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Q4. (1:18) Why is a revelation of "his incomparably great power for us who believe" essential to a vital faith? How do you develop this faith in yourself? How do you pray for it for others?

In order to have vital faith in the Lord, I must believe in who He is and what He says. This attribute of immeasurably unsurpassed power is part of who He is! If I do not believe, in the trenches of real life, that God has the incomparable power to save and deliver me, protect and guard me, guide and direct me, strengthen and refresh me, transform my mind and conform me to holiness, or purify and secure me for eternity, then I won't even ask Him to do any of these things for/in me. I'll never be able to say, "I know that I know that I know" God has the power to accomplish anything. I will possess stagnant faith.

Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. (Romans 10:17) Even just reading today's passage again stirs up hope and faith in my spirit. It all begins with the Word. And then, I think faith sinks roots, moving from my head into my heart, as I begin to make choices and act on what I've heard. Once what I've heard begins to become what I experience, I really start to know God is true to what He has said, which serves to strengthen and deepen my faith. For me, it is simply the continuing cycle of the two steps of believing and then obeying that have worked together to really nurture my faith. And with each greater degree of faith, more of the unfathomable power of God is released on my behalf.

For others, I can pray that they will hear the truth of the Word with spiritual ears, and that God will give greater revelation of understanding and the wisdom to put that knowledge to work in their lives. God will prove Himself faithful, and their faith in Him and what He says will grow!

Why is a revelation of "his incomparably great power for us who believe" essential to a vital faith?

First we must believe that God has this great power. The Greek word for power is dunamis this is where we get the word dynamite. God does have the power. When Jesus ascended to the Father he said he would give us his power plus some.
The key word here for us is believe. Do we really believe. I think this applies to most believers “ye of little faith”.

How do you develop this faith in yourself?

I pray for a pure heart and clean hands and the Christ would increase my faith.

How do you pray for it for others?

That the revelation of Christ would increase in their lives.

We have the same power in us , we just have to give in to that power and let it work through us. By believing , we show more faith and that we trust God. By laying on of hands and praying , then seeing someone healed builds up the faith causing more powerful prayers to go up. Without faith there is no hope.

Q4. (1:18) Why is a revelation of "his incomparably great power for us who believe" essential to a vital faith? How do you develop this faith in yourself? How do you pray for it for others?

The Holy Spirit was given to us to cause us to walk in His ways - we have the same power that we can tap into to work in us. Develop faith by obedience to His Word. We can see how great He is, the Word instructs us how to live a Holy life - The Word is God's character - - knowing Him, praying to Him, relying on Him in all things will only increase our faith.

I pray that the church and the believers will get back to the truth of His Word. The culture today seems to be moving away from the Bible truths and allowing man's truths to increase. The world is moving into our chuch - because we are not studying the Bible as we should - my prayer is that eyes are opened and the Word of God takes it's rightful place in our lives.

We've got to know that a greater than Solomon is here. I've got to know that there is in exsistance a greater that great power to which I've connected myself to capable of awesome miracles and exploits. There's so much of the child in us looking for something to be in awe of, God fills that catagory. Through His immensely demonstarted power in creation and sustaining life. I can certainly say "there's nothing too hard for Him". So I align myself with Him. His statement beside me there is no god, clenched it.

By realizing whom I'm connected to, by understanding the nature and revealed power of God. By reseaching His resume, I looked in Job's narative pulled up a chair and listened to Him brag, I left fully convinced.

Giving them the same information and guided tour through the Word of God that convinced me, I understand that it takes different things for others. Still it's a start. Praying that their eyes are open to the truth of His person, and that the Holy Spirit would reveal Himself in an AWESOME way, sometimes all it takes is a DEMONSTRATION.

Q4 Why is a revelation of "his incomparably great power for us who believe" essential to a vital faith? How do you develop this faith in yourself? How do you pray for others?
We have the same power and hope and riches as Christ did if we have Christ living in the through us. We can use this power as we chose. Sometimes fear gets in the way and we don't develop faith like we should. But, when Christ rules our lives we can have faith to believe such power. We develop this faith by reading his word, obeying his wod, and allowing the eyes of our heart to be fill with his love, to share it with others we come in contact with. We can pray for others each day that the eyes of their heart will be open and listen to what we are saying to them.

Q4. (1:18) Why is a revelation of "his incomparably great power for us who believe" essential to a vital faith?
First you need God to reveal this truth to you. You must pray. We are blinded without it. So pray that you are not blinded to the truth. We all have this like Christ does.

