Week 24 of 52 Prayers of Faith - Faith is worshiping God with our whole being; body, mind and soul

Faith is worshiping God with our whole being; body, mind and soul - Lord Increase our Faith

Worship (according to the Preacher Al's definition) is the appropriate response to the presence and/or the knowledge of God.  Or Worship is part of our relationship with God.  There are lots of word pictures in the Bible where worship involves people bowing down both in the OT and the NT.  Worship should happen when we realize that we imperfect sinners are in the presence of a Holy and Righteous God.  For the longest time, I thought worship was merely singing songs in church.  But I have learned over the years that many acts can be expressions of worship.  David danced before the Lord, psalmists wrote songs, others fell on their faces.  Worship expresses our gratitude, our joy, that we are humbled in the presence of a Holy God.

Worshiping God by faith then becomes how your spirit responds to the presence of a Holy God.  It could be like Peter falling at the feet of Jesus declaring, "Depart from me, a wicked man"  It could be tears of joy it could be songs of all sorts, but ultimately worship is an act of faith where we each respond in a way that honor's God and recognises our position and relationship to Him.

Lord, we worship you by faith, responding to your Holy and Righteous presence - Lord, increase our faith

I would remind you again that this is a contemplative exercise.  It is not enough to just read the article, you need to spend time in prayer asking the Lord what this means to you.  What is HE saying to you through this article?  Spend some time in quiet contemplation and meditation asking for God's wisdom and insight into each of these articles.  I highly recommend a prayer journal to record both your thoughts and what God reveals to you.  May your faith increase leading you to greater, love, joy, and peace.

Week 19 of 52 Prayers of Faith - Faith is realizing there is nothing good in us apart from Christ

Faith is realizing there is nothing good in us apart from Christ - Lord increase our faith.

This can be hard for us to accept, because many of us think we are pretty good people. We think that we are kind and loving and have forgotten what we are/were really like apart from Christ. One look at children and you can see the worst of us. Our childhood memories are both wonderful and terrible all at the same time. In children we say there is innocence, but if we look a bit closer we can see the dark side of human nature. Children are natural liars, tattletales, they are selfish and greedy. Unless constrained by strong parental control, they can become tyrants who try to dictate to their parents how things are going to be.

There is a quote once attributed to Socrates concerning children of his age - "The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise."

I am not full convinced that all children are bad, but in our children we can see some of the worst of our society at times.

We have all worked for or with people who are "the worst" who cheat and lie and steal in the work place. We have all met bullies in school and in the work place who have made our lives miserable. These people I believe exemplify the Biblical text, in Romans 5:10 where Paul tells us that we were once enemies of God. In 1 Cor 6:9-11 he gives us a big long list of those who will not inherit the Kingdom of God and he goes on to say that many of his readers were these detestable people. But now in Christ they were washed and sanctified and justified in Christ Jesus. It is only through Him and by Him that we have any hope of pleasing God.

Faith demands that we accept and believe that we cannot please God in and of ourselves, because apart from the redeeming work of Christ on the Cross and entering into his baptism, we have no hope of doing anything good or right. If we believe that we are good enough we will never be able to accept Christ's saving grace and we will never be more than Pharisees convince of our own righteousness and therefore forever lost in our sin.

Lord, we know that apart from you we can do no good - Lord increase our faith

Week 18 of 52 Prayers of Faith - Faith is knowing that we are incompetent in and of ourselves but God still uses us

Faith is knowing that we are incompetent in and of ourselves but God still uses us - Lord increase our faith.

I think most of us fall into one camp or another. Either we think we are incompetent and so we think God cannot use us Or we think we are so competent that we don't need to depend on God. Neither of these positions are positions of faith. Faith says two things, first that we need God; "We can do nothing apart from God" And the second thing is that with God we can do any thing; "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"

It's okay for us to say that we are incompetent in and of ourselves, but we are never so incompetent that God cannot work in our lives. Only disbelief and disobedience hinder God's work in our lives. Admitting that we are incompetent in and of ourselves makes room for God to work when we admit we need His help.

