I really hope this helps as you apply these things. I know these weapons are very powerful and effective from personal experience recently, (James 5:16 …”the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective” – we are righteous in Christ – His righteosness | also 2 Corinthians 10:4,5)
If you or anyone wants to check out some of the book here’s a link.
I bought it online in pdf format but the above link looks like a free version missing some content – but most of its there.
God bless
Lord God, what am I doing wrong? I know what you have showed me, yet I still feel fear. I know that you will never leave me nor forsake me, yet I feel like the world/christians alike have abandoned me and just left me out to dry. I try to make friends but I can’t seem to. Lord please comfort me. I feel like I am an offense to every person I come in contact with. I know it’s a tatic of the enemy, but God i’m so tired of it. Father please help me to walk in the fullness of my deliverance, and really feel your grace, love and power. People are so funny. God you are all I need, please God, come in lord, i’m crying out (again). Please lord take away this hoplessness, despair and this horrible lonliness, it’s so overwhelming. God I need your love. It seems like I can’t go to the gas station, check the mail, or out of the house with out feeling so overwhelmed and paranoid. I want to live a normal life, I don’t even go out of the house 98 percent of the time because of paralyzing fear. God I need you, I love you God, please walk with me, protect me, keep me. Your child, forever, me.
Wow i was going through something similar to yours … throughout my christian life i have experienced god work many times in my life things people cant even imagine, things even the devil can’ event do himself… and just the other day i dont know what was going on with me i just felt like i was loosing it like god wasnt with me anymore and i was feeling scared like i have no protection and the devil would attacked me and i find myself being in the “trying to believe” category i couldn’t even pray like i used to its like my prayers had no meanings… i had to ask myself what is going on i cant even pray or had that same feeling when i read my bible i thought i had lost it all until god lead me to this topic letting me know that i am not alone in my troubles… NOW WHO CAN TELL ME GOD IS NOT REAL!!!! IM FEELING GOOD RIGHT NOW
hey where can i find these stories im kinda new to this site…. and great response to AR by the way
Hi AR,
Thanks for your post.
Sounds from what you are saying that you don’t have much peace at the moment, but your chosen music gives you a sense of relief and a feeling that you are ok.
I’m thinking that you must be having a lot of tension in your relationship with your parents, and if I’m right, that would be something it would be good to work on. God says to honor our parents, we don’t always feel like it, but it does make for a much better life. Plus we should give credit where credit is due.
The Spirit of God works differently to the spirits that are working in your life. There is power with the devil’s spirits, but it is limited, temporary and destructive for everyone involved. Its God’s love that you need to receive. That will take a big step of humility on your part if you are willing to receive God’s love but the opportunity is there at the moment for you.
Have a read of some of the stories on this site – you might find them interesting and inspiring.
I guess you can say this is pretty deep stuff. I’m not real religous and im jewish but its nice to read about faith every once in a while. i’m only 14 and a bit crazy in the head. If any of you knew me in real life you would call me the “devils child.” I spend all my time listening to Marilyn Manson and he is my true hero. everyone calls him a freak but hes someone i can lookup to and i wish people could accept that. His music doesnt pressure me into drugs, make me want to kill myself, or commit any violence acts like that. Hes someone that accepts you for who you are and won’t yell at you for being different, he makes you feel better about it. Now, back to what i was talking about. Every since about one year ago i’ve felt like Gods been in my head. I tried to kill myself last year this time because i was depressed but i really wasn’t expecting to die. Luckily enough i didn’t and i went through all the thearpy and stuff but i didn’t feel different. To be honest its marilyn mansons music thats helped me make me through everything. But after my suicidal attempt i’ve felt lie God has been in my head. It started out by just day dreaming in a false reality where everything is better and i’m better then who i am. I have a power that allows me to do a certain thing. This power is unimportant so ill leave it out. With each growing day my false reality turns into more and more until it turns into an obbsesion where it gets to the point where i pray to God every night for this to happen. I feel like i’m always seeing clues pointing to this “false reality” and that one day i’m going to wake up in this new world and i don’t how. I actually started to feel like with this power i could help change the world. Not spreading the world of god or faith, but phyiscally helping the world through masses of money, charity, etc. call me crazy i don’t know, i just want someones input because i feel insane. I’m not a bad kid. call me your average 14 year old whos depressed and listens to Marilyn Manson. Who gets average A’s and B’s in school. Who believes God is going to give me the gift i believe few will ever recieve, I’d like anyones input on this, Thanks
-AR
i fasted for 3 days ,praying for a change on my career and i was voted the best employer of the the year.there is power in fasting and praying,god is alive and is great.You will gain everthing that you lost in years in a day.glory be to god
I’m not sure how i even stumbled across this page…BUT WHAT A BLESSING!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM STILL IN AWE…because it was/is right on time..i was just asking God for some answers to questions i had about faith and i found the answers and more right here! God is good….THANK YOU!!
