How To Increase Your Faith

meaning faith is not a psychological force it is not a philosophical force faith is a substance as we have said last week it is a spiritual force are you guys with me it is not an intellectual force it is a spiritual force it is something that you apply in your life that you take action in the spirit faith is seen as a materialistic thing it is not an issue of the head it is an issue of the heart the bible says that with our mouth we confess and with our heart we believe it is not an issue of the head it is an issue of the heart and it is an issue of your mouth once your mouth speaks it you have done what the bible says you must do are you guys with me are you guys with me say with your faith meaning nothing works without faith no one prospers without faith no one is healed without faith no miracle is done without faith no deliverance is taking place without faith faith is everything in your belief in your in your relationship with god are you guys with me it is not a knowledge faith is not reading this bible faith is not positive speaking faith is not hope faith is not optimism faith is a measure that you and i have been given and that measure faith is a muscle it becomes a spiritual force the more you train that muscle the more this force is being trained on the inside of you hey guys with me it is a universal currency it is the currency of heaven that things are first in the spirit before they come in the natural the things that are not seen have not been made by the things that are seen but the things which are seen have been made by the things that are unseen meaning the realm of the scene any house any blessing any business that you have has first been obtained in the realm of the spirits faith is a title deed are you guys with me faith is a promoter faith provokes others [Music] faith is not for only the believer or the unbeliever it is it comes upon all you cannot even walk on this earth and breathe without faith so if you can now say and this is not a message to unbelievers please i want to bring in that context what i'm saying is that believers are using less faith than what some unbelievers are faith is a uh it can take a person that is a non-entity and make them a person of greatness faith is a weapon of war it is what we fight with are you guys with me it is violent it is aggressive it is a weapon it can have victories it can throw punches this is our victory our faith the scripture says faith is our expression and confidence in god faith is motivated when i get into the word it activates my faith and it then causes the measure in my faith to be increased are you guys with me it is an ever winning never failing force it is an ever winning never failing force when you are you are called faith is a lifestyle the just shall live by faith they shall breathe it in like air everything they do shall be by faith it is our victory bible says this is our victory even our faith i think it is one john this is our victory even our faith are you guys with me faith quenches the fiery dots against you faith shuts the mouth of lions faith puts you into the generals of faith in hebrews 11. faith causes you to have great exploits and have great victories and great feats faith is reasoning with god the bible says that abraham reasoned by faith with god faith is an action hope is a goal setter faith is a goal getter faith is your title deeds faith is the currency with which you purchase things say with your faith how do i increase my faith we spoke about what faith is lost speak we spoke about the definition of faith we spoke about now faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen so let's say with me how to increase my faith say it again say how to increase if faith is an ever winning never failing force if faith is our victory if the just shall live by faith if faith is everything i want to know how to increase my faith are you guys with me give me the scripture it says by faith sorry sorry by grace through faith we are saved ephesians say ephesians chapter put it on the screen for me [Music] ephesians chapter 2 verse 8 2 8 2 2 8 put it on i'm just turning there to my bible [Music] ephesians 2 verse 8. for by grace stay with me by grace you have been saved then say with me through faith and that not of yourself stay with me by grace and say through faith so how have we been saved by the grace of god but using an avenue called faith are you guys with me i need you to understand this give me two people up here quickly [Music] they don't know i need you to understand something i need you to understand something you know what i believe and those who are watching you cannot lose your salvation we spoke about the great falling away but in no ways this is this to breed a gospel of lazy people in fact your punishment and i guess i'm saying punishment when you get to the throne the bema seat throne that feeling of losing rewards is an eternal regret [Music] paul is making that point so serious so the believers doesn't become fl slack and say okay so we are just saved we can just do whatever no no paul made it very clear he said i i said i buffet my body body every single day i beat it i bring it under subjection meaning i beat my face black and blue that's what it means the bottom part of my face which means paul had a problem with his mouth and with talking okay so that made him stumble and made him sin so he would beat his his face the bottom part of his face and any theologian can take me on with that one that word is only used twice in the new testament where the widow went to the unjust judge the wicked judge and he was afraid that she was going to beat him up and it uses the same word the bottom part of her face and