Believe in God that defies visible realities, this believe can be strengthened by exercising it.

1. Hebrews 11:1-2
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen.
For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.
Pastor Samuel Ajayi
Redemption Faith Church (Harvest Center)

2.  Biblical faith is “a confident trust in a holy and
sovereign God despite our circumstances”
 The ultimate of faith is to get God and not
things
 Faith is a gift from God (Ephesians 2:8-9), in
measures (Romans 12:3) and we have
responsibility to grow it (2Thess 1:3-4)
 Faith asks, acts and receives the revealed truth
as done

3.  NOT
 “a way of controlling God to give us what we
want.”
 All genuine acts of faith submits to His
sovereign will

4.  Natural faith- natural confidence. Matthew
16:3
 Saving faith- leads to our salvation. Romans
10:8-13
 Active/receiving faith- to receive from God
and experience Gods power Mark 5:30-34
 Overcoming faith- empowers us to live
victoriously over temptation, adversity, enemy
1John 5:4-5

5.  Sees what God sees. Gen 15:5
 Says what God says. Gen 17:5
 Answer to whatever He calls you
 Submits to the will of God
 It is about God and His purpose
 Not selfish, covetous- ‘name it and claim it
syndrome’

6.  Heb 11:33 who through faith subdued kingdoms,
worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped
the mouths of lions,
 Heb 11:34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped
the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made
strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the
armies of the aliens.
 Heb 11:35 Women received their dead raised to life
again. And others were tortured, not accepting
deliverance, that they might obtain a better
resurrection.

7. What did they obtain?
 Abel
 Enoch
 Abraham
 Moses
 Rahab
 David
 Mary

8.  An overcoming life
 Territories
 From our family, work place, neighborhood
 To be mighty
 Health
 Prosperity

9. Faith comes by hearing His word
Feed your faith – The food is the Word
 Assured of integrity of the word
 Till saturated, affecting your thought,
words and actions
 Not as a slogan, but persuasion

10. Exercise your faith- learn to live by your
own faith- Romans 1:17, Hab 2:4
 Learn the faithfulness of God in personal
incontrovertible ways.
 Acting out His word, even when you recorded
some ‘failures’
 Be conscious of the power of the Holy Spirit
in you

11.  Walking in Love. Mark 11:23-25; Galatians 5:6
 Gal 5:6 (amplified) For [if we are] in Christ Jesus,
neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for
anything, but only faith activated and energized and
expressed and working through love.
 Love is greater 1Cor 13:13

12.  Mar 11:23 "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.
 Mar 11:24 "Therefore I say to you, whatever things
you ask when you pray, believe that you receive
them, and you will have them.
 Mar 11:25 "And whenever you stand praying, if you
have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your
Father in heaven may also forgive you your
trespasses.
 Mar 11:26 "But if you do not forgive, neither will your
Father in heaven forgive your trespasses."

13.  Weak faith:
 Live only by the senses, feelings
 Always looking out for physical endorsement
 Always requiring a physical ‘token’
 Strong faith: Matthew 8:5-8; 15:21-28
 Distance is no barrier
 Values the power in the spoken word
 Exercised even by common men and women

14.  What Abraham did not do:
 He did not consider His own body
 He did not stagger/waiver
 What Abraham did?
 Abraham believed what God called Him
 Believed contrary to hope
 Fully convinced
 He believed what God called him, for He
cannot lie
 Great/ strong faith. Matthew 8:5-10; 15:21-
28

15. REDEMPTION FAITH CHURCH – HARVEST CENTER
(The church arm of The Men of Issachar Vission Inc.)
Elshadai Bus stop, Arulogun road, Igbo-oloyin, Ibadan, Nigeria.
You can also:
+234 802351 7864
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