Pamela Moyle Ministries

2 Thessalonians 1:3a (KJV) ³  We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly

Paul is exhorting the brethren that their faith is growing and that means our faith is to grow.

Faith is a heart issue as I’ve said many times. With God, it’s always a heart issue. Too many times people want to figure it all out in their head before they’ll step out in faith. But that’s the not the way it works. Faith is a choice. It’s not in your head; it’s in your heart – your spirit. You can actually believe things in your heart that your head has trouble understanding. Hm-m-m! How ‘bout that! You choose what you will or won’t believe.

We’re still talking about how we get the God-kind of faith. Let’s look at some more scriptures.

Romans 12:3b (KJV) ³  … but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Galatians 2:20 (KJV) ²⁰  I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

These Scriptures show that God has already given us a measure of His faith when we got born-again. That’s the measure of faith Paul is referring to in Romans 12:3. It’s the same measure for each of us. No one has more or less than someone else. Remember the muscle analogy!

Sometimes it seems that one person has a lot of faith and another person has a little faith. What you’re observing is that one person has developed their faith and the other one hasn’t. Everyone starts out with the same measure or lump of faith. Flex those faith muscles!

In Galatians we see that the faith we have is the faith of Jesus! This is so awesome because it means we actually have been given a portion of His miracle-working, devil-defeating, victorious-living faith! That’s why Jesus said in John 14:12 that the same works that He did, we are to do also.  How awesome is that!

John 14:12 (KJV)
¹²  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

Continued next time – Pamela

Romans 10:17 (KJV) ¹⁷  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

There’s revelation in every Word of God. Actually, there are layers and layers of revelation and insight in every scripture but how do we get it out? One way is to pray before you read His Word and ask the Lord for revelation and insight. Praying in tongues is really the best way to go before you read the Word. It sets you up for divine insight. And since the Holy Spirit is in you and He’s the Author, He can reveal the Word to you.

You’ll find that even after you’ve read the same scripture over and over, there will be a time when all of a sudden something will pop out and you’ll wonder why you never saw that before. That’s revelation knowledge coming forth. And it’s so exciting!

That’s why you must never say, “I’ve heard that scripture or teaching so many times!” There’s always more to know because we just don’t know everything and never will this side of Heaven. In fact, we’ll be using our faith throughout all eternity because God is a faith God and we’re made in His image. Since He’ll be using His faith throughout all eternity, so will we. We’re in boot camp!

Continuing about how we get faith, know that faith has to be fed and developed and that comes by feeding on His Word and exercising our faith by using it. 

Faith is like a muscle. And just as muscles have to be exercised or they’ll atrophy, so does our faith have to be exercised or it will become weak and non-productive.

If you wonder why some Christians are depressed, discouraged, and defeated, it’s because their faith is weak. They need to feed it with God’s Word and start using it to be the overcomers God has ordained them to be.

Continued next time — Pamela

Romans 10:17 (KJV) ¹⁷  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

When it comes to what people say – their opinions – treat them lightly. But with God, believe every Word He has said, unequivocally! He is faithful, faithful, faithful and never, never lies! His every Word is true now and forever. If He ever went back on His Word, the universe would implode because it’s held together by His Word. [Hebrews 1:3]

Too many times people think that asking God for more faith is the way to get it. No, no, no! Where’s the scripture for that? Remember, we can’t just make up our own rules. We have to check out what God has already said. He never said that we are to ask Him for more faith. Let’s look at how Jesus responded when the apostles asked Him to increase their faith.

Luke 17:5-6 (KJV) ⁵  And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
⁶  And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

Jesus didn’t tell them that He would give them more faith but what He said was that if they wanted to increase their faith, they were to speak the faith they had. All they needed was a mustard seed-size to see results but it had to be spoken in faith, no doubt and unbelief mixed in. And that’s one of the ways to active your faith – by speaking. Faith is voice activated. You don’t think faith; you speak faith!

We can’t just think faith and expect results. We have to speak our faith and that means speaking what God has said in His word. Speaking to the problem in the Name of Jesus is how we release our faith. We’ll get into this more when we talk about how to use our faith.

Continued next time — Pamela

Thus far we’ve discussed why faith is important and what the God-kind of faith is. I realize that these are just short, cliff notes about faith but it’s a start. Each of these subjects can be expanded in greater depth which I would like to do in an in-person teaching setting, but for now, let’s do what we can.

Even though there aren’t different kinds of faith, faith can be divide into different areas of development: faith for salvation, faith for healing, faith for deliverance, provision, protection. Just because you have faith to get saved, doesn’t mean you have developed your faith to be healed or developed it in the other areas I just mentioned. It’s the same faith but it must be developed in those areas.

Faith for salvation comes from hearing anointed teaching on salvation. It’s the same with healing, deliverance, provision, protection, etc. It’s the same faith but it must be develop if you want results.