it literally speaks of beating somebody black and blue by their mouth and here paul is saying i'm doing this to my body i bring my flesh my body under subjection so less i preach to you and i am disqualified but it doesn't mean disqualified from salvation it means disqualified from the race because you have to run by the rules to win the price and he says lest i be disqualified lest i run this i preach to others but i'm disqualified meaning that when we get into heaven that everybody is there that i've preached to they've entered into the rewards that i've taught them and preached them but because of my flesh my laziness i have fallen back and i've seen the rewards they've entered into that i could have entered into and that will be an eternal regret on him so this should encourage us to live every second every minute every day for him because of the rewards are you guys with him so by grace through faith so rousseau is called faith john year is called grace we know by grace we are saved the grace of god it is the grace from god are you guys with me by grace we are saved he is faith through faith yet i am as the individual how do i get to god it was faith that came and introduced me gave me a business god gave me the connection and faith took me to this business of grace introduced me to grace now i'm doing business with grace if faith leaves can i still do business with grace it's a very simple question yes he was the connector he's not the source this is the source so when the bible says that those who have lost their heart or lost their faith it doesn't mean salvation it just means the thing that connected them to grace has been lost which means their fellowship their relationship but not their salvation this is attained through without works but you are a measure of faith to believe here don't tell me you have faith for the rest of your life there are times when you feel like the faith that you had even when you got saved you don't have any more does that mean you lose your salvation no see this is how we interpret the word wrong this has been done with no works this has been done by christ alone what he has done on the cross for us nothing of us and if i can lose this by my works i say that the cross of christ is no longer needed so it was just a measure of faith that got me here and i can lose that i can get it i can lose them i can get at that faith but it doesn't affect this are you guys with me okay so you can go want to just kind of like explain that [Music] and the message i preach is to bring eternal security to you not laziness or a license to sin i know people got say oh these grace preachers no no once you understand grace i get so sick and tired to the place of wanting to vomit with some ministers where they just get into this legalistic work thing and they believe by their prayer they can kill you shut up don't think so highly of yourself we are in a better covenant a new covenant and there's this gospel of condemnation and intimidation where it puts people at fear and they think and they think that they can never attain where the preacher is at no grace has been distributed to all different measures yes it takes your faith to activate the grace as i just mentioned now that is in you graceful ministry grace for operation it and it happened with a grace of salvation saving grace once you know eternal security condemnation will leave you if you say to somebody do not walk on that cross they will walk on that cross and that was the intent of the law to show you and reveal your sin but it was not a fixer a solution of your sin jesus christ came fulfilled the law that we couldn't fulfill but if i move back into the law and i tell somebody don't do this they will go do it it is the human nature are you guys with me it is the sin in us the moment i set a mission but when i say you are saved because you've believed when you understand it's nothing of you that even if you've been a mess for two weeks or six months or one day and that condemnation is not even there why because there's nothing of you now you step into a realm of gratefulness and thankfulness and you begin to give your life to him because he the bible says that he died for us while we were his enemies how can you be doing something good while he died for you when you were his enemy there's nothing that we have done why because he's given the salvation to the gentiles to provoke his people the jews unto jealousy he's saying i'm giving it to you as a free gift there's no laws you have to fulfill there's no rituals you have to fill just belief and you see the temptation even of the early church to continually move back and fall back into the flesh are you guys with me grace i've heard so many preachers they say oh grace they preach this great great grace messages but when it comes to dealing with it in real life they give no grace [Music] we have a bite and switch gospel go through luke 17 verse 1 listen to this then he said to the disciples it is impossible that no offenses should come to you but woe to him through whom they do come it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he was thrown into the sea then that then that he should offend one of these little ones take heed to yourselves if your brother sins against you rebuke him and if he repents forgive him and if he sins against you seven times in a day and seven times in a day returns to you saying i repent you shall forgive him and the apostles said to the lord this is what i want to get the apostle said to the lord increase our faith they knew something why are they coming up with faith when he was speaking about forgiveness and offense they knew that somebody that takes offence has lost their measure of faith