This attitude can then lead to confidence, not in ourselves, but in believing that God can and will work through us. Through God the Holy Spirit, He has given us gifts to help others and through God the Son, Lord Jesus, He as given us ministries (places to serve). These gifts and opportunities give us what we need to bless and encourage others. These come through faith.

God is bigger and wiser than us. When He grants us gifts and talents He makes us useful to the body of Christ and to those around us hurting and lonely.

Faith says, God can and will use us to accomplish more that we can think or imagine. Faith says God is with us through the good and the bad.

This week continue in your meditation about what it means to walk by faith; living as a child of God.

Lord, thank you that our incompetence doesn't hinder You from using us to accomplish your will - Lord Increase our faith.

Week 15 of 52 Prayers of Faith - Faith is knowing that God knows all the dark recesses of our hearts and still loves us

Faith is knowing that God knows all the dark recesses of our hearts and still loves us - Lord increase our faith

I find it interesting that we find in the very beginning of the Bible that there is sibling rivalry and murder in the first children born to Adam and Eve and by the 6th chapter we read "and that every inclination of the thoughts of their (humanity's) hearts was only evil continually." Yet already God had Jesus in mind in "God so loved the world..." that God provided away out of moral depravity.

Jesus didn't die on the cross because we were so deserving. Jesus died on the cross because we were in need of help and because God loved us so much. God loves us so much that He doesn't want to leave us in that mess. Not only has He paid for our sins, but He has made a way for us to have victory over sin. God did this because He loves us. "While we were yet sinners Christ died for us. God doesn't expect us to get it together in order for us to earn is love. He loves us even while hating our sin.

Faith in Christ's crucifixion and resurrection is foundational for us as Christians. We must believe that He died for us because of our depravity not because we deserved it. His love is what empowers us to love others. His love is what draws us to Him. He doesn't love us because we sin, He loves us in spite of our sinful inclinations.

Lord, thank you for loving us in spite of the darkness in our hearts. Lord, increase our faith.

Week 14 of 52 Prayers of Faith - Faith is knowing that Christianity is not merely a philosophy but rather a supernatural relationship with the Creator of Eternity

Until my conversion I considered myself a man of science and reason.  I accepted the idea that there was a God and that Jesus was his Son, but I didn't see at as something supernatural.  God was merely a concept we used to explain our existence.  I might have agreed with Thomas Jefferson (who removed all supernatural events from his Bible) and been more of a deist.  I believed there was a God, but I didn't put my trust and faith in Him.

So here I am some 25 odd years beyond my conversion and I know realize that anytime we try to explain away the supernatural aspects of God and our faith in Him, we jeopardize our faith.  We reduce our God to a god, having no more relevance in our lives than the Easter bunny.

I believe that faith demands that we must acknowledge the supernatural in all aspects of our faith.  Our conversion is a supernatural act.  Our baptism is a supernatural decent into Christ's grave and then being lifted into the supernatural resurrection of Christ.  Our life in Christ must embrace a supernatural expectation for his help and his Holy Spirit to abide in us.

We need the supernatural in our lives so that we can live the life that He has prepared for us. He has prepared good works for us to do.  He has empowered us, supernaturally to live a life free from hate, greed and fear, if we will only put our trust in him supernaturally.


Lord our faith in you is not merely a philosophical nor an intellectual act.  Our faith comes supernaturally from You and your Word - Lord, increase our faith.

Week 10 of 52 - Faith is knowing that Jesus Christ is our Healer

Faith is knowing that Jesus Christ is our Healer - Lord increase our faith

Often when we think of Jesus, we think about the Lamb who takes away the sin of the world. He died for our sins that we might experience eternal life with God the Father. But there is other significance to Christ's death. When He takes away our sin, He is also taking away the source of much of our pain. This is a healing work. Many people are burdened down by the consequence of either their own sin, or the sin's committed against them. When we accept Jesus' salvific work on the cross we receive healing.  

