Faith Inspection The Word of God is our Foundational truths Success and victory aren’t automatic. Victory is waiting on our faith to be put into action. 1 John 5:4 AMPC [4] For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; …and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith. When we have faith for something our victory goes into operation. We must be skillful in faith. It’s foundational! Jude1:3 …and I exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith… Note the words- earnestly, contend Something is opposing and trying to steal your faith Gal 3:11 The just shall live by faith. Hebrews 11:6 AMPC [6] But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]. Without faith you can’t receive all that God has for you. If your faith isn’t moving fwd then GOD is robbed in providing for us. Hebrews 4 The word preached didn’t profit them bz it wasn’t mixed with faith. Faith ignites the Word of God and releases power Romans 4:3-5,17-21 TPT [3] Listen to what the Scriptures say: Because Abraham believed God's words, his faith transferred God's righteousness into his account. 4] When people work, they earn wages. It can't be considered a free gift, because they earned it. 5] But no one earns God's righteousness. It can only be transferred when we no longer rely on our own works, but believe in the one who powerfully declares the ungodly to be righteous in his eyes. It is faith that transfers God's righteousness into your account! 17] That's what the Scripture means when it says: “I have made you the father of many nations.” He is our example and father, for in God's presence he believed that God can raise the dead and call into being things that don't even exist yet. 18] Against all odds, when it looked hopeless, Abraham believed the promise and expected God to fulfill it. He took God at his word, and as a result he became the father of many nations. God's declaration over him came to pass: "Your descendants will be so many that they will be impossible to count!" 19] In spite of being nearly one hundred years old when the promise of having a son was made, his faith was so strong that it could not be undermined by the fact that he and Sarah were incapable of conceiving a child. 20-21] He never stopped believing God's promise, for he was made strong in his faith to father a child. And because he was mighty in faith and convinced that God had all the power needed to fulfill his promises, Abraham glorified God! Faith has a behavior. Faith has a voice. Faith calls for things. Stop calling yourself what isn’t of God. It’s not enough for others to call it for you. YOU have to call it for yourself. Your calling is always in line with what He’s called you already. If you need more of something—It’s waiting on your voice. Abraham didn’t attach his feelings to his faith he attached his faith to Gods word- what He said! Faith believes because God said it! God delights in watching over His word to perform it. The Holy Spirit is the performer. 1. Calls things that be not as tho they were. 2. Believes bcz God said it! I live it! Lester Sumrall When you walk in the faith realm, you remove yourself from this world, you remove yourself from what the eyes see, the ears hear and the finger touch. You place yourself in a whole Other world, the world of faith. In that world you must accept the word of God, if God says it- it’s just that way! Thats where real faith is- God said it and that’s all I need to know! He tells us things thru His Word and thru the Spirit- directly. Jesus redeemed us from figuring it out. We now CALL IT OUT. 3. To have a strong faith life you’re going to have to counsel with the RIGHT counsel! Romans 4:19 AMPC [19] He did not weaken in faith when he considered the [utter] impotence of his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or [when he considered] the barrenness of Sarah's [deadened] womb. Weak faith considers what the wrong voices are saying. Strong faith counsels with the great Counselor