The Mannerisms of Faith 2
- Faith is not a backup plan. When it comes to matters of the kingdom, faith is not something you need in case of an emergency—faith is our lifestyle. In other words, without faith, we cannot live the kingdom lifestyle (Hebrews 11:6, 2 Corinthians 13:5, MSG).
- Many explanations about the Christian life will do you no good without faith.
- Another mannerism of faith is the attire of faith. Faith is militant in nature. Therefore, the attire of faith connotes militancy (1 Timothy 6:12, Ephesians 6:13-17, 2 Corinthians 6:4-7).
- You cannot separate genuine faith from righteousness. In other words, you cannot exercise genuine faith if you do not embrace the righteousness of God, which is in the Lord Jesus Christ
(Romans 4:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:7-8, Revelation 19:8. - The diet of faith is another mannerism of faith, which is the word of God. In other words, the word of God is food (1 Peter 2:1-2, Hebrews 5:12-14, Romans 10:17, Luke 4:4, Psalm 78:5-7, 1 Timothy 4:6).
- The word of God is always the antidote to unbelief, afflictions, and attacks (1 Kings 22:27, Jeremiah 52:31-34, Daniel 1:5).
- Anytime you observe that your faith is going down, check the level of the word of God in your life. Meditating on the word of God will always nurture and strengthen your faith (1 Timothy 4:13-16, Psalm 119:97, Jeremiah 15:16, Psalm 39:3).
- As the word of God is being preached, paying attention to it can save and deliver you, breeding and nourishing faith in your heart.
- The pleasure of God is not to put us in pain; rather, the pleasure of God is our pleasure. What is our pain is the process God takes us through. God had pleasure in the joy that was set before Jesus; so, Jesus endured the pain of the cross (Hebrews 12:2).
- Your imagination fires up your faith. But what will fire up that imagination is a time of intense meditation on the word of God (Genesis 24:62-63; 25:20-21).
- The works of God (the manifestation of His power) nourish faith. They are diets of faith. If you are in an environment where the power of God is demonstrated, it will strengthen your faith (1
Corinthians 2:1-5). - If you place your faith in the wrong things, then your faith is weak.
- If you are in a place where they do not believe in the power of God, you will not see any manifestation of His power.
- An accurate perception of the work of God will lead us to know the way of God, and it will ultimately lead us to do the will of God. The will of God is a diet of faith (John 4:34, Luke 13:31-33, 1
John 5:14).