This article is right on time for me!!! It is a blessing and very encouraging and I thank you deeply for this!!!
Hi Charles
I was wondering if this response was applicable on my note but it does not matter. I read through your comment and it inspired me so much as to know that the Lord and his Angels are protecting and watching over us. I try my best to be the person that God wants me to be.
Thanks for your comment.
Thanks for taking the time to say that. It encourages me. And God will help you to know Him again.
i have been a christian for as long as i can remember but it has not been until now that i have really delved into the word of the Lord. this article has helped me significantly. i had thought that my soul was lost; that i would never find my faith again. i seriously thought that God would never forgive me of the terrible sins that i have commited; to think that my faith would be denied by God and never accepted because of doubt. this article has helped to restore hope that my faith will be accepted through continued prayer, study, and acting on the commands of the Lord. i look forward to what God can accomplish through me that i may become his humble servant. once again, thank you and God bless.
thank you! may god blessed you always!!!!!!!!
Thank you for this article. I have been a Christian my whole life but lately have found myself losing my faith, and it is the most heartbreaking thing I have ever experienced. I am fighting it with all I am but it still seems too much sometimes. Unfortunately I am one of those people you describe who is merely “trying to believe” at this point. I will definitely bookmark this article and implement the suggestions in it. I’d do anything to have my faith again.
Dear sister in Christ, I read your coment and wanted you to know that I went through the same thing you are going through now. I ask my paster about the doubt in my salvation. He told me it was satan playing tricks on me. It was hard to get back on track with knowing I was still saved and to stop doubting. I had several preachers to pray with me and it took several mo. for me to be able to say, feel and to be sure in my heart and mind that I am a child of God. I know once again without doubt I will see Jesus in Heaven and no doubts about my salvation. I believe you are on the right track reading the word of God and meditating with Him. You can beleive this sister, if you turned your heart over to God and you are saved…God will hear you every word when you pray to Him. Not because of my saying it ‘s true but by Gods word! You are a child of God too just as I am and the Bible tells us He will hear our prayers. I am going to pray for you also. I am a deacon at my Church and will put you on our prayer chain. Many Christians will be praying for you. Your prayers my not be answered when we want them to be answered but God will answer your prayers on His time, not ours because he knows what is best for us and when it’s time. Remember God is always on time. I was lead by God to tell you He will be with you through all your battles. So if God is for you who can be against you. God is the best friend we will ever have, our mother and earthly father my forsake us but God will be with us always. Battles are hard to face but knowing God is holding your hand through it all you will make it my sister. So have faith and know He will see you through the battles you are facing now and the ones you will face any time. It will get better so just remember who you are and who you belong toGod).
Your brother in Christ,
Charles
There is nothing like get real, just beleived him, he will surely answer your prayers
Sarai wanted to be real she ended up puting abrahm and the rest of the world in to problem
Very soon you shall receive what you are praying for in Jesus name
Thank you very much for writing this article. I have bookmarked it to pass along to others. I was taught about God at a young age but my childhood was rough and although I didn’t turn my back on him I didn’t obey either. These past months I have given my life over to God and I know it is the right thing. I was going through many battles(still am) but he has taken away some of the burden. He is helping me through it. I am a 24 year old woman who is just striving to walk the right path with the Lord. Every day I l search the internet for bible passages to study and this is where I was led to tonight. It is just what I needed! I am struggling with doubt not about God being real-no way! I am struggling with believing that my prayers will be answered and I will be led the right way. I immerse myself in the word as much as I can and I try to meditate about him too. Pray that my faith in Jesus will be built up so that I can cast these silly doubts aside. Thank you my brothers and sisters in Christ.
