DOUBLE DOSE OF FAITH
Practical faith comes in two types. The first makes it possible for me
to achieve excellence, and the second makes me into a new person.
Type I Faith empowers me to do the things that I can do and should
do for myself. It gives me the power to be all that I can be. It’s what
makes my dreams possible. When God created me, He placed Type I
Faith inside my heart and mind.
Type II Faith empowers God to do things for me that I can’t do for
myself. I can’t pull myself up by my own spiritual bootstraps. No
matter how hard I try, I can’t be born spiritually without God’s help.
Only God can make my spirit come alive. Type II Faith happens
when I open my heart and mind to God’s love and become one of his
children. For the first time in my life, I dare to call God my Father,
and the power of his love transforms my mind and heals my damaged
emotions.
There is no limit to how good my life can become when both types of
faith are active in my heart and mind.
Excerpt from :
Maximum Strength Positive Thinking : What to Say When You Talk to
Your Mind
David J Abbott M.D.