they knew they've been taking offense and they've been having unforgiveness so they say lord we need an increase of faith so that we can do what you have said but now jesus is going to answer them on how to increase your faith how to increase your faith they said how do we increase your faith the apostle says how do we increase our faith and jesus answered them right there you know people want to come up with all these fantasies of how to increase faith here jesus answered them specifically he said so the lord said if you have faith as a mustard seed this is a mustard cdr first time ever i see one actually but there's many here uh so what will happen if you throw all of this in the field where you have trees like okay so this is a mustard seeds it's by far not the smallest seed everybody's like this is the smaller seed it's not the smaller seed this is a mustard seed okay and uh this is a mustard seed so the lord said if you have faith as a mustard seed does it say when you have faith the size of a mustard seed does it say if you have faith that so this is a mustard seed it's not the smallest seat but does it say if your faith is like a mustard seed no does it say your faith must be the size of a mustard seed it says that this mustard seed [Music] it says that this mustard seed there has its own faith what faith does it have it's got the faith knowing that inside of this is something very big that's the type of faith this mustard seed carries [Music] that you might not see a large tree is a mustard tree lodge you might not see the large tree but the faith see the seed sees the lord's tree so the seed carries faith it has a faith because it possesses the title deed it's already that tree no one here will doubt that this seed will grow uh it says faith as a mustard seed so there is one what is this faith jesus is saying have the faith as if you have the faith as a mustard seed meaning if you have the faith that that mustard seed has that it knows there's nobody nothing that's going to tell the seed it doesn't have a tree [Music] it's just a matter of time it's a matter of sowing and planting putting it into the ground jesus is saying i want you to have the faith to know how seed faith works the power of a seed works that in it it is already the tree anybody that says to you this is not a master tree is crazy this thing creates a mustard seed and by this i built the law of faith jesus is saying his disciples says we want to increase our faith he says but you must first have the faith that this mustard seed does what faith does this mustard seed has it is no doubt it has the title deeds number two it has to be planted it has to be sown are you guys with me it has to be sown into ground so he says if you want to increase your faith there are steps to this thing and this seed doesn't think or worry that it will become a tree it knows it is a tree it is just not seen yet are you guys with me so if you have the faith as a master seed you can say to say with me this mulberry tree you can look and say let's say this pulpit you can say to this puppet be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea and it will obey you meaning if you have the same faith that this master seed has that you understand your title deeds you understand your identity that you are the son of god that as he is in heaven so are we on this earth as he is in heaven right now with fire in his eyes walking he has an identity the son of god so are we that i know that by the confession of my mouth i can say pulpit be removed and be put there and this thing will obey me if something obeys me it means it must be alive are you guys with me that is why jesus spoke to the tree and the tree answered him back are you guys really have you seen it so so so so he's saying look at the mustard tree you can say to this mustard tree be pulled by the roots and be plant in the sea and it will be obey your next verse okay david go back one verse back i'll get to this now i want us to get to this jesus is saying i want you to know how to increase your faith first of all you need to have the same faith that a mustard seed has that you already know who you are you understand the principles of being planted and being sown being planted in the house of god like a tree once you do that faith begins to grow once you understand the principles of sowing and reaping he speaks to there a mustard seed a seed faith you will understand faith that faith is a seed faith is a seed but a seed also has a faith as faith the seed that you sown must have faith it must be plaunted it is needed to forgive somebody because he speaks of offenses are you guys with me so jesus is giving three stories here in answer of faith offense and forgiveness the the the the mulberry tree and we're going to get now to the third one he says then this tree the seed must be sown so you as disciples how do you increase your faith sowing how do you increase your faith sowing then he says do not have no doubt nobody can convince this seed that no tree will come out of it then he says this tree you shall say to this tree say with me say so he says for you to increase your faith you must step into a realm of speaking faith are you guys with me he is the high priest of our confession it is the centurion said to him just speak a word and i know my servant will be saved i will be healed just speak a word meaning speaking faith we have the same spirit of faith that in our confession the same spirit of faith this speaking faith so jesus is saying for you to increase your faith say to this mulberry tree be rooted up i need you to speak to your situation every day that you speak to your situation i will live here i will have this business i will have