FAITH MEANS “TO BELIEVE” AND “TO HAVE ASSURANCE OF SOMETHING
THE AMPLIEFIED BIBLE DEFINES FAITH AS “ THE ASSURANCE ( THE CONFIRMATION, THE TITLE DEED) OF THE THINGS WE HOPE FOR, BEING THE PROOF OF THINGS WE DO NOT SEE AND THE CONVICTION OF THEIR REALITY, (FAITH PERCEIVING AS REAL FACT WHAT IS NOT REVEALED TO THE SENSES HEBREWS 11:1
FAITH IS SYNONYMOUS WITH HOPE, HOPE IS A DESIRE OR ATTITUDE OF EXPECTANCY CONCERNING THINGS IN THE FUTURE
FAITH IS BELIEF IN SOMETHING YOU CANNOT SEE BUT HAVE ASSURANCE YOU ALREADY POSSESS, HOPE IS IN THE MIND , FAITH IS IN THE HEART
FAITH IS NOT THE SAME AS THE MIND OVER MATTER CONCEPT , WHICH IS TAUGHT BY SOME RELIGION
MIND-OVER-MATTER TEACHES A THAT MAN CAN OVERCOME ALL PROBLEMS BY USING HIS MIND, REASON, OR WILLPOWER
THESE TEACHINGS ARE MAN-CENTRED , RELYING ON SELF AND NOT ON GOD
MIND-OVER-CENTRED MATTER IS BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD
FAITH IS GOD CENTRED NOT MAN-CENTRED
IT IS A GIFT OF GOD, NOT SOMETHING HUMAN PRODUCE THROUGH THE SELF-EFFORTS OF THEIR OWN MIND
THERE ARE THREE MAIN REASONS THAT FAITH TOWARD GOD IS REQUIRED
IT IS NECESSARY FOR SALVATION, THE FIRST REASON THAT FAITH TOWARD GOD IS IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU CANNOT BE SAVED WITHOUT IT. “HE THAT BELIEVETH AND IS BAPTISED SHALL BE SAVED, BUT HE THAT BELIETH NOT SHALL BE DAMNED MARK 16:16 “BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH EPHESIANS 2:8
YOU CANNOT PLEASE GOD WITHOUT FAITH. THE SECOND REASON FAITH IS IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU CANNOT PLEASE GOD WITHOUT IT: “ WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM,FOR THE THAT COMETH TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS, AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THEM THAT DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM”
YOU CANNOT RECEIVE FROM GOD OR WORK THE WORKS OF GOD WITHOUT FAITH. FAITH IS A POWERFUL KEY TO RECEIVING THE PROMISES OF GOD AND MINISTERING THE POWER OF GOD, JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES THEY COULD NOT CAST OUT A DEMON BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF: …. “FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, IF YE HAVE FAITH AS A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED, YE SHALL SAY UNTO THIS MOUNTAIN, REMOVE HENCE YONDER PLACE, AND IT SHALL REMOVE, AND NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE UNTO YOU. MATHEW 17:20
THE BIBLE REVEALS THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS LEVELS OF FAITH, JESUS SPOKE OF PEOPLE WHO DID NOT USE THEIR FAITH AS BEING FAITHLESS, MATHEW 17:17
HE SPOKE OF THOSE WITH LITTLE FAITH MATHEW 6:30, 8:26, 14:31, LUKE 12:28 AND OF THOSE WITH GREAT FAITH MATHEW 8:10, 15:28 , LUKE 7:9
THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT EACH PERSON HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FAITH WHICH IS GIVEN TO HIM AS A GIFT OF GOD. …. “ACCORDING AS GOD HATH DEALT TO EVERY MAN THE MEASURE OF FAITH, ROMANS 12:3
EACH BELIEVER MUST HAVE SOME FAITH BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH FAITH THAT WE ARE SAVED, “FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH, AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES, IT IS THE OF GOD, NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST EPHESIANS 2:8-9
FAITH IS A GIFT FROM GOD, THE BIBLE REVEALS EXACTLY HOW TO INCREASE THIS WONDERFUL GIFT THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN
“SO THEN FAITH COMES BY HEARING, AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD ROMANS 10:17
YOU INCREASE FAITH TOWARD GOD THROUGH HEARING THE WORD OF GOD
YOU MUST FIRST HEAR THE WORD OF GOD IN ORDER TO REPENT OF SIN AND RECEIVE JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOUR
SAVING FAITH COMES BY HEARING GOD’S WORD
AFTER YOU ARE SAVED, BIBLICAL TEACHING AND PREACHING WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE YOUR FAITH
THE MORE YOU HEAR THE WORD OF GOD, THE MORE YOUR FAITH WILL INCREASE
IF YOU WANT TO INCREASE YOUR FAITH FOR HEALING, THEN STUDY THE WORD OF GOD ABOUT HEALING
FAITH COMES FIRST, IT IS A GIFT OF GOD
WORKS ( WHAT YOU DO, YOUR ACTS OF FAITH) ARE THE TEST OF WHETHER OR NOT YOUR FAITH IS REAL
EVEN SO FAITH, IF IT HATH WORKS, IS DEAD, BEING ALONE, YEA, A MAN MAY SAY, THOU HAST FAITH, AND I HAVE WORKS, SHEW ME THY FAITH WITHOUT THY WORKS, AND I WILL SHEW THEE MY FAITH BY MY WORKS JAMES 2:17-18
THIS IS WHY WE OFTEN SAY, FAITH IS A FACT, IT IS ALSO AN ACT, HEARING THE WORD OF GOD,AND ACTING IN FAITH UPON THAT WORD, WILL HELP YOU TO INCREASE YOUR FAITH WITHOUT STRUGGLING
IT IS A MISTAKE TO START LOOKING AT YOUR BODY TO SEE IF YOU ARE HEALED, HEALING STARTS IN YOUR SPIRIT
GOD HEALS THROUGH YOUR SPIRIT, EVEN HIS WORDS ARE SPIRIT AND LIFE
WE MUST WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT, THIS IS WHY SATAN WARS AGAINST YOUR SPIRIT (SPIRITUAL WARFARE)
AFTER YOU HAVE APPEALED TO GOD AND ACCEPTED YOUR HEALING BY FAITH, ACT IN FAITH UPON GOD’S PROMISES
FAITH MOVES AND ACTS ON THE BASIS OF GOD’S WORD
REASON IS TROUBLED, EXCITED , AND NERVOUS, WHEN REASON ARGUES, FAITH STANDS STEADFAST
FAITH DOES NOT HAVE TO ARGUE, BUT BELIEVES, WHEN A REQUEST IS MADE, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD THAT THE WORK IS FINISHED, EVEN BEFORE IT IS VISIBLY MANIFESTED
FAITH LIVES IN THE LIGHT OF ANTICIPATED RESULTS
IT DOES NOT COWER IN BONDAGE TO PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES
THE SIZE OF YOUR INHERITANCE DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH “LAND” YOU STAND UPON, WALK ON, AND CLAIM
BEGIN TO SPEAK WORDS OF OUR PROFESSION OR CONFESSION IS SAYING WHAT GOD SAYS HEBREWS 3:1 REAPEATING WITH YOUR LIPS FROM YOUR HEART THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS SAID IN HIS WORD
CONFESS WHAT JESUS DID FOR YOU AND WHAT THE BIBLE PROMISES AS A RESULT OF HIS FINISHED WORK
CONFESSION STATES THE FACT THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE, JESUS IS THE HIGH PRIEST OF OUR CONFESSION
HE ACTS ON BEHALF OF OUR CONFESSION
IT IS NOT A MIND OVER MATTER OR THE PERVENTED NAME IT AND CLAIM IT IDEA
FAITH DOES NOT WAIT TO SEE TO BELIEVE BECAUSE FAITH COMES BY HEARING, NOT SEEING
WHEN JESUS STOOD OUTSIDE THE TOMB OF LAZARUS, HE PRAYED, I THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE HEARD ME, HE SAID THIS, EVEN THOUGH LAZARUS WAS STILL DEAD
CONFESSION IS NOT DENYING REALITY BUT MEETING IT HEAD ON WITH THE PROFESSION OF GOD’S WORD
FAITH IS NOT AN IRRATIONAL ACT, IT IS THE MOST RATIONAL ACT IN THE WORLD
IT IS BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD, THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN, THINGS THAT ARE FOREVER SETTLED IN HEAVEN ON THE BASIS OF THIS WORD
CONFESS GOD’S WORD, EVEN IF YOU HAVE CONTRARY FEELINGS, CONFESSION IS MADE TO SALVATION, WITH OR WITHOUT FEELING
THE SAME IS TRUE OF HEALING, CONFESS FIRST, THEN JESUS WILL ACT ON YOUR CONFESSION, YOU WILL OVERCOME THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS AND THE WORD OF YOUR TESTIMONY READ REVELATION 12:11
YOU DO NOT NEED SYMPATHY (SUFFERING ALONGSIDE OF ) TO BE HEALED BUT SUBSTITUTION (SUFFERING IN PLACE OF)
THIS WAS ALREADY DONE BY JESUS
NEGATIVE CONFESSION GLORIES SATAN, WHEN YOU TELL OF YOUR TROUBLES, YOU ARE GIVING A TESTIMONY TO SATAN’S ABILITY TO GET YOU INTO TROUBLE
YOU ARE SNARED WITH THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH READ PROVERBS 6:2
IS YOUR CONFESSION BASED ON GOD’S WORD OR ON YOUR SYMPTOMS?
THE WORD DECLARES HEALING, SYMPTOMS DECLARE ILLNESS, WHICH WILL YOU DECLARE?