The prophet Isaiah tells us that we are healed by his stripes. Basically saying that we have been healed through his torture. On one side that seems cruel, but for us it means relief from all kinds of pain: emotional pain, spiritual pain and even physical pain. To quote the old hymn "There is wonder working power in the blood..." What Christ has done for us is not just granted us a ticket into heaven, He has made away that we might lives lives here on earth that are more heavenly in nature. "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven". Jesus has made a way for us to experience the more abundant life that He came to prepare for us.

When we accept God's forgiveness through the blood and sacrifice of Christ, we are empowered to forgive others. Being able to forgive others heals our hearts in ways we could never have imagined. Yet while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. In his example we can see how forgiving others frees us from emotional and relational pain and also sets those whom we have been unwilling forgive free from our unforgiveness. Consider the "Lord's prayer" - we are asking God to only forgive us as much as we are willing to forgive others.

In accepting God's forgiveness through Jesus Christ, we also accept (or are required to accept) his Lordship - His rule and reign in our lives. That grants us spiritual freedom. As long as we resist Christ's authority in our lives, we make room for other spiritual forces to create havoc in our lives; powers of wickedness in the heavenly realms. This also we must take by faith, that Jesus is Lord of all and though his Lordship we receive freedom from oppression from those dark spirits. Looking at Jesus example, He healed many people by casting out unclean or demonic spirits. His followers have been give authority to cast out spirits that are harmful to us.

Jesus has also made a way for us to receive physical healing. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit gives gifts to men and women so that we might help one another. One of those gifts in the gift of healing. We are promised that one of the signs of those who are his true followers will be that they will lay hands on the sick and the sick will recover. Jesus doesn't want us to live a broken defeated life. He came that we might have abundant lives. I personally have experienced miraculous healing and have felt things leave my body while being prayed for.

Lord Jesus, you are our healer you are the one who heals his children and who gives authority to heal to his followers - Lord, increase our faith.

Week 8 of 52 Prayers of Faith faith is know knowing that Jesus Christ is our soon and coming King

Faith is knowing that Jesus Christ is our soon and coming King - Lord increase our faith

Our faith in Jesus Christ encompasses the past the present and the future. What He has done in the past affects our present and He has promised his return. There is a day that all Christians can look forward to when the King returns.  

When Jesus was on the earth the Jewish nation was waiting for a king who would restore Israel to it's rightful position among the nations - no longer a occupied land ruled by a foreign and pagan people. Jesus was not what they were expecting, but He is who God had planned for all people. God's heart is that all people would come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, repent and enter into his rule and reign.  

Until He returns we are called to be ambassadors of that Kingdom, ministers of reconciliation until in the fullness of time He returns. Jesus is our soon and coming King. We must take this by faith - faith in the Word of God, and faith that Jesus is who He says He is and that He will keep his word and return for us.

As usually I encourage you to journal this prayer and meditate on this in the coming days and consider what it means to you to believe by faith the Jesus is coming again.

Lord Jesus we believe that You are our soon and coming King - Lord, increase our faith.

Week 7 of 52 Prayers of Faith - Jesus our Shepherd whose voice leads us to good places

Faith is: knowing Jesus is the Good Shepherd and following his voice - Lord increase our faith

As usual recite the prayer, meditate on the significance of it and journal what God is revealing to you by his Holy Spirit.

Jesus IS the good shepherd and He says that his sheep will not follow another shepherd because they do not recognize any other shepherd's voice. Yet in this day we are surrounded by voices all claiming that we should follow them. Some say that money is the answer, others education and still others say you should please yourself. But Jesus is the one who saved us, knowing all of our sinful inclinations and all the sins that we have committed. He also died for all the sins committed against against us, so that we don't have to live in the full consequence of our hurt and pain.

