Great Faith can be yours

What is faith

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

—Hebrews 11:1

Moffatt's translation of this verse reads,
"Now faith means that we are confident of what we hope for, convinced of what we do not see."

"Faith is just acting on God's Word irrespective of what we feel, think or see." Faith is an act. That's what faith is.

Importance of faith

We cannot please God (Satisfy God/make God happy) without faith:

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

—Hebrews 11:6

How to receive faith

Rom 10:17
So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.


People often pray for faith, saying "What I need is faith." But actually what they need is knowledge of God's Word( i.e hearing
Gods Word).
When they hear Gods Word, faith automatically comes. You could pray for faith forever, but if you didn't get any hearing/knowledge of God's Word, you would never get faith. This is because "... faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
Removing the comma, it could be read this way: faith comes by HEARING AND HEARING the WORD of GOD. Faith does not come by I have heard the Word of God before but later turning your minds from it. Faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word of God continually.

Joshua 1:8
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein DAY AND NIGHT, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Greatest hindrance to faith

The only way the bible records to get faith is by hearing the Word of God.  If you could get faith in any other way, the bible would have stated it. Therefore we can see that the greatest hindrance to faith is a lack of understanding of the Word of God. Our faith is held in bondage because we lack understanding of how to act on God's Word.

Faith Ingredients – Confession and Perseverance

• Confessing Gods word and holding fast to your confession

Our confessions rule us. Confessing without doubt in heart.
That is a spiritual law which few of us realize.
Jesus said, "... whosoever shall say ... and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith" (Mark 11:23).

Read further: what we should not confess
                   what you say is what you get

Great faith

What is great faith?
This is the type of faith that has total (100%) trust in God.
It is an unwavering/unshakable faith.
Matt 8:10,26; Matt 15:28; Luke 7:9.

How to get great faith

By constant hearing of the Word of God and acting on it with all your heart - irrespective of what you think, feel or see.

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God is watching over us (Protection)

Gods angels are watching over us

Ps 91:11 ​​​​​​​- NET
For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do.

Matt 18:10
“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

Ps 34:7 ​​​​​​​
The LORD’s angel camps around the LORD’s loyal followers and delivers them.

Heb 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Dan 6:22 – NET BIBLE
My God sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king.”

Zech 1:10
Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, “These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk about (patrol) on the earth.”

2Thess 1:7
 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.

 Heb 12:22
But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assemblyHave we ever pondered on the above scriptures about God protection over us.

So don't be dreadful of evil: sickness, accident, death, terrorist assaults, or natural disasters in light of the fact that your Heavenly Father adores you and watches over you. 

Don’t just read this and say it is for those in the previous generations before us or those in the bible days. No Gods Word is eternal. This promise is for us.

Angels are one (not all) of the ways by which God does this. God has declared that no malicious, plague or mischance will come upon you or even draw close to your home "for He should give His holy messengers charge over you, to keep you in all your ways".

What's happening in our environment (sickness, disasters, attacks) is not enough proof for us to take our minds off the Word of God. Beloved there are one thousand and one (innumerable) testimonies of God’s protection over us even in this generation.

Let me illustrate this with a genuine story that happened not long in our generation:

A Christian was in his home one day when at the middle of the night, hired assassins/armed robber came to attack him at home. He was terrified then remembered the Word of God (That God’s Angels are guarding/protecting him as a Believer) and then screamed, Oh God, where are my Guardian angels! Suddenly he heard a strange sound on his roof. The sound was so scaring that all the bandits fled for their dear life.

This is a real life testimony that happened in Nigeria. God’s angels are everywhere protecting us. Let us put our trust in his word. He shall give his angles charge over us - Ps 91:11

Confession:

My faith is strong in Jesus, God's Angels are watching over me at every time. No plague shall come near my dwelling.

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