Thanks for this site! My husband and I went through a difficult time and although our problems are not resolved yet, we have received so much blessings from God. This site helps me to strenghten my faith and to trust God in all actions.
Before reading this article, I wasn’t sure if i have faith. However this opens my understanding of faith and i now realize that my mind must be fixed, as confusion is not of the Lord,so I must believe God’s word with all my heart and not waiver in mind. I must believe without seeing. I am blessed to have visited this sight. Pray for me as i need deliverance in mind, heart, body and soul. I am learning to trust God in everything I do. The devil is always after me but I know that he will not have me, as God won’t allow it and I too am not giving in. God bless you all.
Your explanation of faith is outstanding!
All you wanted to know about true and false prophets , and clear all those lingering doubts , once and for all.
Cheers
Vikkki
“RECLAIMING Genuine APOSTOLIC ANOINTING”
-by J. Lee Grady.
The Bible tells us there are both true and false apostles. Let’s
learn to discern the difference.
For many years traditional denominations taught that the ministry
of the apostle passed away after the New Testament era. It was
assumed that the only people who served in apostolic roles were
early followers of Jesus who witnessed His resurrection.
Cessationists (those who believe that miracles stopped after the
canon of Scripture was completed) believe that healing,
deliverance, prophecy and all other supernatural phenomena
ceased and that apostles are no longer necessary.
But as Christians in recent years began to experience the
supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit, church leaders and even some
theologians began to teach that the gift of apostle is vital if we
hope to advance the gospel in our generation. The logic makes
sense: If we still need pastors, teachers and evangelists (all part
of Jesus’ five-fold ministry mentioned in Ephesians 4:11), we also
need the apostles and prophets who are listed in the same
passage. The Bible never says these functions were discontinued.
During the 1990s there was a renewed interest in the ministry of
the apostle. Many books were written on the topic, explaining that
the Greek word apostolos refers to God’s special ambassadors, or
“sent ones,” who are commissioned to contend for pure doctrine,
preserve unity among the saints, equip leaders, model Christian
character and help the church advance into new territory.
But a strange thing happened on the way to recovering genuine
apostolic anointing. In true American fashion we began to merchandise it.
No sooner had the first book on apostles been written that some
men began to claim the title and print it on their business cards.
Apostleship became a fad. Before too long, some men were
creating networks of independent churches answerable to a
governing apostle who took ownership of their buildings and
controlled their congregations.
Some charismatic apostles became mini-popes who carved out
their fiefdoms. Suddenly the independent charismatic movement
had more invasive authoritarianism than the denominations these
pastors abandoned 10 years earlier.
In some circles apostles demanded total allegiance from the
leaders who were “under” them. Some required a policy of “tithing
up,” creating a monstrous organizational structure similar to a
spiritual Amway. So-called apostles with huge “downlines” made
exorbitant amounts of money. One leader even offered pastors the
opportunity to become “spiritual sons” by contributing $1,000 a
month to his ministry.
Apostolic covering could now be bought. And apostolic grace was
reduced to the level of a motivational coach. May God forgive us
for reducing the value of such a precious gift.
I still believe we need the apostolic anointing—and I know many
wonderful apostles who have planted churches in many parts of
the world. As I have watched them, and studied the life of the
apostle Paul, I’ve seen three key truths we must reclaim today:
1. True apostles are servants. Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 12:28:
“And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second
prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings,
helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues” (NASB,
emphasis added). When carnally minded people read this verse
they assume God has set up some kind of ecclesiastical
hierarchy, with apostles sitting on thrones at the top.
But if we view leadership in the way Jesus taught it, we know that
being first is not about being on top. Apostles are at the bottom of
the pecking order. They are the servants of all. And because they
serve a foundational role, their work will often remain hidden in
obscurity. They are not looking for fame or celebrity, nor are they
grasping for a title; their role is to empower everyone else.