But the benefit of Christ's gift requires that we follow him. We cannot say that we believe in him and not obey him. Our obedience is the key to unlocking all that Christ has for us. When we listen to his voice and follow his ways, we live out the life He has always wanted for us. We may think that we know what's best for us, but Jesus IS the way. He is the source of everything good and right and true. Only by following his lead, going where he calls us can we really experience the new and abundant life that He promised us.

Lord Jesus, you are the Good Shepherd, help us to hear and follow your voice - Lord, increase our faith.

Week 6 of 52 Prayers of Faith - Jesus is the way, the truth and the life

Faith is knowing that Jesus Christ is the only true way, truth and life; there is no other way to God the Father - Lord increase our faith

I was born in Canada, but pretty much raised in America. Here we have an independent, self-determinate kind of mentality. We think that we can do it. That is part of why America is so prosperous but there is a down side. Because of our independent nature, we all think that we know what is best for us. We think that no one else can show us what is good for us. Now I admit that I have over stated things a bit, but I think if you talk to people in other countries (as I have) you will find that there is a love-hate feeling about us. They love how prosperous we are and would like to be like us, but they hate how superior we can be when talking to others - as if our way is the only way.

When Jesus said the He is the way the truth and the life, He was saying that God has a better way. It's not the American way, its not the British way and it is most definitely not the Russian way. His way is a way that depends upon spiritual principles. And we can trust his way because He is our Creator and Savior. His ways are not the ways of capitalism or communism or even democracy. His ways are about living every day for God and with God, so that our circumstances matter less and our character matters more.

His ways are not our ways and his thoughts are not our thoughts. We cannot confuse our expectations and reasoning for God's. In fact some of his ways seem counter intuitive. In God's economy, it is more blessed to give than to receive. In God's relationships, we always forgive and we are even empowered to love our enemies. In God's order the servant of all is the greatest not the most popular or the most powerful.

Lord, you are the way the truth and the life. Lord increase our faith


As always I encourage you to meditate on this thought and to journal it, praying/requesting that God would increase your faith.

Week 5 of 52 Prayers of Faith - The Holy Spirit

Faith is knowing Jesus Christ sent the Holy Spirit so that we might live for Him and by Him
Lord increase our faith

Before Christ left the earth, he promised that he would send us the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit makes our faith super natural. It is the Holy Spirit that convicts us of sin and righteousness. He gives us supernatural gifts so that we can help one another. The Holy Spirit renews our spirit, helping us to become new creations empowered to live out the intent of The Law - Living in and walking in God's love. The Holy Spirit is also our counselor (The Paraclete). He advises us in moral choices and gives us the words to defend ourselves when accused for our faith. Christ has not left us alone, He is with us in the person of the Holy Spirit and we must take that on faith in order to receive the full benefit of that relationship.

Lord, we accept and believe that you sent us the Holy Spirit so that we can live for you and by you.
Lord Increase our Faith

52 Prayers of Faith week 4 Faith is knowing Jesus Christ is risen from the Dead

Faith is knowing Jesus Christ is risen from the dead - Lord increase our faith

As we consider our life in Christ, we must BELIEVE that Christ is risen from the dead. If he isn't risen from the grave, we have no hope. We must have faith that Christ is in fact sitting at the right hand of the Father other wise He is just another religious leader killed by the powers that be. His resurrection is our promise that we too, who are his disciples, will rise from the dead and be seated in the heavenly realms with him.

The hope of our Resurrection gives power to our faith. "Oh death where is you sting" We need no longer fear death and as a consequence can live lives free from fear. Productive lives, filled with hope and joy in the face of persecution and our soon and coming death.


As always, I encourage you to say this week's prayer out loud, to contemplate it and to journal what the Holy Spirit is revealing to you, Take this to heart and never let anyone rob you of this hope.

Christ is risen from the dead - Lord, increase our faith!

