FAITH Ice Breaker Analogies: Faith in pastors conference Faith on the chair.

Faith is not belief only

Fact: The quality if being actual Truth: the state of being the case, transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality
John 17: 16 They

are not of the world (worldly, belonging to the world), [just] as I am not of

the world. them [purify, consecrate, separate them for Yourself, make them holy] by the Truth; Your Word is Truth.
Psam 119: 160 The 17Sanctify

sum of Your word is truth [the total of the full meaning of all Your individual precepts]; and every one of Your righteous decrees endures forever.

Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the [lower part of the] house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, See, your son is alive! the woman said to Elijah, By this I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth. Truth changes facts
I Kings: 17 20 And 24And

I Kings 17:23And

Elijah cried to the Lord and said, O Lord my God, have You brought further calamity upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the Lord and said, O Lord my God, I pray You, let this child's soul come back into him. the Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
22And 21And

What is Faith? Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. 2 Through their faith, the people in days of old earned a good reputation.
Heb 11: 1

By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at Gods command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.
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Belief and confident trust, leading to corresponding words and actions.

Why do we need faith? And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.
Heb 11:6 2 Cor 5: 7 For

we walk by faith [we [a]regulate our lives and conduct ourselves by our conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, with trust and holy fervor; thus we walk] not by sight or appearance [Fact] How is Faith Obtained?
Romans 12:2 And

be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 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.
3For

Romans 10:13 For 14How

whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17So 16But 15And

then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

John 17: 19 And

for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through

the truth. pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
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How is Faith Grown? Desire and Feed on the word - We get faith by continually feeding on the word

I peter 1: 23 Being

born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever
2:2As 3If

newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all Gods people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[a] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
Ephesians 1:15

18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. NIV Know Him [That you may really come] to know [practically, [a]through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses [b]mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] [c]unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and [d]become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!
Ephesians 3:19

Praying in the Spirit But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,..
Jude 1:20

Confession For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the worldour[a] faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
I John5: 4

4-5Every God-begotten person conquers the world's ways. The conquering power that brings the world to its knees is our faith. The person who wins out over the world's ways is simply the one who believes Jesus is the Son of God. MSG

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 10: 9

10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Revelation 12: 10 And

I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Every third year you must offer a special tithe of your crops. In this year of the special tithe you must give your tithes to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, so that they will have enough to eat in your towns. 13 Then you must declare in the presence of the Lord your God, I have taken the sacred gift from my house and have given it to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, just as you commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten any of your commands. 14 I have not eaten any of it while in mourning; I have not handled it while I was ceremonially unclean; and I have not offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God and have done everything you commanded me. 15 Now look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you swore to our ancestors to give usa land flowing with milk and honey.
NLT, Deuteronomy 26: 12-19

Practical Steps Practice with little things 1. Research the Word Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. NKJV
2 Peter 1: 2

2. 3.

Present the petition in faith Stay focused on the answer, in thoughts and Words;
James 1: 6 But

let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

Mark 11: 22

And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

23For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Confession it; based the revealation of the Word as in Eph 3:19 above, Take corresponding action: do it. Receive it, Plan your life around your expected miracle Praise Him in advance Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Acts 16: 24

25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

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Give the glory to God when the answer comes.