Mark 9:23

Jesus said to him, (You say to Me), If You can? All things are possible for the one who believes and trusts (in Me)!

Without faith we can’t please God and receive His promises. Yet we can struggle through lack of knowledge of the promises, not asking according to His word and asking in doubt. When we build ourselves up in the scripture and speak the word, we will build up our faith. Don’t give up but keep studying the word until you are fully convinced!

Mark 5:34

Then He said to her, “Daughter your faith (your personal trust and confidence in Me) has restored you to health; go in peace and be (permanently) healed from your suffering.”

The Woman knew that she would be healed. No doubt existed in her mind-fully convinced and ready to receive her healing. Faith and doubt are opposite forces. The one is positive outcome the other a negative outcome, but it is a sweet victory for us when we believe and receive in faith. 

Matthew 9:2

They brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a stretcher. Seeing their (active) faith (springing from confidence in Him), Jesus said to the paralytic, “Do not be afraid, son; your sins are forgiven (the penalty is paid, the guilt is removed, and you are declared to be in right standing with God)”

Active faith is confidence in the authority given to us by Jesus Christ for healing, finances, wisdom, reconciliation-whatever it may be. Active faith takes practice, study, patience and above all believing that what Jesus said is true without compromise. As we keep pressing into to Jesus, we will find the answers to what we need.

Hebrews 11:1

Now Faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen (the conviction of their reality-faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by physical senses).

Have you ever heard people say, “I just knew that it was going to happen!” They don’t have any proof in the physical sense but in their spirits, they know that they have the answer. That is what faith is- “knowing” that based on the word of Jesus we have what we say according to His word. It is an assurance that cannot be shaken because the answer comes from Jesus. 

1John 5:14

This is the (remarkable degree of) confidence which we (as believers are entitled to) have before Him: that if we ask anything according to His will, (that is consistent with His plan and purpose) He hears us. 

Are we praying according to God’s will in faith or do we ask according to our own desires. Is the prayer coming from fear, complaining, doubt? When we know what scripture, we are standing on to back up our prayer we pray in faith. We have authority as Christians given to us by Jesus’s death on the cross-are we praying using that authority?

2 Timothy 11-12

This is a faithful and trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we also live with Him; If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He will also deny, us; If we are faithless, He remains faithful (true to His word and His righteous character) for He cannot deny Himself. 

Faith is believing what Jesus said about what He would do for us and through us and acting upon it. Faith is accepting the Bible as the Word of God and believing that it is true. It takes time and practice and the decision to not be dissuaded from the truth of the word of God. 

Isaiah 41:10

Do not fear (anything), for I am with you; I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you; I will certainly take hold of you with My righteous right hand (a hand of justice, of power of victory, of salvation).

Fear destroys your faith! Fear tears down what Jesus is trying to build in your hearts so He can operate on your behalf. The life of Jesus wasn’t recorded in the Bible to be a nice story. The life of Jesus was recorded so we could follow after Him and yes perform miracles in our lives and the lives of others. We are meant to be water walkers but first we must step out in faith. 

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you; My (perfect) peace I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid. (Let My perfect peace calm you in every circumstance and give you courage and strength for every challenge.)

Tap into Jesus daily for leadership, guidance and perfect peace. When we realize we don’t have to be carrying the burden on this life, but Jesus died to take that burden away. We don’t have to overthink every situation but turn it over to Jesus and pray in faith. When we release the circumstance to Jesus, He is able to help us.

2 Corinthians 12:9

But He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you (My loving kindness and My mercy are more than enough- always available- regardless of the situation); for (My) power is being perfected (and is completed and shows itself most effectively) in (your) weakness. Therefore, I will all the more gladly boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ (may completely enfold me and) may dwell in me.

When we were born again it meant we became a team. The Holy Spirit comes inside us to guide, heal, influence us to following the instructions of Jesus. We don’t have to live life in our own strength and wisdom. We are going to be weak in some areas and that is when Jesus will step in and lead us and show His power through us. 

Luke 8:25

And He said to them, “Where is your faith (your confidence in Me)? They were afraid and astonished saying to one another, “Who then is this, that He commands even the winds and the sea, and they obey Him?”

We must strive to not have the kind of faith that needs to see it to believe it. The bible has miracles happening over and over yet we can’t see Jesus doing the same for us. Which would mean we have more doubt than faith and they are opposite of what Jesus needs us to have to be successful in our life.