How to Strengthen Your Faith in God?

Today’s Gold Nugget: FAITH

How can I strengthen my faith in God?

Each one of us has received a measure of this precious gift. We need faith in everything we do. For example, we have faith that our car will start and drive us where we want it to go, we have faith that the chair we are sitting in will not collapse, we have faith that the sun will rise each morning, we have faith that our employer will pay our salary, etc.

If we doubt anything, if we constantly question everything, if we second guess ourselves, it determines that we are not acting in faith. It is clear in the Word that we are indecisive and uncertain. This indecision brings wavering, stress, and instability.

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and
without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no
doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed
by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything
from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways”

James 1:5-8

Faith is also what allows us to believe and enter the invisible world of God to take possession of His great promises. It is the vehicle that connects us to God himself. He says in Hebrews 11:6 that without faith it is impossible to please Him, and He rewards those who turn to Him. So let us have faith in God because He is faithful to fulfill what He says and promises.

“God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He said, and will He not do? or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?”
Numbers 23:19

 

How does faith help us? 

  • It gives us confidence when we are going through a difficult time
  • It keeps us from despair and distress
  • It helps us accomplish something greater than ourselves
  • It brings healing and deliverance
  • It gives us the ability to trust
  • It helps us through the seasons and transitions of life
  • It gives us the ability to receive what we need or what is impossible
  • It overcomes the world

How does faith work? 

Faith is like a muscle; we need to exercise it. The more we use it, the more it grows.

“Let it be done to you according to your faith”

Matthew 9:29

“Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”

John 11:40

The glory of God is His power, His goodness, and His favor. When we confess the Word and believe it, it enables us to receive what we expect. When the angels hear us proclaiming the Word, they go to work and help accomplish it.

“Bless the Lord, you angels who are mighty in power,
and do his bidding, obeying the voice of his word!”

Psalm 103:20

One of the greatest expressions of faith we can express is to be fed up with our situation, to pray for what we really want, to have faith in God, to proclaim His promises, and to thank Him until they are manifested. Never give up!

“So do not give up your confidence, to which
to which is attached a great reward.

Hebrews 10:35

Now that we better understand how faith functions and that it is a way of life (daily living), here are more promises to stand on for when tests and temptations come. Remember, you are an overcomer:

“The righteous shall live by faith.

Rom. 1:17 – Gal. 3:11 – Heb. 10:38

“ So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly,
I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be 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.”

Mark 11:22-23

“When the righteous cry out, the LORD hears, and delivers them from all their troubles”

Psalm 34:17

“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing comes from the word of Christ”

Rom. 10 :17 

“Now faith is a firm assurance of things hoped for,
a demonstration of those things which are not seen”

Heb. 11:1

“ And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive”

Mat. 21:22

“For nothing is impossible with God”

Luke 1:37

“Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes”

Mark 9:23 

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is
the victory that has overcome the world—our faith”

I John 5:4

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