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Romans 10:17 (NKJV)
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Faith is not knowledge.  It is what God says applied.  Faith is not of the head, but of the heart. 


John 8:31-32 (NKJV)
31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”


You are not full of faith even if your head is full of knowledge.  You can identify where your faith is by your mouth.
  


2 Corinthians 4:13  (NKJV)
13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak,


Faith is spiritual.  You physically may be dying, but you spiritually are constantly being made new. 



2 Corinthians 4:16  (NKJV)
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.


The most important time that you need to speak what you believe is when it doesn't look like it in your circumstances.


That's how the truth sets us free.  You hear what God says.  You apply it.  You hold on to it with all your mind, words, and actions.



Faith grows when you actually exercise it.  When pressure comes, speak what God says, and ignore what you see. Have zero tolerance for fear and unbelief in you.



John 10:10 (NKJV)
Jesus speaking: The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.


  
Satan's strategy for you is to let go of what God has promised by all of life's contradictions. He wants you to displease God by your lack of faith in God. 




Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV)
6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. 



We must believe that God is, and He rewards those who diligently seek Him by holding on by faith to what God says.



Romans 10:13  (NKJV)
13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” 

   

Keith Moore, Faith Life Church

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