Doubt Vs Faith, Winning the War in Our Mind, pt 2 of 2

Welcome Back! I am your host Dawn Simmons, and in this episode of Conquering Our Unseen Enemies we are going to be discussing the second part of our two-part series on the ever-common struggle we have with doubt versus faith so we can begin to win that war in our head. Understand if doubt is with you, there is a war going on, even if you don’t recognize it.  How we respond to doubt reveals a lot about our relationship with the Lord. This is a two-part series and in the first part we talked about the Spirit of Doubt and laid the groundwork for both episodes and now we will dig into faith and how we go about winning this war in our minds.

 Top Show points:

Matthew 21: 21-22 

Definitions of doubt and faith:

Doubt: to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe:

Faith: complete trust or confidence in someone or something

Four levels of faith

First is what I refer to as a beginner level faith or saving faith as found in Ephesians 2:8, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—” 

Second, is just a simple faith, Romans 12:3, “

The third level of faith I call “Faithfulness” because it is through our faith that we change and become more Christlike.  Galatians 5:22  

The fourth and final kind of faith is Supernatural Faith.  This is one of the 9 supernatural gifts as described in 1 Corinthians 12.  It is one of the Power Gifts and it is the greatest of the Power gifts.

People are unable to grow in their faith because we focus on all the things we aren’t, instead of all the things we actually are and will become.  

In order for Supernatural faith to operate, there is an element of danger required, that is why we have the shield of faith, for protection. Supernatural faith is passive, it receives the miracle.

If I were to define supernatural faith, I would say “A supernatural level of faith is exhibited when the words spoken by the individual operating in the gift of faith is powered by the Holy Spirit and enabled to come to pass.”  

Examples: Moses parting Red Sea Ex 14, Daniel in the Lions Den Ch 6, Elijah and Fire, 1 & 2 Kings

We have now discussed the Spirit of Doubt and the four types of faith.  Where do we go from here? Assuming you want to win this war, then we need to be honest with ourselves and I have 7 steps to Grow Faith and Dissolve Doubt

1.     Identify what level of faith you are operating with or without and decide at what level of faith you are interested in building toward. 

2.     Set aside consistent time to read the Bible where you focus on areas of faith.

3.     Set aside consistent prayer time to build your relationship with the Holy Spirit specifically asking Him to help you build your faith.  

4.     Begin to move in areas of your life that require faith.  We have to practice faith in order for it to grow.  

5.     Keep going

6.     Keep going

7.     Keep going

Ended discussion talking about the see saw of your faith and you needing to make a decision on what your faith and doubt relationship is going to become.