Discovering YOU Magazine March 2025 Issue | Page 34

SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH

THE POWER OF UNSHAKEABLE FAITH

Article by Pastor Philip Nissley,

New Hope Assembly of God, Taylor, MI

body was…about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.” Abraham shows in all this that what God speaks and what you start in faith…you need to press to fulfillment in faith. This…

B.Faith, should be Expressed with Unshakeable Conviction that instead of being discouraged, you will go through your day thanking God that the answer is on the way. Instead of talking about how big the problem is, you go through the day talking about how big your God is! Unshakeable Faith and Confidence in God sets your mind in one direction: victory, favor, healing, restoration. Heb. 11:1 says, “NOW Faith is the ASSURANCE of things hoped for, the CONVICTION of things not seen.” The moment you pray, God sets the miracle into motion. That’s what I John 5:15 says “If we know that God hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we HAVE the requests that we have asked from Him”. But to receive our requests it's vital you know that…

C.Faith looks beyond circumstances

God wants to release Blessing on us! Rom. 4 shows without bold faith we won’t believe or relieve it! The Power of Unshakeable Faith motivates us to keep going and not give up.

I.NOTICE THE DIRECTION OF UNSHAKEABLE FAITH (v. 17-19)

A.Faith, once you come into the kingdom, should become a lifestyle. Faith is not something you store up or use every now and then. NO, faith is your lifestyle every day, as you trust God to surround you with favor and meet needs that come your way. You've got to operate in faith for your daily health, ministry purpose for God, family safety, job, finances, etc. Turn to Romans 4 and see what it says of Abraham:

v. 17 “He Believed God who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.

v. 18 “In hope he believed, so that he might become what God said, a father of many nations”

v. 19 “Without becoming weak in faith, he went beyond the fact that his own