How do you develop this faith in yourself?
You must live a Christ-like life in order to develop this type of faith.

How do you pray for it for others?
You must pray that others will see the power of God even within others and will learn through their desires to develop this type of faith.

I think we recieve this revelation of His incomparible great power, little by little. By our experiences, by reading the word, by our treks thru the wilderness, by our difficulties and by our seeing God move on our behalf in little ways. It is vital to our faith and it is also proportional. We will see God move in His power in proportion to our faith. When he does, our faith grows more and then we see Him move even more powerfully. Without faith it is impossible to please God. We need a deeper and deeper revelation of His power in order to increase our faith.

How do we increase our faith? By taking little steps of faith in response to the degree of revelation we have recieved from Him. And we recieve that revelation by spending time with Him, in the word, in obedience and in trusting and leaning on Him, again...little by little.

How do we pray it for others?? Something I struggle with and dont know the answer besdes praying scripture over them with faith that God, thru the Holy Spirit will work with in them.

Q4. (1:18) Why is a revelation of "his incomparably great power for us who believe" essential to a vital faith? How do you develop this faith in yourself? How do you pray for it for others?

So that we will believe that we have the same power and that through Him we can do all things. That the Holy SPirit is the very presence of God within us and all believers, helping us live as God wants.

Q4. (1:18) Why is a revelation of "his incomparably great power for us who believe" essential to a vital faith? How do you develop this faith in yourself? How do you pray for it for others?


We have a God who is all powerful, Omnipotent and Omniscient. His power is beyond anything comparable in this world. Faith is dead without works, James says. To have a working faith in our lives, we need to believe in the author and giver of Faith. Then our faith will be a practical one. Faith which accomplishes God's will and purposes in our lives. If we can blindly believe that we can accomplish greater miracles than Christ did and go to put our foot forward in doing them, then that faith will be working in our lives. That's why its imperative that we believe in that incomparably great power that's available for us and it is at our disposal to be used for His glory.

As the physical body develops due to exercising, so also faith develops when we begin to exercise it. As already noted, faith, without works is dead; so we need to exercise faith and start accomplishing God's purposes in our lives. Faith grows as we begin to use it. From depending upon God to feed us daily our daily bread to looking to God to turn around the most wicked terrorist to healing the last stage cancer patient; all these things can be accomplished if we pray according to His will and start believing that this is the will of God.

The prayer is same. That the Lord would open the hearts and minds of His children that they may see and experience His power and use it to accomplish His purposes in thier lives.

Why is a revelation of "his incomparably great power for us who believe" essential to a vital faith? How do you develop this faith in yourself? How do you pray for it for others?

If we don't have this revelation we feel powerless and our prayers will be lukewarm. We need to pray for this revelation to grip our souls and also for others.

Revelation of anything God says in His word is most welcome at this stage in my walk, as I really need it all to fall into place; but revelation of "His incomparably great power for US who believe", means there is no other power like this in the whole world. There is nothing to compare it to, and I am eligible to use it, IF it is revealed to me. Faith that can move mountains, faith that knows its prayers are answered before they are finished being prayed, or even before they are prayed. That is the faith that is available to us who believe, I need that revelation.

How do I develop this in myself? By believing and praying. Believing what I read in the bible, and praying for the revelation and praying big prayers.

I pray that you will begin to understand the incredible greatness of his power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God's right hand in the heavenly realms.

A young husband and father of two called yesterday and asked me where the bible speaks about the saving grace of God. Two weeks ago this same young man told me that he admired me very much. This surprised me a little because Marie and I have very litte in terms of worldly wealth. We are not party people nor do we take expensive vacations or have a fancy house, we are just two people who love each other very much and live a very prosperous life on a poverty level income.

What in the world would this guy who is having financial problems caused by an addiction to alcohol find so attractive in us? Why would he call on us for help and advice?
Twenty years ago I was in the same boat that he is in today. The story of how I lost everything and how God restored it all is a bit too long so I won't go into it but I found the power of God and more important the reason for the power of God through it all.

Today most Christians want the power of the Holy Spirit so they can "Say to this mountain MOVE and it will move." I have to admitt that I did the same thing with a small rock on the table, it's still there, same place I put it. It hasn't moved. But what has moved is my reason for living.

