A SHORT STUDY ON THE
SCRIPTURAL PRINCIPLES OF FAITH
For New Christians Or Christians New To The
God Kind Of Faith
If you have ever prayed to
God and did not receive your answer, I assure you it wasn't because God
didn't answer you. He has already
given you what you asked of
Him.
God has set spiritual
principles in motion for us to always receive whatever we desire, so
when we don't receive what we've prayed
for, the problem lies with
us, not God. So we need to find out why
we can't seem to communicate
with God. In most cases it's because we were not taught about
scriptural faith and how to develop it
within the human heart.
Once you have prayed the
"prayer of faith," you will need to have
faith to receive your
request. We don't always get what we ask of
God immediately here in the
physical realm, but in the spiritual realm, where God resides, He
answers our prayers immediately. Read the Kingdom
Living Study to learn how to communicate with God.
There
is usually a time element involved to receive answered prayer.
However,
the time it takes to receive depends upon how much faith
you
have to receive. So, you must develop you faith daily for
what
you
want. When your faith is sufficient, then you will
receive. The more faith
you build, the faster your results!
If
you don't understand what faith is and how to have it, I have
created this short
study that will help you quickly grasp the kind of
faith you need to
receive from God through answered prayer and to
live your daily life
with the belief that God is taking care of you
always.
If you need more
information, I have included a comprehensive study
in the book below, It Makes
Perfect Biblical Sense, that has been
helping Christians
for years learn how to develop faith for answered prayer to receive
God's blessings. It teaches step by step what faith
is, how to have it
to increase your faith quickly, and how to pray the prayer of faith and
other forms of prayer. It can be
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For now, continue with this study on Christian faith to:
1. be restored from
damage done to you
2. create with God through the power of positive confession
3. live in peace and joy without guilt and feelings of failure
4. live in good health and have divine healing
5. be intelligent and wise with good common sense
Faith
Precepts:
THE GOD KIND OF FAITH
God
answered your prayer the moment you made your request. Now
it's up to you by faith to bring the manifestation of your request into
the physical realm. God is a spirit, and therefor prayer is a
spiritual transaction. You will need to create what God has done for
you in the spiritual realm by faith to physically receive it.
"I'm
going to teach you how to develop and build your faith for receiving
your faith on a daily basis, using your personal routine.
1.
Before you move forward, you must understand that God is a spirit and
must be worshiped in spirit and in truth. You can't use your
mind, emotions, or body to communicate with Him. You can only
use your spirit. However, as your faith grows, your mind will
be renewed with God's Word as you meditate upon it.
How To Grow
Christian Faith:
-Meditate upon God's
Word
-Speak God's Word (scripture), hear it, act upon it
-Remain thankful always
-Know that you are a spirit
-Speak positive confessions about yourself
-Know who you are in Christ
-Use wisdom with faith
- 2. For meditation, use the scripture I've
provided for your specific situation. Meditate upon the ones you have
chosen throughout the day or at any appointed time. For this
activity, you read a scripture and then mutter or think about it while
you get ready for the day in the morning, while you're driving to and
from work, or any time where you have a free-thinking period of
time.
3.
Always speak God's Words about your situation, not what you think, what
others say, and what the circumstances are telling you. Your faith will
grow as you make faith statements that you believe God has already
answered your prayer. This will retrain your mind with God's
thinking and will override the impact of your negative experiences that
will bring you fear, doubt, and discouragement.
4.
Keep the energy of thankfulness to God always present. A deep
gratitude and thankfulness for what you believe God is doing for you
and what He's already done will build your faith and allow God to work
on your behalf. Use thankfulness as a weapon against fear and
doubt. When they come to you, and they will, overcome the
temptation to let these negative emotions rule your thinking.
5.
Know that you are a spirit who lives in a body and has a
soul. We can only worship God in spirit and in truth (His
Word) we cannot use our emotions, mind, or body to communicate with
Him. We've got to approach Him on His terms. As we
shift to our spirits, we are then able to develop greater faith as the
Word of God within us that we meditate upon will give us God's
mentality --- a success mentality!
6.
Speak only positive about yourself. God did not create you as
a failure. speak only what the Bible says of you. You must
let the past go and let God's forgiveness of you change your image of
yourself. If you haven't already, ask God forgiveness for
whatever makes you feel badly about yourself and believe that you have
received. God forgives and blots out your sins as if they never
were. He loves you, despite what many people seem to
believe. The only people who believe that God is hateful,
don't know Him.
7.
Know that you have the authority of Jesus Christ. You can do
anything through Jesus Christ, not because of who you are but because
of His work on the cross. Look to Jesus and know that you can
do what He did and is still doing through other by His name.
You can be healed because He was resurrected from the dead to save us
from sin and all that comes with it such as sickness and
disease. You can have more money because He died to
keep us from poverty, etc.
8.
Don't be foolish about faith. If you're using faith for
illness, continue with your doctor and all medications he or she has
prescribed for you (as long as they're not harming you). Your
faith may be too weak or small to be healed without your doctor's
care. Put your faith for healing through your doctor and any
medications. If you want more money, don't quit your
job. Build your faith experience and let God guide you into a
way to work less and make more money.
Keep these steps actively
involved in your daily life so that you will develop a God
mentality. The more faith work you do, the faster your
results. Keep saying that you believe you have received what
you've asked from God in prayer and never believe that He will let you
down. Trust Him and He will always come through for you!
NOTE:
Never allow yourself to become discouraged when it appears that God
hasn't answered your prayer. If you do, you will keep Him
from working on your behalf and you will never prosper in
life.
Remaining thankful and
joyful will cause God to do amazing things in your life. When
it appears that you didn't get what you wanted, thank God anyway and
thank Him with even more inner strength or belief that God has already
blessed you. I can assure you that God will give you
more. Many times we don't ask for enough or we can't see
enough of the picture He has for us to ask beyond our thinking or
circumstances.
Also, don't pray to
change other people. We all have a free will. God
can't make others do what we want. We can only ask God to
work in someone's heart for change, but never as a command for them to
do our bidding and fulfill
our needs.
Just ask God to work in your situation and He will find a way to either
change hearts or make a situation work for you. And always
pray within God's will.
One of the best ways to
increase Christian faith is to find what you want in the Bible before
you pray. Use those verses to create short affirmations
and say them throughout the day until you feel you faith has
grown. Then say your prayer and be assured that God has
blessed you with what you asked of Him. Continue in the same
way until you receive! It's that easy! The hardest
part for people is the "faith work," but never give up with God.
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