Your Faith Can Grow and Move Mountains

Every Believer Has Faith

Romans 12:3

For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

Here's a lot of believers make a mistake. They say, "My trouble is, I don't have any faith. I can say to them, "Well, why don't you get saved then, because saved people have faith! You can't be saved without having faith."

Ephesians 2:8 says, "...or by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 

If you really don't have faith, then you're not saved. What you need to do is get saved, and that will solve your problem of not having faith. If you're not sure whether you're saved or not, you may say this prayer, go to this link> Prayer of Acceptance. 

Use the Faith You Have

If you're already saved or even just newly saved, you can exercise your faith to believe God for what you need.

 The following is a testimony from Bro. Hagin:

Many years ago, a woman came rushing up to me saying, "Brother Hagin, I want you to pray for me." What for, Sister?" I answered.She said, "I want you to pray that I'll have faith. I need healing for my body." 

In other words, she implied that she didn't have faith to receive healing.

"I'm not going to do it," I said. It startled the woman when I said that to her. I don't think anybody had ever talked to her like that before.  I said that to get her attention and she got it. Many times, you've got to get people's attention before you can help them. 

When I said that to the woman, she said, "You're really not going to pray?"I said, "No, ma'am, I'm not."Again, she said, "You're really not?"I said, "I'm really not. I'm not going to pray one lick. I'm not going to pray one time that you'll have faith.""Well," she said, "I sure do need healing."

I said to her, "Aren't you a believer, Sister?""Oh, why, of course I am!" she said. I said, "Well, who ever heard of a believer who doesn't believe? How could you be a believer without believing?"

I continued: "There is no use for me to pray that you'll have faith. You have faith. Use the faith you have." 

 The very next night this woman was in the healing line. When I get to her, I said, "Well, I see you've come."She had come for her healing. The night before she wanted me to pray that she'd have faith so she could receive her healing. But now she was acting on the faith she already had."Yeah, " she said, "I've come, and I'll be healed too. Just lay your hands on me."She decided to you use her faith!.
I laid hands on her for her healing, and when I did, I also perceived that she did not have the fullness of the Spirit.  That is, she had been born of the Spirit, but had not been filled with the Spirit. So I said to her, "You don't have the Holy Ghost."She knew what I meant by that. 

I knew she had been born of the Spirit and had the witness of the Spirit in her heart that she was a child of God. But shed had not been filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues. 
She answered, "No, I don't have the Holy Ghost."  So I just laid my hands on her head again and said, "Receive the Holy Ghost in the name of Jesus!"   Immediately, without stammering or stuttering or waiting a second, she lifted both hands and started talking in other tongues instantly.

  Later on she said, "If I had known this, I could have had this experience fifteen years ago, and I wouldn't have to had to wait until now."

This woman had faith all the time to receive healing, the baptism of the Holy Ghost, or whatever she needed from God. She just wasn't using her faith. 

Faith is Measurable

One person said, "You either have faith or you don't have it. In other words, this person was trying to say that you couldn't have more or less faith.
But that's not true. You can have more or less faith. Remember, it's up to you what you do with the measure of faith God has given you. The following is the list of kinds of faith.

1.  2 Thes. 1:3 FAITH GROWS EXCEEDINGLY
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other.

2.  Luke 12:28 – LITTLE FAITH
If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?

3.  Matt. 14: 30-31, -     ‘O THOU OF LITTLE FAITH’
 But when he saw [e]that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” 

4.  Matt. 8:10  - GREAT FAITH
When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! 

5. Rom. 4:19  -  NOT BEING WEAK IN FAITH
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.

6. Rom. 4:20  - STRONG IN FAITH
 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God, 

7. Acts 6:5  - FULL OF FAITH
 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

8. James 2:22- 24     - FAITH MADE PERFECT
 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was [accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

 9.   1 John 5:4  - OVERCOMING FAITH
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

Your Faith Should Constantly Be Growing
We know that the measure of faith every believer has can be increased. Your measure of faith can be increased by feeding it on the Word of God and by exercising it or by putting it into practice. 
...to be continued (How to Grow Your Faith)

Armando P. Mariano

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El Chayil Intl. Missions