this ministry i will have this it is specific say with me this mulberry tree jesus said if you speak if you say to this mulberry tree which means that he is specific don't say god bless me say how we must bless you i want to be blessed with so many calls i will be blessed with this house that looks like this i'm going to be blessed with this ministry with this business i want to meet this person i want xyz i want this in my account i want to be able to be answering all those six things we said in the sewing in the message of tithes and offering and be able to bless my children i want to be able to to to to to uh to do a um to do a a a a emergency i'm going to say it i won't be able to pay emergencies are you guys with me meaning you said this mulberry tree are you guys with me this mulberry tree so then he goes on so we see what he speaks about the seed faith what it is to increase faith but go on for me to the next verse jesus is still carrying on speaking listen to this explaining how to increase our faith and which of you having a servant plowing or tending sheep will say to him when he has come in from the field come at once and sit down and eat who of you will say to your employee after his work listen come and sit and let me make you some food next verse but will he not rather say i need you to come in and make me a meal make my supper and gird yourself and serve me till i have eaten and drunk and afterwards you will eat and drink everybody is silent are you guys with me [Music] because if you say to your employee come sit and eat let me give you he's gonna the employee's gonna think okay but who's the boss now here maybe i'm the boss and then they get this little like uh what we call an employee demon as them that's making the rules now you know when you're too friendly or when you're too uh familiar every business rule is in the bible [Music] everything and jesus wasn't a kind business owner he was not he said your unprofitable servant faithless unprofitable servant you'll be cast into darkness just because you didn't increase your department people want jesus as the law they don't want jesus as they see oh they don't want jesus as their employer he is ruthless that's why people that are in business are ruthless i was reading an article on amazon they say the south african's not going to make it in the amazon work environment because they're lazy not amazon south africans they say if you get ten thousand you must work for ten thousand you're monitored every second in south africa you monitor them oh do you think you are there to monitor i'm paying you you are working i worked from the age of 12 13 i worked from the age of 13. me i never had pocket money never i had to work for my own money i had to work saturdays from morning to night while i was in school but the principle of work was put into me and the most dangerous thing is the generation that is lazy and amazon said they south africans they built it i mean it's the amazon is here now they said south africa will south africans will not survive one week in that environment because they're lazy they have a give me give me mindset they have an entitled mindset jesus is saying do you no no let's get on with where we were let's go next verse listen to this does he the employer the master thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him and jesus says i think not and it's said with an attitude not that he thinks he's really saying i think or not the man is being paid for it why must i say thank you for what i'm being what what i'm paying somebody for this is business rules some people work past they got lost cry you know it's too tough dear lord jesus of nazareth born of mary you there is a air cons there is but they in amazon they monitor every second every second if you get a five uh you have five four three two one star ratings if you get a four star rating the manager is at your desk within five seconds at your desk within five seconds so jesus is taking this and saying this is how it should be in the kingdom are you guys with me never be discouraged by business owners or employers that is hard on you they're doing you a favor they're training you they're disciplining you but he's saying this is how it should be in the kingdom jesus is saying don't thank your servant you're being paid he's been paid for it but he's using it to faith is answering them in how to increase your faith meaning he was using this whole story in a sense to say hey don't ask me to increase your faith you have the faith muscle it is up to you to increase it is not the employer now that has to serve the worker he says no no no no the servant makes the meal for the master the employer or however you want to put it and then afterwards he can eat meaning your faith must work for you but he put it in a common sense type of way he says this is a common sense situation what servant will come in and he will be served by his master no no no he's going to serve his master meaning and he's saying to his disciples don't you ask me to increase your faith and mother people pray and say lord increase our faith he cannot he's given you a measure it is your duty to take that muscle of faith and stretch it and build it and the best way you can do it is by trusting financially for things that god is a good that that god is promising you for taking leaps and steps of faith and these are the things we're going to teach our business owners as well meaning and those who are businesses in an encounter kings how to take steep steps and leaps of faith how to take risk are you guys with him and and jesus is saying this is what faith is faith is a worker he's not a master he's a worker faith is your servant faith must work for you you