52 Prayers of faith - Week 3 Faith is knowing Jesus was crucified for our sin

Faith is knowing Jesus was crucified for our sin - Lord increase our faith

I know that this may seem redundant or even unnecessary, but when building a house you have to make sure the foundation is secure and strong. Knowing Jesus died for our sins is foundational to a Christian's faith. If Christ didn't die on the cross, then our sins can never truly be paid for. Oh we can say, "I'm sorry, please forgive me" but without Christ's blood, the full consequence of our sins cannot be expunged.

We have all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. We all need our sins forgiven and we need the ultimate consequence of our sins set aside. Christ's atoning sacrifice is necessary so that we can become new creations otherwise we will be sinners who are forever separated from the Love of God, without hope of restoration. We need Christ's redemptive act to bring us close to God, to once again make us children of God.

So again this week I ask that you take some time (more than once is better) and consider what it means for Christ to have died for your sins. What does it tell you about the love of God? What does this say about who you are now, in the sight of God? Consider what freedom this has given you and consider how you might live differently in the sight of God and men.

As always after you have stated the fact, "Jesus was crucified for my sins" ask that the Lord to increase your faith.

You brother in Faith,

Rev. Alan J Beckett

Faith Prayers Week Two - Faith is knowing Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God born of the Virgin Mary

Faith is knowing Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God born of the Virgin Mary  - Lord increase our faith

As we did last week. Speak the truth out loud, contemplate it, even journal it and ask God The Father, "Increase my Faith" just as the father of the epileptic child did when Jesus asked him if he believed that He could heal his child.

At first this may seem redundant in the light of last week's post but one of the things that sets Christianity apart from other religions is that our God chose to come to us in the from of a human by way of the Virgin Mary. The Gospels according to Matthew and Luke agree on this as does the Koran. His birth was a bona fide miracle. He wasn't like one of the Greek heroes who were birthed by Zeus or some other deity. God didn't create a human/god hybrid, but rather He took the form of a human zygote in womb of Mary, was born as all other humans are, but from the very beginning He was unique so much so that when Mary went to visit a close relative (Elizabeth the mother of John the Baptist) the baby John still in his mother's womb responded to the present of the growing baby Jesus in Mary's womb. His birth was foretold by the prophets of old and even astrologers of the time could tell by the movement of the stars above that something remarkable was happening.

Sometimes people are tempted to downplay all of this and make Jesus just a kind man or a wise teacher. He is those things but He is not JUST those things. He is the only begotten Son of God, born of a virgin, who lived a sinless life who suffered and was crucified on the cross and who was raised from the dead and now sits at the right hand of God the Father.

Jesus is either God in the flesh or He is not. If He's not then we are the people to be pitied most but if He is the one and only Son of God, Emanuel, God with us, then we must respond to that. This is where faith must take root and grow. Not other assumptions or philosophies will suffice; He is God Eternal who came to save us from our sin that we might live lives free from the penalty and the influence of sin. He died once for all, that we may too be called to sons and daughters of God.

Jesus, you are the only begotten Son of God, born of the Virgin Mary - Lord, increase my faith.
Introductory Article

Prayers of Faith Week One -Faith is Knowing [that] God knows what’s best for us

Knowing [that] God knows what’s best for us

In order for us to say that we have faith, we have to acknowledge not only that our Creator exists but that He knows better than we do about what is best for us.  So for this year’s first prayer I am encouraging you to meditate upon this idea.  Say out loud that God knows better than you do, then sit and consider this concept and all the areas where you may think otherwise.  Ask the Lord to increase your faith, and then write down what is being revealed to you.

My thoughts on this:

(Although I must give credit to my friend Denis Goode for his sermon on this) 

Jesus asked Peter two questions when He came down from the Mountain of Transfiguration.

The First question that Peter was asked was, "Who do others say I am?"  I think this question is relevant today because it seems atheists are making a lot of stink lately trying to silence people of faith, especially followers of Jesus.  In Jesus’ time there were lots of people debating who He was.  Was he Elijah  returned?  Was He some new prophet of God or was He the Messiah - God's anointed one.

