6 Steps to Increase Your Faith

This is a continuation of Sushi and Faith. If you haven't read it, scroll down a post.

Being a learning professional, I couldn't leave you hanging without giving you tips on how to increase your faith in God based on what I have personally done.

Ever try doing something for someone who has no faith in you? Not exactly a great motivator is it? How can you expect God to reveal His purpose and plan for your life if you don't have faith in Him.

Thankfully God doesn't work like that. However, He does expect you to take the first step.

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, 

the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)

So where do you begin - or start - increasing your faith?

1. Reflect. Where are you with you faith? Are you still finding it hard to swallow? Thinking about giving it a second try? Had it but gave up on it?  Have it and won't let go?  Once you determine where you are, try to uncover why you are where you are in order to move forward. I found it hard to keep my faith because I kept getting disappointed by people, circumstances and this broken world. My faith did not lie in God, but in everything but Him. I now place my faith in God solely. 
2. Try it. No matter where you are, just try it. You need to start somewhere and some time. Start small, e.g. have faith that today will be a good day, that God will bless you with someone you come in contact with today, that you are able to be a blessing to someone...anything. If you are going through a trial, ask God to help you find peace and a resolution according to His will AND have faith that it is done. Sometimes it's easier to have faith on behalf of someone else's need. Keep your family and friends in prayer. At the very least, have faith that your faith will increase over time and not waver. Remember faith is a muscle that needs exercising to get stronger and stronger.
3. Do not allow your faith to be shaken. There are so many things that can cause us to lose our faith. Keep your eye on God and pray to keep it despite these things. Your faith is the first place that the enemy attacks...but only if you let him. The stronger your faith is, the less likely the enemy's attack will penetrate it. 
4. Be still and wait. This is the hardest part for me and I'm sure for many of you. God doesn't have a timetable. Society has a microwave mentality...they want things done quickly. As my husband always tells me, He allows things to happen when they are meant to happen and not one second sooner or later. God's time is not our time. Be patient. Be still. Have you ever made a promise and before you have even had a chance to make good on that promise, you are being asked about it again and again? Annoying, right? I'd imagine that's how God feels when we put our faith in him and don't trust His timing and keep asking.
5. Give thanks and praise always and often. The result of unwavering faith is answered prayers. Praise and thank God for answering YOUR prayers and the abundant blessings He gives you without asking. Thankfully God is faithful...always! 
6. Don't forget what God has already done. When we are in a mess or a trial, it's easy to focus on what's going on now and not remember what God has done for us all along. Draw upon the times that God answered your prayers in the past. With each account, you'll be reminded of God's faithfulness and refuel your faith for the present situation. 

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