Faith comes from hearing

The tree is known by its fruit.

"whosoever shall say unto to this mountain, be removed, and be cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he says shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he says." Jesus in Mark 11:24   

If I can only believe the believable and I build little without anything left over for the hard to believe, how much faith is that? I think the word say is important. God spoke the world into existence. I follow God, and practice speaking as well as reading. 

From the treasure of the heart the mouth speaks.

John17: High Priestly Prayer

 "And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ who You have sent. I have glorified You on the earth, I have finished the work you gave me to do." Jesus in John 17:2-4

Weaker Spirits

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7

Cannot say how many times I've heard so many shy types  say they had the spiritual gift of discernment. The Spirit makes one bold. Boldness and hope. How atheism can thrive looking ahead without hope is baffling.

Philippians 2: 12-13

 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;  for it is God who is at work in you, both to desire and to work for His good pleasure. 

To be in harmony with God and in His existence is extreme pleasure and priase beyond our full understanding. Loving God is to love His existence and the existence He has given us.

Persistence is the bedrock of belief

When I pray for healing I must believe for it and if it does not come then I never give up or quit until I do receive healing.

If I quit believing then I stopped my faith and I am not believing any longer. I can never say God did not heal. I keep on believing "what is not is as though it were" Believing is not believing unless I persist. 

Persistence is the bedrock of faith. One thing no one must never say is that God changed His mind. It is written God is not a man that he will change His mind. Jesus stripes healed us already and we have only to accept it. God dos not make a covenant and then walk away from it. That is my understanding and this is my witness.

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 "For I am the Lord, I do not change..." Malachi 3:6

Jehovah Rapha

 Jehovah Rapha or God our healer. This is a redemptive name found in the Old Testament. (There are seven.) 

"For I am the Lord that heals you" Exodus 15:26 "He sent His word, and healed them." Psalm 107:20

by whose stripes you were healed

 "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed." Peter 2:24

We do not have to convince God to heal us. He has healed us already when He sent His only Son to the Cross for our sins and endured the stripes which healed us right then. We only have to believe and accept it. There is no time involved. If one has enough belief they will be healed. Bedrock of belief is persistence.