Increase Your Faith


Saturday 1st September, 2018
Words of Life Daily Devotional
Increase Your Faith
Memory Verse: - Lk 17:5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
Bible Reading: - Luke 17: 1 – 37
Message
Faith is acting on God’s words, on what God says; it is absolute trust in God without staggering, wavering or doubting; it is the substance[assurance] of things hoped for, the evident [proof] of things not seen; it is calling those things that be not as though they were. For instance, the word of God says “we are healed by the stripes of our Lord Jesus Christ” not that he is trying to heal you, but that you are already healed. When sickness comes and you are sure that you are not a reprobate, then you pray and rise up to do things you are not able to do before. Even though the symptoms are still there you claim your healing as being from not being; you confessed you have it; you hope against hope and you will have it.
Jesus said you desire, pray, believe and then have it. You believe before you have it and seeing before you believe; walk by faith [things not seen] not by sight [visible things].
How can this assurance [faith] be obtained? Christ was teaching his disciples in the text under review and they told him increase our faith. Faith can be increased by hearing the word of God. To increase your faith, read your Bible, study the word of God and let it dwell in you richly; read wonderful testimonies of people of God compiled by sincere men of God; listen to inspire Christian messages from sincere servants of God and pray them in.
Furthermore, move from salvation experience to sanctification and from sanctification to Holy Ghost Baptism and from Holy Ghost Baptism to gifts of the spirit, one of which is gift of faith. Your faith will be increased at that level of Christian experience. At salvation a measure of faith is given as one of the fruit of the spirit and higher measure of it is received after Holy Ghost Baptism.
In addition, you develop your faith by acting on God’s word. Pray on small problems like headache, stomachache or any minor problem you may have; believe you have receive your healing and go about your duties enduring the pain, the next thing you will observe is the disappearance of that problem if you doubt not.
I woke up one Monday morning with severe pain all over my body with watery substance dropping from my nostril. I knew this is malaria which I did not sleep with yester night, I just pray that “devil I reject this, you cannot Lord this over me, I am healed by the stripes of Jesus Christ”. With the pain and other malaria symptoms I went about my daily work and before twelve o’ clock that day everything disappeared liked vapour; behold I received my healing. This might not appeal to our senses, but I walk by faith and not according to sciences or senses. I called my healing to be even though I have not seen it and I received it bye and bye.
This is what we called prayer of faith, so when you are prayed for, claim your healing and whatever it is you need by holding on to genuine confession like “I have been ministered to and I believe it is working in me to effect healing and cure” and it shall definitely be so. Please increase your faith for without it God cannot be pleased.
Confession of the Day
My faith looks up to thee, thou mighty man of Calvary by whom I can do all things.
Prayer Points
Lord, open our understanding the more on matters of faith so that we can please our father which is in heaven.
As I read my Bible everyday Lord give me understanding and through this increase my faith in thee.

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