AS A PART OF YOUR CONFESSION OF FAITH, BEGIN TO PRAISE GOD FOR HEALING, JONAH PRAISED GOD FOR DELIVERANCE WHILE STILL IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE
HEBREWS 13:15 SPEAKS OF A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE, WE ARE TO PRAISE HIM AS WE ENTER HIS GATES, NOT WHEN WE LEAVE OR AFTER OUR PETITION HAVE BEEN GRATED
ISAIAH 60:18 INDICATES THAT PRAISE IS THE GATE IN THE WALL OF SALVATION
THROUGH PRAISE , YOU CAN HANG YOUR OWN GATE, AND WALK THROUGH IT TO CLAIM THE BENEFITS OF SALVATION
YOU WOULD NOT CONFESS THAT JESUS IS YOUR LORD AND THEN ACT LIKE AN UNBELIEVER DO NOT CONFESS THAT HE IS YOUR HEALER AND THEN ACT AS AN UNBELIEVER
NO WORD OF GOD IS DEVOID OF POWER, WHEN PETER WAS TOLD TO LET DOWN THE NETS, HE DID NOT ARGUE
HE DID NOT DENY THE FACT THAT THEY HAD FINISHED ALL NIGHT AND CAUGHT NOTHING
HE ACTED ON GOD’S WORD IN SPITE OF THEIR FRUITLESS HUMAN EFFORTS
WHEN YOU ACT IN FAITH, YOU DO NOT DEPEND ON YOUR FEELINGS
YOU MAY NOT FEEL LIKE ASKING FOR PRAYER
YOU MAY NOT FEEL ANYTHING WHEN YOU ARE BEING PRAYED FOR, AND YOU MAY NOT FEEL ANY BETTER AT FIRST
DO YOU WANT HEALING OR FEELING? HEALING IS BETTER THAN FEELING
YOU CAN BE HEALED AND NEVER FEEL ANYTHING, BASE YOUR FAITH ON THE WORD OF GOD AND NOT FEELINGS
FAITH IS THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN , READ HEBREWS 11:1 YOU DO NOT NEED FAITH IF YOU ALREADY FEEL HEALED
THE WORD OF GOD AND FAITH ARE THE SENSES BY WHICH A SPIRITUAL PERSON IS DIRECTED
THE NATURAL PERSON WALKS BY NATURAL SENSES
A SPIRITUAL PERSON WALKS BY SPIRITUAL SENSES
WHEN NATURAL EVIDENCE CONFLICTS WITH THE WORD OF GOD, WALK BY SPIRITUAL SENSES
YOUR NATURAL SENSES MAY BE CONVINCING, BUT WHEN GOD’S WORD DIFFERS FROM THEM, ACT ON THE WORD
ABRAHAM’S PHYSICAL SENSES SAID THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO HAVE A SON AT HIS AGE, YET ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, HE ACTED AS IF WHAT GOD HAD SAID WOULD COME TO PASS
ABRAHAM DID NOT CONSIDER HIS OWN BODY, READ ROMANS 4:19 DO NOT CONSIDER THE CONDITION OF YOUR BODY, INSTEAD, CONSIDER HIM WHO IS THE APOSTLE AND HIGH PRIEST OF OUR PROFESSION, CHRIST JESUS READ HEBREWS 3:1
PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF DISEASE WITH CONFIDENCE
THEY BELIEVE IN THE SYMPTOMS THE DOCTOR TELL THEM THEY WILL EXPERIENCE BEFORE THEY EXPERIENCE THEM
WHEN IT COMES TO HEALING, WE SAY, I WILL NEVER BELIEVE UNTIL I SEE IT
FAITH REPLIES, YOU WILL NEVER IT UNTIL YOU BELIEVE IT, FAITH IS THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN READ HEBREWS 11:1 AGAIN
DAVID SAID I HAD BELIEVED TO SEE
READ PSALM 27:13 HE DID NOT SAY I HAD TO SEE BEFORE I WOULD BELIEVE
HE ACTED IN FAITH BEFORE HE SAW THE EVIDENCE
THE WORD DEMANDS THAT YOU WALK BY FAITH , SENSES DEMAND THAT YOU WALK BY SIGHT , IT IS NOT THAT YOU DENY THE REALITY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SEEN (SYMPTOMS) BUT YOU FOCUS INSTEAD UPON THE THINGS THAT ARE UNSEEN 2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18, 5:1
IF GOD DEPENDED UPON WHAT YOU CALL YOUR FAITH, HE WOULD BE IN TROUBLE
HE IS NOT DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ARE, HE IS NOT DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU POSSESS
WHAT GIVES YOU YOUR CONFIDENCE IS THE FACT THAT HE IS NOT DEPENDING ON YOUR FAITH AT ALL
HE IS DEPENDING ON HIS FAITH FLOWLING THROUGH YOU
LOOK AT YOUR HANDS
GOD IS NOT DEPENDING ON THE PHYSICAL STRENGTH OF THOSE HANDS TO BRING HEALING AND DELIVERANCE
HE IS DEPENDING ON HIS SUPERNATURAL ANOINTING FLOWING THROUGH YOUR HANDS AND YOUR ENTIRE BEING TO ACCOMPLISH HIS WORKS
IT MUST BE BY GOD’S FAITH, THIS IS THE ONLY FAITH THAT DOES NOT FAIL