2. True apostles are unselfish. I know one apostle in India who
goes by the name of Pastor Howell. He has planted 600 churches
in the Punjab region, trained countless young church leaders in a
makeshift Bible school and led thousands of people to Christ. He
has also seen whole villages impacted by the gospel through one
miracle of healing. He has never ridden in a limousine and he lives
in a modest home with a straw roof that he shares with about 12
Bible college students.
The apostle Paul would have gagged if he could see how some
modern American apostles profit from their downlines or how they
require pampered treatment. Apostleship has nothing to do with
privilege. In fact Paul sometimes made tents for a living in order to
avoid the appearance of entitlement.
3. True apostles share Christ’s suffering. True apostles live on the
edge. They push the boundaries of Christianity forward, into hostile
territory—and as a result they encounter more than their fair share
of persecution and spiritual warfare. They are never content to live
in a comfort zone. Yet even in foreign prisons they find joy and fulfillment.
One of my new heroes is a Nigerian pastor named Tunde Bolanta,
who bases his ministry in the dangerous northern area of his
country. I spent time with him last month when I was visiting
England. He lives in a city where Muslims have killed pastors,
maimed Christians with machetes and drowned their children in wells.
For Tunde, apostleship is not about getting the best seat on a
plane or having the largest TV audience. It is about teaching his
congregation to remain faithful to Christ even when receiving death
threats. And it is about sending his church members into difficult
regions where they could face martyrdom.
As our nation faces a turbulent economic crisis, I pray that we will
allow the Holy Spirit to shake the greed, pride and self-centeredness
out of our movement. False apostles prefer the primrose path over
the Calvary road. May God grant us true apostolic anointing that is
marked by New Testament courage, unquestionable integrity and
Christ-like humility.
-J. Lee Grady is editor of Charisma.
SOURCE: http://charismamag.com/index.php/fire-in-my-bones/19934-reclaiming-
genuine-apostolic-anointing
You are right. There is Jude 20 but if anyone questions the exegesis they should try boldly speaking in tongues for some time and just see how faith gets stronger through it, especially for things that pertain to the supernatural of God like healing and deliverance.
Timothy says to “stir up the gift” you’ve been given. Do it!
The Bible says when you pray in the spirit (tongues) you “edify yourself” and that you are “building up you’re most precious Holy Faith”. There are 2 results from praying in loud bold tongues. Strong faith and boldness.
Wanna spiritually muscle flex and get big faith then pray in the Holy Ghost. Loud! Go somewhere where no one can hear you and get that prayer language to break for with boldness. I’ve got loud, bold tongues. All kinds of languages rifle thru me like you would not believe. Once you get this bold breakthrough then you’ll learn how to flow in it and you won’t need to be so loud cuz you’ll cruise right along. In fact I pray in tongues under my breath now. However, I owe a debt of gratitude to a loud bold tongue talker way back when I was new in all this. Once ya got it, you’ll never lose it. Never.
Faith has made me into a better person only God knows. my love for him has grown like never before i need prayers im going to the doctor on 3/12 and im worry my dad died of cancer…but their one difference i know god and have a workin relationship wit him he has made me whole i love him so much and i know that i know that everything will be good y because i know theirs a god up there and my faith will protect me from the evil one plzz pray for me love you guys
brian
Faith comes where sight fails. To say you desire to see that you may believe will hinder the very faith you seek. What is the nature of your ‘problematic situation’? God sees us THROUGH many of them, and DELIVERS us from others.
Get in the Word of God and stay in it. That is where faith will come from. It will not come from looking at our surroundings and placing them above the Word of God.
I was in a fiery furnace for years, with no visible hope in sight. Yet, my wife and I believed, then came our miracle. http://www.perfectinglove.com/ourstory
“Father, I pray for Jon that you would strengthen their heart at this time. Deliver him from the doubts that plague him and help him to simply ‘know’ that you are God. Help them to find their place in you and be saved. You alone are real God, all else we see are mere shadows. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
If you remain faithful to God, He will deliver you in due season. Do not let the devil steal your trust in God with his endless doubts.
