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Faith always begins where the will of God is known.

How does faith come?

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

Before we are Born Again, we have no faith and so faith (to get
saved) comes by hearing the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

What about after we are saved?

Romans 12:3 KJV (3) For I say, through the grace given unto me, to
every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he
ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to
every man the measure of faith.

In the context here, Paul is speaking to Born Again people and says
God has dealt to every man (believer) the measure of faith.

So, all believers have the same faith potential.

1 Peter 2:2 NKJV (2) as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the
word, that you may grow thereby,

1 Peter 2:2 TPT (2) In the same way that nursing infants cry for milk,
you must intensely crave the pure spiritual milk of God’s Word. For this
“milk” will cause you to grow into maturity, fully nourished and strong for
life—

2 Peter 3:18 AMPC (18) But grow in grace (undeserved favor, spiritual
strength) and recognition and knowledge and understanding of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ (the Messiah). To Him [be] glory (honor,
majesty, and splendor) both now and to the day of eternity. Amen (so be
it)!

Hebrews 5:12-14 AMPC (12)For even though by this time you ought to
be teaching others, you actually need someone to teach you over again
the very first principles of God's Word. You have come to need milk, not
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solid food. (13) For everyone who continues to feed on milk is

obviously inexperienced and unskilled in the doctrine of righteousness
(of conformity to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action), for he is
a mere infant [not able to talk yet]! (14) But solid food is for full-grown
men, for those whose senses and mental faculties are trained by
practice to discriminate and distinguish between what is morally good
and noble and what is evil and contrary either to divine or human law.

For the believer, hearing the Word takes on a slightly different purpose.
When we hear the Word, our faith is fed, grows and is increased by
hearing and understanding the Word of God. Hearing what? What God
has said about your situation or about you.

Hearing the Word of God is what drives out those question marks in our
thinking that can hinder our faith.

Let’s take a look at how faith is built:

We must start with the foundation of hope. When we say that faith
comes by hearing the Word, it is implied that hope also comes and it
actually comes first.

God started with HOPE with Abram:

Genesis 12:1-4 NKJV Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of
your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land
that I will show you. (2) I will make you a great nation; I will bless
you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. (3) I
will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And
in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." (4) So Abram
departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And
Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

Genesis 15:1-6 NKJV After these things the word of the LORD came to
Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield,
your exceedingly great reward." (2) But Abram said, "Lord GOD, what
will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is
Eliezer of Damascus?" (3) Then Abram said, "Look, You have given
me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!" (4) And
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behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This one shall not
be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your
heir." (5) Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward
heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He
said to him, "So shall your descendants be." (6) And he believed in
the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
Genesis 17:1-8 NKJV When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the
LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk
before Me and be blameless. (2) And I will make My covenant between
Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly." (3) Then Abram fell on
his face, and God talked with him, saying: (4) "As for Me, behold, My
covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. (5) No
longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be
Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. (6) I will make
you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall
come from you. (7) And I will establish My covenant between Me and
you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an
everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after
you. (8) Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in
which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting
possession; and I will be their God."

The Word of God first produces hope in the heart of a person.

Hope = Expectation (Greek Dictionary)

So, we start with an expectation that God is going to heal us.

Hebrews 11:1 NKJV (1) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1 AMP (1) NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation,
the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we]
do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact
what is not revealed to the senses].

In the Amplified, notice it says that faith is the confirmation or the title
deed of the things that we hope for. Faith becomes the proof that what
we are expecting is already ours, whether we see it or not.
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So, our faith takes those things that we are expecting to happen and
creates ownership of those things now, not in the future.

Faith always takes ownership of that which is expected.

How do you build your capacity for great faith?

Joshua 1:7-9 NKJV (7) Only be strong and very courageous, that
you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My
servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the
left, that you may prosper wherever you go. (8) This Book of the
Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day
and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written
in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will
have good success. (9) Have I not commanded you? Be strong and
of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD
your God is with you wherever you go."

We need to understand there is a difference between speaking God’s

Word out of faith like God does and speaking God’s Word unto faith
where we are speaking and getting the Word into our hearts.

Sometimes we need to speak the Word of God as mentioned in

Joshua 1:8 so that we get the Word into our hearts. This is a
confession UNTO faith.

God created us to be able to hear our own words and build a

capacity to believe them in our hearts.

Here is why this is so important:

If you do not understand the importance of speaking God’s Word, you

will never be able to overcome the incredible power of doubt.

Anytime you begin to trust God, the enemy will come at your mind to
manipulate your imagination to see your life going different from what
God has said.
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The best way to get a handle on your thoughts and imagination is

through the power of speaking God’s word.

But then there are times when you speak forth your faith and you know
that faith is in your heart and that which you have spoken is done in the
Name of Jesus!

