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The Power of a Praying Woman
When we step out in that faith, God increases our faith. In other words, acting in faith begets more faith. Whether you realize it or not, you are living by faith everyday. Each time you go to a doctor, you trust he will do the right thing. When you buy medicine from the pharmacist, you believe he will ?ll your prescription correctly. When you go to a restaurant, you have faith they will not poison you. (Some restaurants require more faith than others.) How much easier and more certain is it to trust God? We have no idea what great things God wants to do through us if we would just step out in faith when He asks us to. That’s why He lets us go through some dif?cult times. Times when we feel weak and vulnerable. He allows certain things to happen so that we will turn to Him and give Him our full attention. It’s in those times, when we are forced to pray in greater faith, that our faith grows stronger. Jesus said, “According to your faith let it be to you” (Matthew 9:29). This could be a frightening thought, depending on the kind of faith you have. But there are things we can do to increase our faith, such as read the Word of God. Faith comes by simply hearing it (Romans 10:17). When you take the promises and truths in His Word and declare them out loud, you’ll sense your faith increasing. Praying increases our faith as well because it’s how we reach out and touch God. At one point a woman reached out to the Lord believing that if she just “touched the hem of His garment” she could be healed. Jesus told her that her faith had made her well, and she was healed at that very time (Matthew 9:20-22). Every time we reach out and touch Him in prayer, our lives are healed in some way and our faith is increased.