Blessings and Peace,
Timothy
its very tough to stay in faith…i’ve been praying for the ongest time yet my problematic situation gets deeper and deeper…how to remain faithful when even a single minor thing that could suggest God is listening, let alone answering, is not happening???
my faith shaken, pray for me to strengthen my faith and that my situation can improve…
we need to get real sometimes…
Thank you so much for writing this article on faith. This has inspired me so much to walk by faith and not by sight. Many times in the past, I would feel discouraged but what a great reminder through this message that ALL things are possible through Christ who strengths us!! My way has already been paved for me through FAITH. Through FAITH I will receive my acceptance letter into nursing school! Praise be to our Heavenly Father who loves us more than any Earthly parent could ever imagine! God is good, All glory be to his name!
i want to start by saying that in the past i never really had much faith in God, but God didn’t give up on me, and he led me to his Faith. He didn’t stop believing in me, even when i stopped believing in myself. Now, i’m so proud to say that i have tremendous faith in God, I Love you God, i truly believe that everything has happened to me for a reason, i accept that and appreciate everything. I prayed with so much faith, and you answered me. You always have you understand how much i love you, and you understand me. You healed my mommy from her Diabetes. I know you did it Lord. I Love you. God has blessed us. : )
I really don’t know where to begin except to say that God has truly blessed you…..I happened upon this truly by the hand of God!!!!!
As God dealt with me this morning concerning faith, I began searching the net reading what ever I could on the subject, I searched the Hebrew and the Greek looking for a complex answer, looking for a good excuse for lack of……But the God we serve is all knowing, he led me here and what I got from here broke me down…….I thank God for using you, for giving you the words that I needed to hear this morning. From THIS day, I will walk out on and in Faith.
Again, I have been deeply blessed and I want to thank God for using you, and thank you for being obedient to him…..May God continue to use and bless you, as you continue to move on his word faithfully.
One thing I know……we have to stand on his word……God Bless You!
Whoever wrote this article is being used by God Himself to reveal to the Body of christ What actually faith is all about.I am very blessed by the very true words in this article.My faith will grow more in Jesus’ Mighty Name.May God help and cause His church to have FAITH.Faith is that which pleases God!.Let us have faith in God always for through it we shall please Him alone.
I wish to thank GOD for using you to present about the subject of faith in a clear and understandable manner like you did. This explained many mysteries I had pertaining to faith in my christian walk. I liked the rich scriptures you gave to support your explanantions and may the one and only GOD truly bless you!!!
THANK YOU WHOEVER WROTE THIS!
THIS IS EXACLY WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR…THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRING ARTICLE I HAVE READ ( IF NOT THE BEST).
I WILL WORK ON MY FAITH, I WILL BELIEVE EVEN THROUGH TOUGH TIMES AND PERSECUTIONS.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I first want to say thanks for this article. I recently came back to Christ and he has been working in me, thru me, and for me, altogether. On different occasions he told me to do things and i allowed self and pride to get in the way of me doing it, also doubt, i kept wondering could God have really told me to do that. I struggled a whole lot with this, and the worst part of it is when i fail to do what he told me to do, i jus feel stupid at the end of it all. But he is merciful and kind and definately a God of second and even sometimes third chances or as much chances as i need at times. I was in a relationship before coming back to christ, it was a very complicated one too and the odds where definately against me, but God has started to work it out for my good jus like his word says he will do. Now God is trying to build my faith in him, because i have been praying to God that my partner would come to church and the devil had me like a fool, kept telling me that he was not ready to come to church and maybe god wasn’t ready to bring him and stupid me believed it, thinking it was the right thing to do, to jus hope that god would bring him one day. But God showed me that not only was i being disobedient, my faith was weak. Because God is always ready but the question is was I ready?, Did I trust him enough to see the things that I pray for manifested in my life. I started reading the word of God and reading it in the first person as if it was written directly to me. And I am believeing God that my partner will not only come to church but he will come this Sunday. I have played with God long enough and it is time for me to trust him with this, because not only is “he willing he is also able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all that i could ever as or think of him”. I thank God for what he has already done and for what he is getting ready to do as well. Thank u Jesus, and thanks for this site. Be Blessed everyone.
