FAITH

Pastor Christophe

Scripture Reference Mark 11: 24

When you have faith, you believe what your eyes have not seen. Hope is based in the future whereas faith is based in the present. Faith brings to us the things that already exist (from eternity).

In Mark 11:24, our Lord said: “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”  Here Jesus was telling us that after asking God for something in prayer, we should not go back hoping that he will do it in the future or some day. But we should believe that God has already done it.  We should not start hoping after prayer but we should believe that we have received what we have asked for. And we should stand upon faith and not upon hope, knowing that in Christ everything has already been accomplished.

When it comes to faith, there are three major points that we should remember:

•  If you don’t believe in the creator, you cannot believe in the created. Believing in God is the key to true faith. Your faith should be in God. Remember the bible says that without faith, it is impossible to please God.
• Secondly, believe in the will of God (John 5: 10- 14). To believe the will of God is to believe His word.  And we receive what God desires. Believe in what God has said and promised. 
•   Psalm 27: 1 to 3 says: “The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?” When we are defeated in the battles and we cry, it is not because He has failed or He is unable to help us, it is because we lack faith. He is still there. David believed in the God He had seen, the God of Israel, that is why He said He will not fear. Psalm 125:1 to 3 says that “Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.² As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore.” When you believe in God, everything that comes against you cannot touch you. You become strong.

 Believe in God. The one who fights for us has no beginning and no end. Before the problems that you were having ever existed, God already had an answer.So have faith in God.