Increasing Faith (Part 2)

Good morning Beloved

This is a continuation of the message released on YouTube this previous weekend.

How do we increase in faith?

There were a few pointers given that I will recount here

Faith is not seeing first then believing

Faith is believing first then seeing

Here is how to increase faith

1 Faith is a byproduct of a relationship with God

The more we spend time with God is the more we grow in faith because FAITH IS LOVE IN ACTION

We can feed faith by spending time in the presence of God

2 Spend  time in his word, reading studying to dissect the word for truth. Pray first and listen carefully for God’s voice.

Read the word not with your mind, but with your heart listening listening listening for God to speak to you and reveal himself to you.

Then when God speaks regurgitate that word by listening to his voice, then put his word into practise that is apply that word in your life

We become doers of his word

that unlocks the blessing

Applying God's word will always lead us in a place of FRUIT PRODUCING THAT IS WHAT BLESSINGS ARE an activation of the seed of God's word birthed through watering the word with Faith

3 Pray pray pray ...pray without ceasing

Praying without ceasing is the place of abiding, remaining connected to God. Talking to God and in the surrendered life it is more of listening to him and allowing him to lead us.

Prayer only has benefits

Corporate Prayers of agreement unleashes God’s power for simply if 2 agree and touch anything it is done.

Part 2 begins here

4 An attitude of gratitude begins with thanksgiving we access God’s presence by entering his gates with Thanksgiving

We can continue in Thanksgiving if we

have a different mindset about life and challenges

We cannot loose out with anything in this life. God will cause all things to work for our good and his glory. With this in mind, let us keep our focus on God and the eternal.

Giving thanksgiving always will definitely propel us into Praise and Worship and will cause us to abide in God’s presence. Connection to God's "heartbeat" is key to growing in faith.

Let us look at the benefits of challenges, think on these carefully when we overcome challenges, we can definitely see that we have grown another faith level in God. So with challenges let us have this mindset:

What can I learn from this experience?

How can I grow (especially in wisdom and character) from all experiences I am walking through?

How can God get the glory?

4 Fasting and prayer. Fasting - a subjection of the flesh, is a dynamic way of growing in Faith. Fasting without prayer is really starvation, but if we fast and prayer that is like dynamite and matches. Kaboom! A spiritual explosion happens. One grows exponentially in God when we fast and pray. I cannot recommend this enough.

It takes great faith to fast and pray and God will definitely reward us.

Press in dear friends press in

I pray for God to give us the measure of faith needed for these perilous end times in which we live. Let us remain steadfast in God

Romans 5:2 - 5

2 Through Him we also have access by faith into this [remarkable state of] grace in which we [firmly and safely and securely] stand. Let us rejoice in our [a]hope and the confident assurance of [experiencing and enjoying] the glory of [our great] God [the manifestation of His excellence and power]. 3 And not only this, but [with joy] let us exult in our sufferings and rejoice in our hardships, knowing that hardship (distress, pressure, trouble) produces patient endurance; 4 and endurance, proven character (spiritual maturity); and proven character, hope and confident assurance [of eternal salvation]. 5 Such hope [in God’s promises] never disappoints us, because God’s love has been abundantly poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Walk good in Christ

Dear friends

Because we walk by faith and not by sight

Amen

Pastor J