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Many Christians struggle because they are attempting to obtain results without first planting seed. If we are believing to receive healing, we must be planting healing seeds. We do this by finding verses that pertain to what we’re believing for. Let me give you an example in the area of healing. The Word of God is a divine seed that will cause the blessings of God to grow in our lives. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. I do not believe that there is a single Christian who does not desire peace. We all want it but it seems few of us are enjoying peace in our lives. The reason seems to be that we are praying for it which is not how the Word tells us it comes. Peter tells us that “grace and peace” are both “multiplied” in our lives “through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord”. If you have received Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you do have the same faith as Peter and the other apostles! Many Christians do not believe this. They spend hours in prayer pleading with God to give them what has already been imparted into their spirits. It is important for us to be in Church and to listen to messages. This is without dispute but this also must not be where we stop. We should be just like the Jews at Berea and search Scripture for ourselves to see whether the things the ministers we are listening to say are so. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. We may not know each other but I can guarantee that there are things you have been taught about God that cannot be proved by Scripture. This is true for all of us. To achieve our goal of Christian growth it will be necessary to develop a habit of digging into the Word of God for ourselves. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Christians do not need more faith. They have “the measure of faith” that was imparted to them at the moment of conversion. We do not need more faith but we do need a revelation of what we have and how it works. If you are a Christian, you have the same faith as Peter! Most people do not believe this. This is the reason that there are so many people who attend weekly services that are crying out to God for more faith. Christians do not need to pray for more. They have the same faith that saw people healed when Peter’s shadow passed over them and that raised Dorcas from the dead. Our goal in this series of posts is to learn how to become spiritually mature. This will require us to have much more interaction with God’s Word than what we have while sitting in a church service. It will require us to spend time meditating on its truths. This is the only way any of us will ever develop in our spiritual knowledge. If we do not have the right knowledge, we will never receive what we are believing for. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. I served in the US Navy as an avionics technician. Shops in our squadron had several different toolboxes. Each would have a unique set of tools designed for a specific purpose unique to the work of the shop. Some of these would be for electrical work, some for airframe work, and some for safety systems. The tools were unique to each trade required to maintain aircraft assigned to our squadron. As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby. God created the universe with His Words. This means that everything we can see, feel, hear, touch, or smell was created by the Word of God! We finished the last post saying that most Christians do not understand the power of their words. This is a major hinderance to our faith walk. For 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. For 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. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. If you have received Jesus as your Lord did you know that this required a measure of God's supernatural faith? This is the same faith that God used to create the universe! Did you know that God literally infuses a person with His faith when they become a Christian? While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. We saw in the last post that it is not our faith that enables us to receive anything from God. This is an important truth which is missed by many Christians resulting in their constantly struggling to get more faith. Human faith cannot believe for salvation. This is important. We have not been talking about natural human faith over the last several posts. Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Welcome back. Did you know that God is the one who created everything around you? He used the faith that we have been talking about to do so!