Every child born has a great desire to be loved by someone. That desire for love and acceptance is what motivates all people to life. We seek a variety of things to reach that acceptance. For some it is drugs or alcohol, for others it is acheivements of either wealth or spotlight and there are some who never find it at all. But the ones who find (ACCEPT) the love of God have a power that is greater than anything the devil can throw their way because it moves the mountain from self center to God center and that is a big mountain.

A comic once said, "I have been rich and I have been poor. Rich is better." Paul said the same thing but came to a differant conclusion. He said neither riches nor poverty can stop him from being happy and content. His joy comes from knowing the love of God.

Living an abundant life when all is gone has nothing to do with what surrounds us. Marie and I realized that a long time ago. I guess that is what attracts people like Dave to us. When everythring seems to be falling apart we can rely on the unchanging love of God to get us through and if that little rock on the table hasn't moved it's o.k..

"No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels can't, and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away. Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord."(NIV)

Darrell

It is the same power that Jesus has that is in us. We have to believe it so we can do the will of God. It is faith at its best.

You have to believe deep down inside that it is there, that you have "incomparably great power". We have to pray it, believe it and use it, then we can see it.

Just as Paul prayed for us to receive this great power, we are to pray for others.

REMEMBER, JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON

This revelation is vital to our faith because it is the power in which Jesus operated. We are to walk in the works that He (God) has prepared for us to walk in. Those works are the works greater than Jesus did by the power of the Holy Spirit. Unless we are operating in those works we are coming short of the glory of God and misrepresenting Him on the face of this earth! This is actually sacrilege!

I am developing this faith in myself by being around pastors who are operating in the miraculous, by submitting to their teaching and learning their ways, as well as studying the Word and building myself up in the knowledge and love of God in prayer and fellowship as He has commanded. I have seen children of pastors walking in their father's annointing, and that is what I want also. We can learn.

I pray for it for others by doing it myself and encouraging others in what is possible, encouraging them also to come alongside and into the fellowship of faith. I pray for others by giving them testimony of what I have experienced and seen. I pray in the secret place for them to walk in the works that God has prepared for them to walk in.

Q4. (1:18) Why is a revelation of "his incomparably great power for us who believe" essential to a vital faith? How do you develop this faith in yourself? How do you pray for it for others?

Why is a revelation of "his incomparably great power for us who believe" essential to a vital faith?

Without knowledge of his great power we would have nothing to hold on to. We believe in his great power because we have seen it work in our lives. And it helps our faith to grow stronger each day.

How do you develop this faith in yourself?

I pray for it and read his word.

How do you pray for it for others?

For their eyes to be open to look around them to see what he has done for others and will do for them to.

Q4. (1:18) Why is a revelation of "his incomparably great power for us who believe" essential to a vital faith?
Without this believe we have nothing, we are nothing, and the Holy Spirit can't use us to the fullness of the glory that God has called us to become. The faith that says we serve an omnipotent and omniscient God that his power is beyond anything that this world has to offer. We know that faith without works is dead as we learned in James so we much act on our faith and live to the fullness of what Jesus Christ sent to live inside of us. The Holy Spirit was not sent to only draw us to salvation but to let us become alive in the gifts that Jesus said we will have and use to the fullest.

How do you develop this faith in yourself?
Read the word and believe what we read. It builds our faith and if we stand upon the word we will also act upon the word. We shall see miracle and wonders as the word of God says will follow the believers. When you see one person healed it lifts your faith and then the next time you do not just watch with wonder but stand in faith knowing it will happen. The more you do for God the stronger your faith will become in him. Step out he does not fail us and when you pray for another do not think God will not heal or move on their behalf. We are told to pray it is up to God to do the work. Our faith grows as we use it. If we let it set and do nothing it will die and become useless and easy for Satan to still from us. Stand on the word and do all it says we can do and watch the things God will get glory for. Thank you Lord for the gift of the Holy Spirit to live and work through and in us.

How do you pray for it for others?
I pray with faith knowing God is more than able to do the impossible. He has shown over and over again his power not only in the word but also in the life we live. When we step out in faith he will use us to the fullest for his glory and honor. Pray with faith believing it shall be done. Thank you Jesus.

It gives fuel for our faith.

I need to ask God more to open the eye of my own heart, so I can see it clearer and clearer all the time.

Ask the Holy Spirit to be in them and show them the way.

This revelation is essential to our faith because the same power that Jesus had, we also have within us.
I develope this faith in myself by spending time in prayer and reading the Bible.
Asking the Holy Spirit to give them a revelation of who they are in Christ.