But the more important question was what Jesus asked Peter next and I believe it is still relevant to us today was,  “Who do you say I am?”  Peter responded that Jesus was the Son of God.  In other words Jesus was the Messiah sent from God for his people.  Now that was an entirely Jewish response loaded with all kinds of preconceived notions and some very specific expectations; Messiah/Conquering King who was going to kick the Romans out and make Israel a nation to be reckoned with.  Which is why shortly after this revelation from God, Jesus is rebuking Peter and saying, “Satan get behind me!” (Matt. 16:23) Peter had no room for a Messiah who was going to die.  He was sure of this and rebuked Jesus for suggesting otherwise.

We too have expectations which limit what it means for Jesus to be the only begotten Son of God.  We each have to deal with those preconceived notions.  Jesus is described as the God-Man; He is entirely God and entirely man. Many have struggled with this.  Some say He cannot be 100% both.  Either is half man half God or he is one or the other.  Many arguments have sprung from these concerns.  But for us modern Christians, we can accept this as one of the premises that define who Jesus Christ is to us.  Unless He is entirely human he cannot fully understand our struggles and if He isn't entirely God, He could not be the perfect and sinless sacrifice needed to pay for all the sins of humanity past present and future.

This is the tension that we need to hold Christ in, in our understanding of him.  We don’t want him so human as to see him wallowing in and approving of our sins and yet we do not want him so Holy as to be unapproachable.  It is a paradox of sorts.  He is holy and perfect, yet He lived among us a human being - as one of us.  He is both our Savior who lives in unapproachable light and He is the one who lives in our hearts and whom we strive to live like so that we too can be called Christians (little Christs).  

So as you ponder this point this week,remember that his ways are not our ways and his thoughts are not our thoughts, but He has made a way that we can become more and more like him as we seek his ways though the Word of God and in the power of The Holy Spirit.

Lord, you know better than we do - Lord increase our faith.

Introduction to The Prayers of Faith

On one of my other Blogs, I recently posted a list of 52 prayers that I believe will help us in growing our faith and in walking out that faith day to day.  My hope is that this year (and maybe in subsequent years) we may be able to examine these prayers and expand upon them and what they mean to us.  So God willing, we will join in a journey of faith that will takes us to new heights in our pray walk and that this will help us to root out unbelief and see true spiritual growth.  That is my hope, so please be praying that I will be able to stay with this for the next 52 weeks (starting the first week in January of 2015).

The following is from the previous post and you should consider it both as a map as to where we are going but also as instruction in how we might carry out these new insights into living with and for God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Faith comes with the hearing the Word of God (knowledge) but it doesn't stop there.  First we know about God, but as time goes on our faith leads us to knowing Him personally.  That knowledge doesn't leave us where we are, but transforms us and changes the way we view the world and how we interact with it.  Faith changes how we act and how we treat others; without transformation there is no evidence of faith, there is only dead words and dead works.

The following was inspired by a post on Facebook that encouraged me to write a responsive prayer.  I pray that this prayer leads you from mere knowledge about God to living for Him and to living by his principles.  Real faith is carried out not just in the mind or the heart but once it has taken root in our hearts is is carried out by our actions; it becomes our life.   Faith must bear fruit in due season.

Instructions: There are 52 individual prayers so you can use it for a devotion for the next year.  Read each line aloud stopping at the hyphen contemplate the meaning of the words then read aloud “Lord, increase our faith!”  I encourage you to journal each of these points as Christ works in your heart by his Holy Spirit to increase your faith.  Write out what the Spirit is saying to you and make a plan of action for how you are going to petition God for help in this area and what you want to change about your attitude and actions that currently doesn't reflect living as a new creation in Christ.  As you read God’s Word, I also encourage you to write your own prayers as the Holy Spirit convicts you of areas that are not fully conformed to His will for you.  Feel free to reword the prayer if any line seems awkward to you.

