Hello everyone,

Thank you for joining us today as we start a new series about “FAITH.” I am so excited as we start today because I am extremely certain that we are all going to be blessed and transformed by this through the word of God.

Now let’s go quickly into what we have for today,we will start on the introduction about “what Faith is” and continue next week from where we will stop today.

Many of us,actually all of us on earth do have faith,because we do believe in certain things. For example, if a person wants to sit down on a chair, you see the chair and you have faith that the chair will not break and you will be able to perfectly sit on it,but obviously if you see a chair that is broken you won’t sit on it because you also have faith that you will fall down if you sit on it! So I hope we see that everyone really has faith so we just have to direct the faith we have to the right principle or person.

What is Faith?

Faith literally is a strong feeling of trust or confidence. It is the strong believe in the doctrines of a religion,based on spiritual conviction rather than proof. Synonym for faith is “trust”. For this series our focus will mostly be on Hebrews chapter one and other scriptures though as the Holyspirit leads us.

Now,let’s take a look at what the scriptures say Faith is.

“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].”
Hebrews 11:1 AMPC

Oh,how I love this definition of faith. Let’s briefly explore together what this means.

Now,”Faith”,not later but NOW!Faith is the assurance of what we hope for,it is the confirmation,the “title deed” of the things we hope for. Faith is not hope,but rather the “assurance of our hope”. Title deed is a legal deed or document constituting evidence of a right,especially to ownership of property. So basically when you have a title deed of something,it just implies that,”that thing”,whatever it may be belongs to you! Why? Because of that document,it is your proof. So let’s say,even if I was not present when the house was bought,I know it belongs to you,by seeing the title deed. It is “your proof” that what you say you have is yours.

In the same manner,even if you cannot see physically what you hope for,as far as you have faith,you have “whatever”it is you hope for. I am sincerely praying to God that our eyes are opened,so we can clearly see what the scriptures mean.

“So whatever you hope for,the proof that you have it is FAITH! The proof of what you do not see is FAITH! The conviction that you have what you say you have or what the word of God says you have is FAITH! Though you cannot see it physically,FAITH perceives it as reality.”

Points to remember

1. Faith is now,not the future.

2. Faith is genuine. 3. Faith is sure 4. Your faith is your proof. 5. The “God kind of faith” relies on God’s ability and willingness. 6. Faith is not hope,but rather the assurance of your hope.

Conclusion.

I’ll like to end this blog post with an excerpt from the book” E-mail from God for Grads by Claire and Curt Cloninger” as I did in the previous post.

My Child,

I know that sometimes you pray as hard as you know how and things just don’t turn out the way you prayed they would.Then you wonder where I was all that time. Did I hear you?Of course I did. Although you can’t see me,I’m always here.

Faith doesn’t take a detour around pain;it builds a road through your pain.Faith doesn’t make things easy but it does give you extra strength for hard times. Faith can move mountains,even mountains like fear,loneliness, and hopelessness. Let me strengthen your faith.

Your faithful friend,

God.

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Till next time,

Remain in God’s love❤.