In 2 Corinthians 4:13, it is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence. All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

Sometimes we can best understand what something is by defining the opposite. The opposite of faith is fear. Therefore, the opposite of a “spirit of faith” is a “spirit of fear”.

We probably all have had a little episode of fear occasionally as a result of something we have seen or heard. This is fairly normal behavior, but a person with a “spirit of fear” is controlled by fear. They are afraid when there is nothing, in the natural, to prompt the fear. They are in fear when it doesn’t make any sense to be in fear.

Just as fear comes by what we hear, so does faith “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Rom 10:17). A lot of saints have occasional episodes of faith, usually during a good church service, and as soon as they hear some bad news the faith is gone.

A person with a “spirit of faith” is controlled by faith. They will have faith when there is no natural reason to have faith. They will be in faith when it doesn’t make any sense to be in faith. They have developed faith to the point that they are not controlled by the natural, but by the Word and the Spirit. The truth of God’s Word has become more real than the lies of the devil or the facts of the world. This goes beyond just hearing the Word, even beyond believing the Word. It must include speaking the Word.

Spirit of Faith Ministries desires to help build and establish in you a “spirit of faith” through the preaching, teaching, and demonstration of God’s Word.

All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.