I would also encourage you to ask yourself how knowing Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior has changed your life.  I pray that you will have a holy dissatisfaction that will cause you to draw closer to the true source of faith and life which is found in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Faith is:

1. knowing God knows what’s best for us - Lord increase our faith
2. knowing Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God born of the Virgin Mary - Lord increase our faith
3. knowing Jesus was crucified for our sin - Lord increase our faith
4. knowing Jesus Christ is risen from the dead - Lord increase our faith
5. knowing Jesus Christ sent the Holy Spirit so that we might live for Him and by Him - Lord increase our faith
6. knowing that Jesus Christ is the only true way, truth and life; there is no other way to God the Father - Lord increase our faith
7. knowing Jesus is the Good Shepherd and following his voice - Lord increase our faith
8. knowing that Jesus Christ is our soon and coming King - Lord increase our faith
9. knowing that Jesus Christ is the one who baptizes us with fire and the Holy Spirit - Lord increase our faith
10. knowing that Jesus Christ is our Healer - Lord increase our faith
11. knowing that the circumstances and people God allows in our life help us to become more like Him - Lord increase our faith
12. knowing that trials and temptations can only make us stronger if we trust in Him - Lord increase our faith
13. knowing that God is more interested in our character than in our comfort - Lord, increase our faith
14. knowing that Christianity is not merely a philosophy but rather a supernatural relationship with the Creator of Eternity - Lord increase our faith
15. knowing that God knows all the dark recesses of our hearts and still loves us - Lord increase our faith
16. knowing that the Love of God transcends all things - Lord, increase our faith
17. knowing that nothing can separate us from the Love of God - Lord increase our faith
18. knowing that we are incompetent in and of ourselves but God still uses us - Lord increase our faith
19. realizing there is nothing good in us apart from Christ - Lord increase our faith
20. receiving Christ supernaturally in the communion elements - Lord increase our faith
21. loving God with all our heart, mind, strength and soul - Lord increase our faith
22. seeking first the Kingdom of God and its righteousness - Lord increase our faith
23. always forgiving others because, in Christ, God has forgiven us - Lord increase our faith
24. worshiping God with our whole being; body, mind, and soul - Lord increase our faith
25. faith is seeing others as created in God’s image - Lord, increase our faith.
26. loving the unlovable because God first loved us - Lord, increase our faith
27. caring for the widow and the orphan - Lord increase our faith
28. growing in love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control - Lord increase our faith
29. suffering for righteousness sake - Lord increase our faith
30. being condemned by the world while still living by the Law of Love - Lord increase our faith
31. living out the good works that God has foreordained for us to do - Lord increase our faith
32. not becoming tired of doing good - Lord increase our faith
33. not judging our or others' success by transitory worldly standards like wealth, popularity or physical appearance - Lord increase our faith
34. being ministers of reconciliation - Lord increase our faith
35. becoming slaves to Christ - Lord increase our faith
36. being freed from the fear of man - Lord increase our faith
37. giving up the right to avenge being wronged - Lord increase our faith
38. dying to self, that we might live for Christ - - Lord increase our faith
39. taking up our cross daily - Lord increase our faith
40. giving up our perceived rights yet defending others’ - Lord increase our faith
41. suffering abuse, while refusing to abuse others - Lord increase our faith
42. proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those perishing - Lord increase our faith
43. giving water to the thirsty, food to the hungry, clothes to the naked and visiting the prisoner -Lord increase our faith
44. living by the Spirit and not by the letter of the law - Lord increase our faith
45. respecting our parents and elders - Lord increase our faith
46. seeing that our real adversaries are not human but rather spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly realms - Lord increase our faith
47. not complaining about others but rather giving thanks in all things - Lord increase our faith
48. blessing those who curse us - Lord increase our faith
49. using our spiritual gifts to build up others - Lord increase our faith
50. realizing that its not all about us - Lord increase our faith
51. allowing ourselves to decrease that He might increase - Lord increase our faith
52. considering others before ourselves - Lord increase our faith