And, of course, the way you develop your faith is by getting God’s Word into you, particularly the New Testament, where we live. There’s no God-kind of faith outside of the Word of God. To the degree you get God’s Word into you and believe it and exercise it, to that degree you develop your faith. In other words, more Word, more faith.

So, having said all that, let’s get into how we actually get the God-kind of faith. We’ll use Romans 10:17 as our foundational scripture.

Romans 10:17 (KJV) ¹⁷  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

I want you to notice that faith comes from hearing God’s Word! Not from having heard! It’s a progressive, on-going way of life. Just like you can’t say you ate a meal yesterday so you’re good for the next week! 

Now about hearing God’s Word… It’s not just hearing with your physical ears what someone reads or shares about God’s Word. Any unbeliever can quote the Bible if they want to. What is referred to in verse 17 is the Rhema Christos – the anointed spoken Word of God.

It’s the anointing of God on the Word that is spoken that really ministers to the hearts of the hearers. We are to hear with our hearts. That’s why it’s so important that you filter who you listen to and check out everything you hear someone say. Does it line up with the Word of God or is it someone’s opinion or theory?

That’s why I use scriptures when teaching so that I can show what God has actually said. It’s not about what I say, or what you say but what God says. That’s what counts and that’s what will work. And again I exhort you to check out against the Word of God everything you hear and believe. Where is it in the Bible? If it doesn’t line up or even contradicts the Word of God, throw it out! You’ll never get God’s answers believing anything that’s opposed to His Word.

Continued next time — Pamela

I’m going to end this teaching regarding the God-kind of faith by giving you a capsule teaching on spirit, soul, and body which will further explain some of the insights into faith.

God is a Spirit and He’s a triune God – God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three persons make up the God-head – one God, three manifestation/personalities.

John 4:24 (KJV) ²⁴  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Since we are made in the image of God, we have three parts also.

Genesis 1:26a (KJV) ²⁶  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:

1 Thessalonians 5:23 (KJV) ²³  And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We are not just a body and mind. Our spirit is our real self. We have a soul which is our mind, will, and emotions. And we live in a body which encompasses our five physical senses. Our body is our earth suit through which we operate on planet earth.

There are two realms that we deal with: the physical realm where we live and the spirit realm where God operates.  The physical realm was created by the spirit realm and is therefore subject to it. That’s why we can change things in the natural realm by using our faith because faith operates in the spirit realm. Faith is the bridge between the spirit realm and the physical realm.

This might seem heavy, heavy, heavy to you if it’s the first time you’ve heard it but that’s how it is. I’ll be referring to this more and more as we go along. In the meantime, read this lesson over and over to better understand spirit, soul and body which is fundamental to walking with the Lord and operating in His faith.

Until next time — Pamela

We’ve been discussing the God-kind of faith. All faith has to do with faith in God! We’re not talking about different kinds of faith. There’s only one TRUE faith and that’s the God-kind of faith that calls things that are not as though they were. It’s the kind of faith that Abraham had.

Romans 4:17 (KJV)
¹⁷  (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)
¹  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

There are two things about faith we need to see. Faith has to do with things that are not seen and things that have not yet happened. 

The saying seeing is believing is simply not true because once you see it you don’t have to believe it. The correct way to say this is believing is seeing. You must believe before you actually see the manifestation. That’s what it means to call things that are not as though they were. You’re actually calling for the thing you want. This is faith.

Faith sees beyond the natural realm and into the spirit realm where the answer is and by faith calls for it to manifest in the natural realm. Faith is the bridge between the spirit realm and the physical realm. Once it manifests in the natural realm, you don’t have to use your faith on it because you now have it. We’ll get into this more when we talk about how to use faith.

2 Corinthians 4:18 (KJV)
¹⁸  While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

This is a great scripture because it shows that everything in this life is temporary which means it’s subject to change by the Word that created it. The things of God are eternal. We will never run out of the availability of God’s power!

That’s why we need to develop our faith so that we can overcome the obstacles that confront us. The more we get into God’s Word and get it into us, the more persuaded we become that His Word is TRUTH and trumps everything. And we become more stable!

Continued next time — Pamela

We need the God-kind of faith to function in our everyday lives. We need faith to get healed, delivered, be protected, get provision, pray effectively, and fulfill the plans God has for us. But, we can’t get or do any of this if we don’t know what God’s will is because faith only starts where the will of God is known and it stops at the question mark. [F. F. Bosworth and Charles Capps]

If you don’t know what God’s will is in a certain situation, you cannot pray effectively because you won’t be fully persuaded, convinced, assured, or confident that what you’re praying is according to God’s will. You’ll be wavering and we know that wavering will cancel our faith.

James 1:6-8 (KJV) ⁶  But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
⁷  For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
⁸  A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

What is wavering? It’s indecision. One minute you’re in faith, the next minute you’re questioning if your prayers will work. And as you can see, those who waver don’t get anything of the Lord because they’re unstable in all their ways. They’re not reliable. The “stick-to-itiveness” isn’t there. It’s just like they’re bouncing around in the wind, from here to there and never getting anywhere. They’re unstable, confused, and not fully persuaded that what God has promised will work for them. And that’s because they don’t know what God’s will is!