must put your faith to work in every situation faith must work for you this is how important faith is meaning every week you should be able to say i'm trusting god for this and then once you've attained that you say i'm trusting god for something new i want to trust god for something bigger putting your faith to work and the bible says that nothing it is impossible to please god except by faith so god is looking for people that are saying i'm trusting him for something bigger i'm trusting somebody that is complacent and just settling for what they have is causing god to become disgusted he said to the unprofitable servant who took his talent and hid it in the ground but brought out the same one he says you worthless unprofitable servant you're good for nothing a lot of people are happy where they acted life they take the one talent they have and they dig it then they leave it there no were you saying i'm trusting god for more i'm trusting god for more prosperity is not evil money is not evil loving money is not wrong the love of money is wrong that is when you become its slave are you guys with me say with your faith to go through to acts chapter number 10 verse 38 0. go over here first before we go to acts 10 verse 38 go with me to john you go with me to 2 corinthians 4 13 2 corinthians 4 13. i want to just bring this to a portion or to to land it 2 corinthians 4 13 is it on and we don't want to be long we'll be finished now in five minutes and since we have say with me the same spirits of faith paul is saying all our measures have been given the same even as the same as jesus but it is our ability to stretch it he says we all have the same spirit of faith just i understand you want to take photos i'm just reading there please thank you same spirit of faith according to what is written i believed and therefore say with me i spoke so you can believe but god requires you to speak after that it requires you to do are you guys with me so when you just believe and you imagine it's fine but it's one third of the way now you're taking it and every day you're saying you know what i'm gonna have a great house one day i'm gonna have a great business one day i'm gonna have four course i wanna have a sports car just for fun why because god gives us the desires of our hearts but you speak it in detail because it is your inheritance as a child of god as a child in the kingdom it is your right your privilege and your inheritance i believed and therefore i spoke and then he says we also believed guys don't move go back don't move with me before i'm finished and therefore we also believe and therefore speak are you guys with me we also believe and therefore we speak next verse knowing that he who raised up the lord jesus will also raise us up with jesus and will present us with you are you guys with him go through john 16 33 john 16 33 listen to this these things i have spoken so if we spoken to you jesus said i spoke certain things to you that in me you may have peace so speaking faith will bring peace in the world you will have tribulation but listen to this but be of good cheer be of good praises let your mouth speak positive things and then jesus himself says this he said i have overcome the world but he hasn't [Music] are you guys with me uh i have overcome the world but he hasn't he hasn't been by the cross yet are you guys with me let me just look for something else here uh give me the verse which says that the hour of my glorification has come quickly give me the reverse i've just got a new bible yeah it's in john chapter 12. verse 23 so jesus is saying listen here i have overcome the world jesus used the ability to speak his victory this is our victory even in our faith are you guys with me this is our victory even our faith your faith is what gives you victory before you go into the battle john 12 23 listen to this but jesus answered them saying the hour has come that the son of man should be glorified meaning what he was saying the hour has come that i'm gonna die on the cross but he changed the words he didn't say that i'll be crucified he said that i'll be glorified meaning the hour has come and he doesn't speak death he's speaking life upon him next verse next verse most assuredly i say to you unless a grain of seed of wheat falls into the ground and dies and remains alone what does he bring in seed faith again it produces much grain next verse he who loves his life will lose it and who hates his life in this world will keep it next verse if anyone serves me let him follow me and yet i am servant will also if anyone serves me him and my father will undergo the next verse i'm looking for one verse now listen to this so he said the hour of my glorification has come now listen to what jesus is saying he's saying my soul is troubled and what shall i pray or what shall i do he says what shall i say what shall i speak what words will come out of my mouth when i'm in an hour of trouble and tribulation when things are going wrong i have to watch my mouth am i in agreement with it or am i speaking contrary to it then he says this this is father save me from this hour but for this purpose i came into this house something what shall i say then we can go to mark 11 23 say to this mountain be removed and whatsoever the things that you say shall be given to you are you guys with me are you guys with me so let's go to let's go to um uh one john 5 verse no i i i've gone there go with me too i want to close off with this go with me to go with me to hebrews 11 32. hebrews 11 verse 32 say with me speaking faith so what i've been doing now i've just gave you the ability or gave you the keys on how to increase your faith it's been a little bit back and forth but if