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Faith- What about it?

For today’s post I want to focus our attention on the word FAITH.  It is important that when we pray for our children that we pray correctly. This may not feel comfortable to some people, but most of us when we pray; we fail to do so according to the word of God.  We pray contrary to God’s word or we tend to ask God to do things that He has already done and has given us the power and authority to do.  Sometimes we pray and we say all the right things and at the end of it all we start to speak negatively about the very thing we just prayed and ask God for.

     I have been a Christian for a very long time, and I learned how to pray before I could read and had a very active prayer life, however it was not until over the last 10 years that I received some teaching about Faith and prayer through the Andrew Wommack Ministries, that started to open my eyes to a whole new level in my prayer life. I started out believing and praying differently, but because I was so accustomed to the old way of praying, in addition I kept surrounding myself with people who believed differently, my prayer life kept going back and forth like a yo-yo between my new teaching and the old way I was accustomed to praying. Over the last 2 years I was diagnosed with a heart condition, I decided to dig deeply into the word of God and scriptures pertaining to healing and began to listen to the Andrew Wommack teaching again. This truly revolutionized my life not only in my healing but it transcended to every area of my life. I must also give credit to my Pastor Morgan Ikonne who God brought into my life about 15 months ago. Whose teachings are similar to what God has being revealing to me.  Unlike some people who may hold on to a good thing I want to share it with you. I will not be able to give you all the information in this post but will continue in the next post and as time goes on I will share my full story with you.

Faith is extremely important for Christians. The bible says Hebrews 11:6- And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him (NIV).
God would not keep something away from you when that something is a requirement for pleasing Him
I often hear a number of people saying things like “you have no faith” or he or she has more faith than I do. However I would like to disagree with statements like this. Here is my reasoning:
Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
The measure refers to a specific unit of measurement or amount. If the Bible said a measure of Faith, then I could agree with you because it could mean that the amount of faith given differed according to what was used to measure it- a spoon, a cup, a glass or a bucket.. So why do some people seem to have more than the next person. I would say that the more one exercises his Faith the more his Faith grows in God. Think of 2 people going to the gym, one goes occasionally, runs on the tread mill and lift about 2-3 pounds when in the mood, the 2nd person goes at least four days a week, and started out lifting  five pounds and gradually increasing the amount of weight that he lifts each time. Which of these two persons would look more rip?  I believe the 2nd person would.  What am I saying? Your measure of faith will only grow as you work it.

So what is Faith?  Most people will quickly refer me to Hebrews 11:1 now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see (NIV).

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (KJV).
What does this mean in our everyday language? When I think of FAITH, the first thing that comes to mind is Faith is something that I already have and must use or exercise in order to please God. I think of Faith as seeing in the Spirit the manifestation of things before they actually come to fruition. It is a confidence in knowing that what I am waiting for will happen, even if I do not understand what God is doing.

So because I already have Faith, I am not praying to God for Faith, instead I pray for the strength, willingness and determination to use or exercise the FAITH that He has already given to me.

Let me connect some dots: children are gifts from God, mothers are special to God, we must forgive those who have in the past hurt us and our children, there are many promises from God for our children, and the other dot is that Faith is necessary to please God. It is extremely important to know these things as we pray for our children. This certainly will affect the way in which we pray. Let me leave you with one other verse- Romans 8:32 says: He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Not some things but all things.

Father, I thank you that you have given me the measure of Faith, help me to start exercising my Faith, trust and confidence in your word, because without Faith it is impossible to please you. Help me not to be confined by my five senses instead to transcend to the spiritual level in Jesus name Amen.

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In His Service,

Vilma

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  1. paula W 23 Aug 2011 Reply

    Amen to that!I do agree that the more we practice our faith is the more confident we become. It is imperative that we build up our faith because without it we cannot relate to God. Be blessed and continue this great work.

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