The first thing we need to do is find out what God’s will is before we even pray about a situation. That’s where the Word of God – the Bible – comes in. The Word of God is the will of God. We need to have a love of the Word of God if we’re ever going to have success in this faith walk.

We honor God by honoring and reverencing His Word. As Keith Moore says, there will never be a 2.0 version update of the Bible! God said it perfectly the first time!

When you honor God’s Word, He delights to work with you to get you the desired results. But we can’t be independent mavericks, doing things our own way and then asking God to bless it. That won’t wash with Him. We have to get into the Word of God and learn what He has said to us! You can’t have faith beyond the knowledge of God’s Word which puts the ball back in our court!

Continued next time — Pamela

Romans 4:20-21 (KJV)
²⁰   He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
²¹  And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

Faith is also being fully persuaded that what God has said, will work for you. It’s trusting God to do what He said He would do.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV)
⁵  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
⁶  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Numbers 23:19 (KJV) ¹⁹  God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

What we see here is that not only does God NOT lie, He CANNOT lie! Whatever He speaks comes to pass. His Word is good now and always. Our part is to line up with how to work His Word to get the benefits He has for us. There are rules to operating in faith just like there are rules to operating electricity, gravity, or any other law.

And yes, faith is a law and as a law, it works every time and operates according to how God set it up to work. We’ll be getting into this more as time goes on. However, one of the ways faith operates is by speaking, as you probably know from my other teachings.

Romans 3:27 (KJV)
²⁷  Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

In other words, faith believes that what God has said in His Word is what He means and that He will faithfully perform His every Word to us if we’ll believe Him to do it. No Word of God is void of power to cause it to come to pass.

That’s a mouthful because, on the surface, it looks really simple and easy but it actually takes a lot of of effort and perseverance because we have an enemy who is out to steal, kill and destroy at every turn. [John 10:10]

Continued next time — Pamela

Hope you enjoyed the lessons on why faith is so important to God and why it should be important to us. Please feel free to review anytime. My plan is to build on each lesson as we go along so it behooves you to keep on track so that you don’t miss anything. (That’s the teacher part of me talking!)

To recap: We found out that faith is not a theological position, a movement, or a group. It’s a way of life and the only way to please God. And if we want to live the victorious life that He has for us, we need to use our faith everyday- 24/7. Remember, the God-kind of faith comes from His Word so it is of utmost importance that we get His Word into us.

God is a faith God. That’s how He operates and functions and since we’re made in His image, that’s how we’re to operate and function. [Genesis 1:26; Ephesians 5:1]

Just what is this God-kind of faith? Let’s look at our textbook – the Bible –  and find out what God’s definition of faith is.

Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) ¹  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Here we see that faith is substance and evidence. When you pray, you’re hoping for something to come to fruition. Your faith is what locks onto your hope and is the substance and evidence that what you have prayed will come to pass.

The Bible definition of hope is confident expectation. It’s not just a wishin’ and a hopin’! Your hope (confident expectation) is what your faith latches onto. Without hope, faith has nothing to reach out for and grab.

Let’s look at another version of that scripture:

Hebrews 11:1 (YLT) ¹  And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

Here we see that faith is a confidence and a conviction that what we have prayed will come to pass.

Hebrews 11:1 (AMP) ¹  NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].

Faith is an assurance that we’ll see our desired results. I think you’re seeing a theme.

Continued next time — Pamela

So, why is faith so important? In Romans we read that we go from faith to faith and the just live by faith.

Romans 1:17 (KJV) ¹⁷  For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

This means that we go from one degree of faith to another, as one translation says. We are to be constantly growing in faith [II Thessalonians 1:3] so that we can know our Heavenly Father and His way of doing things. We are the just- the justified in the Lord – and we are to live by His faith.

Galatians 2:20 (KJV)
²⁰  I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

You see, it’s not even our faith but the faith of the Lord Jesus that we have in us to live by.

Romans 12:3b (KJV) ³  …  according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

We actually have a measure of the very same faith that God has! Wow – that’s cause for rejoicing!

Galatians 2:21 (KJV) ²¹  I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

Another reason faith is so important is because without faith, we frustrate the grace of God. Even though He has freely given all we’ll ever need, if we don’t receive it by faith, we frustrate His grace. We prevent Him from doing what He wants to do in our lives. It’s the same as when you give a gift to someone and they won’t receive it in spite of all you did to prepare that special gift for them.

The Holy Spirit wants to be the conduit through which we receive all that God has for us. But—it only happens if we receive it by faith.

In these teachings, we’ve touched on some of the reasons why faith is such a big deal to God and should be to us. I hope this helps. Next time we’ll get into just exactly what the God-kind of faith is. Stay tuned.

Romans 5:2 (KJV) ²  By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
1 Timothy 6:12 (KJV) ¹²  Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

–– Pamela