you're written down i've given you keys how to increase your faith and what's more than please don't come he didn't go biblical because the bible says hearing and hearing the word of god shall increase our faith comes we've preached that last week okay and what more shall i say for the time would fail me to speak of gideon and barack and samson and jephthah also david and samuel and the prophets next verse with through faith sin with me through faith subdued kingdoms through faith they overcame the kingdom of darkness they took dominion they took countries they took nations they took cities they destroyed kings they subdued kingdoms they worked righteousness they obtained promises so with me obtained promises so how do you obtain the promise that god has for you by my faith i obtain the promise that god has for me if they stopped the mouths of lions by their faith they stopped the mouth of lions they quenched the violence of fire certainly they quenched the violence any violent attack against your life any planned strategy against you how do you have the victory by faith they escaped the age of the sword out of weakness they were made strong they became valiant in battle they turned to flight the armies of the aliens so you guys with me next verse women received their dead raised to life again others were tortured not accepting deliverance that they may obtain a better resurrection everything is done by faith go with me to acts 10 38 [Music] hmm meaning what is faith or how do i implement this speaking of faith i said to somebody yesterday that uh that i said to somebody yesterday that there's callings you have people call to business you have people call to this and so on and so on and so on and there's an anointing and ability but when we speak of the tangible anointing that comes upon a person when the anointing comes upon it only comes when you preach cast out devils heal the sick open the eyes of the blind raise the dead you preach the gospel to the poor when you're in an act of ministry that is when the anointing comes on you there's a difference for the anointing in you and the anointing on you and the anointing with you okay so even though business is a call and it's there it's great all these things but there's a final there's an ultimate call that an ultimate purpose which is the end result and that is to reconcile man back to god even if we are called to business even if we are called to professional if trade if you are called just to have a fam uh everything that we do should bring man reconcile man to god that's the ministry paul says we have been given to advance the kingdom of god to preach but if you want to feel the anointing come on you it comes the bible says jesus opened up the bible i sorry opened up the scriptures the scrolls in the temple and he said the spirit of the lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the to the poor to have to to to cast our devils heal the cigarette i'm just putting my own words in there but what happened the spirit of the lord came upon him when we move outside of the anointing coming upon us then people begin to use sayings like i don't feel on fire anymore i don't feel hungry like i used to it's because you step out of the place of ministering to people i don't care if you call to business i don't care if you're a doctor i don't care if you're a psychologist what people what e-group are you running what ministry are you running where you preaching to people praying for them casting out demons prophesying to them it is in that place that an action will come on you to speak with an anointing where the anointing will come on you and that is where you feel on fire when people step out of that that it feels like they're not on fire because the anointing is for others and not for you everything else is there to support this you can take one thing to heaven and that is souls you can take one thing to heaven and that is how many people you have reached how many people have you made possible to be preached the gospel to are you guys with me this is where we want to get into the leadership module where we train people even though you do all those things to be leaders but the ultimate goal is that you can pray and deliver that person or that you can minister to them and the moment you do the anointing will be like electricity like an unction on you it is that anointing that keeps you in the will of god that keeps you on fire that keeps you hungry [Music] are you guys with me how do you speak what is an example of speaking faith acts 10 verse 38 listen to this how god say with me how god anointed jesus so the anointed jesus with the holy spirit something with the holy spirit with power he went about doing good healing all who were oppressed by the devil [Music] for god was with him but how do i change this now i say how god anointed leon de priya with the holy spirit and with power that wherever he went how god anointed martin with the holy spirit and power that wherever he went are you guys with me how god anointed richard with the holy spirit and power that wherever he went doing good healing all who are praised of the devil how gods anointed lydia how god anointed tanya how god you must put yourself in the scriptures speak it and say god has anointed me to bring good to set free those who are oppressed of the devil to bring deliverance to prophesy to heal the sick and wherever i go god is with me when you make the confession every day he is the high priest of our confession that every day listen the things you speak comes to boss say with me speaking faith

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Length: 45min 10sec (2710 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 08 2021