Four Keys to building strong faith in God’s Word:

1. Find what the Word says about your situation (and or pray until
you have a Word from the Holy Ghost)
2. Meditate in the scriptures from God’s Word.
3. Speak God’s Word.
4. Act on God’s Word.

How is faith released? By words and action.

Mark 11:12-14 NKJV (12) Now the next day, when they had come out
from Bethany, He was hungry. (13) And seeing from afar a fig tree
having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it.
When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the
season for figs. (14) In response Jesus said to it, "Let no one eat fruit
from you ever again." And His disciples heard it.

Mark 11:19-24 NKJV (19) When evening had come, He went out of the
city. (20) Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree
dried up from the roots. (21) And Peter, remembering, said to Him,
"Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away." (22)
So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God. (23) 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. (24)
Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe
that you receive them, and you will have them.

Notice Jesus came to the fig tree and desired fruit from it. It had none
so Jesus cursed the fig tree saying, “Let no one eat fruit from you
ever again.”
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There was nothing that visibly changed immediately with the fig tree
or else the disciples, especially Peter would have pointed it out. He
said the words and then simply went on about His business.

They conduct their business in Jerusalem and are on their way out of
the city and passed by the fig tree. There was still no visible change
or else again, the disciples would have said something about it. This
did not phase Jesus at all.

They go back to Bethany and spend the night and then head back to
Jerusalem again. This time they passed by the fig tree and there was
change because they noticed it. They noticed it but Peter is the only
one that said anything about it.

Notice the fig tree dried up from the roots. This is the same as will
happen with anything that we are using our faith on. The moment that
you begin attending to the Word of God, the Word goes to work on
the root of the problem, not the external things that you can see. If it
were to address the leaves only, then the root would still be there and
then it could grow back.

The key is not to quit when you do not see the immediate results.

Just know that as you are speaking the Word, it is working in you and
on the situation just like weed killer.

Some people believe that it is enough for you to have the Word of God in
your heart.

Our relationship with Jesus is begun with not only what we believe in
our hearts but also what we say with our mouths.

Romans 10:9-10 NKJV (9) that if you confess with your mouth the
Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from
the dead, you will be saved. (10) For with the heart one believes unto
righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation

Look at Abraham and what he did until the manifestation came:

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Romans 4:16-21 NKJV (16) Therefore it is of faith that it might be

according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed,
not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the
faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all (17) (as it is written, "I
HAVE MADE YOU A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS") in the
presence of Him whom he believed--God, who gives life to the dead
and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
(18) who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the
father of many nations, according to what was spoken, "SO SHALL
YOUR DESCENDANTS BE." (19) And not being weak in faith, he
did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a
hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
(20) He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but
was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, (21) and being fully
convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.

Notice Abraham was not in the necessary physical condition to bear

children but He was fully persuaded of the promise of God and
considered not his own body being dead.

Notice God calls those things which be not as though they were. He
does not call those things which are as though they are not. To call
those things which are as though they are not, is a lie.

We must remember that faith in God’s Word is not denying the

circumstances of our lives and pretend that they do not exist.

God desires for us to get into agreement with Him and speak the
same thing that He speaks.

Hebrews 4:12 NKJV (12) For the word of God is living and powerful,
and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division
of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.

Revelation 1:13-16 NKJV (13) and in the midst of the seven

lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to
the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. (14) His head
and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a
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flame of fire; (15) His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace,
and His voice as the sound of many waters; (16) He had in His right
hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword,
and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.

Notes from Sparkling Gems from the Greek by Rick Renner:

The phrase “two-edged” is taken from the Greek word distomos and is
unquestionably one of the oddest words in the entire New Testament.
Why is it so odd? Because it is a compound of the word di, meaning two,
and the word stomos, which is the Greek word for one’s mouth. Thus,
when these two words are compounded into one (distomos), they
describe something that is two-mouthed! Don’t you agree that this
seems a little strange? So why would the Bible refer to the Word of God
repeatedly as a “two-edged sword” or, literally, a “two-mouthed sword”?

Ephesians 6:10-17 NKJV (10) Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord

and in the power of His might. (11) Put on the whole armor of God, that
you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (12) For we do not
wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of
wickedness in the heavenly places. (13) Therefore take up the whole
armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having
done all, to stand. (14) Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth,
having put on the breastplate of righteousness, (15) and having shod your
feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; (16) above all, taking the
shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the
wicked one. (17) And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the
Spirit, which is the word of God;

The word for “word” in verse 17 is not the normal word “logos” but rather
“rhema” of God. This is the spoken Word of God.

The Word of God does not become the sword of the Spirit for you
until it is spoken from your mouth.