When I read what you wrote it was like I could have been writing it. I am going through the same things right now, terrible problems with my relationship and the realisation that my faith in God had faded and needed restoring. I have prayed to God for his help and am trying my upmost to keep the faith that he has answered me and everything will be ok and have prayed that he helps me in my faith to truely believe this, even when it appears that worst could happen, I am fighting to keep believing he will help me through it like he has in the past. I don’t want to doubt him in any way and know I have to keep believing that he will resolve everything, even when all I want to do is break down and cry and admit defeat. I just hope he realises that I am trying to truely believe he has answered me and the only times I may have any slight doubt is when I get scared of the alternative and have faith that he does perform miracles, which is exactly what I need to get through this.
This site certainly helped in answering a lot of questions I had, I just pray that I can beleieve 100%, without any doubt, or am scared that my prayers won’t be answered. And I want my relationship with God back also, like how it used to be. I as so busy charging through life that I sometimes forgot he was there and I forgot how much he has helped me throughout my life, through some unbearable times and am realising that I need him there and am praying he can help fully restore my faith.
I have taken notes on this site and have made it a favorite. This is such a clear explanation on the subject of Faith…. I never expected to find it. Thank you all may God bless you all for this.
My life has been going up and down. My childhood was not one to bragg about and God got me through it. God has blessed me numerous times and I am greatful for all HIS blessings…Lately, I am going through relationship problems and all I can ask is, why God, why? Asking why was a sign that I was loosing faith. I cried myself to sleep almost everynight, I lost a lot of weight over the stress. By now, I have stop trusting GOD ways of bring us through our stroms. Finding this web site not only is helping me come closer to GOD but to put all my trust in God that this situation that I am facing will come to pass and that my prayers is already answer for I have trust in GOD and that HE already answered my prayers. Thanks to the person who created this site and thanks to everyone you left their comments thus far. Reading comments from others is also helping me to build my faith.
It´s great to have the opportunity to read this Artikel. I´ve been born again for the second time in my life and enjoy being in the hands of the Lord again. Lately I have been very weak in faith and lost the joy that was giving to me. But God knows that I believe with my whole heart that Jesus is the son of God and my Savior and that he rises from the dead.I need the Lord in my Life and After reading this I feel strong again.Thanks, now my ears are open and I will do all that he ask of me and will forever be his servant. I will trust in him and Obey his commands. I Know God loves us. Shouldn´t this cause us to praise him? In Jesus name. Amen
Thank you so much. This article confirmed what God has told me recently about unbelief and pride in my life. Thanks to your odedience in writing this, I am more equipped to tackle this problem with God’s help. May God richly bless you.
May God bless you with issuing this glorious page to us doubters everywhere, I too was experiencing weariness from God, and this page has given me comprehension, joy and thankfulness in God and for our spiritual family in heaven.
I thank u so much for allow urself for GOD TO use u to speak to me today on faith from this website, because I was growing cold in the lord but this message has awakened or quickened my spirit in the name of Jesus our Lord and Savior. Thanks and May God reward for ur work.
Thank you so much. I cant tell you how your page on faith ministered to me today in a particular situation God has me going into.
Thank you again.
With love in our Lord Jesus.
God saved my life, I am now experiencing his glory in ways that I never did before. I submitt completely under his will because I know he will not deceive. Lord I love you, please accept me as one of your children again and keep blessing me.
Interesting, sometimes people don’t explain faith in away that others may understand, but you have expained in an effective and pratical way.
i have strayed from Gods word regardless he is the reason i am alive and recently have opened myself to Jesus and God who have never entirly left me through prayer and i am eternally thankful Jesus has forgiven me of my sins as well as healed me of my desises and the artical you wrote will help me to beter distingush the temptations of the devil and to follow more closly the word of God through Jesus my savior and the holy spirt. Repent for God and Jesus always will love you i was just to ignorant and stupid to realize it before i was not worthy and still am not worthy