Exceeding Faith Quotes
Chapter 8
#701 God wants us to trust
in His goodness and believe that He is a Rewarder of those who diligently seek
Him. He delights in seeing our faith. He delights in an attitude of gratitude.
Joel Osteen
#702 Jesus said,
“Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole.” There is a faith that cannot, that
will not, be denied. There is a faith that says “I have it now!” There is a
faith that so trusts and believes God that no force of hell can stop it. And
you can have that faith right now! Only believe, like she did! Jerry Baysinger
#703 The devil may have
destined us for pain and sorrow, but we can change our destiny through faith in
God. We hold the key to our own destiny and future. God doesn't. God already
has done everything He's going to do for mankind. He has made a way of escape.
Through the blood redemption of the Lord Jesus Christ, we can have faith to
change our destiny while on this earth. Kenneth W. Hagin
#704 Forgiveness is
twofold: Not only must you learn to forgive others;
you also must learn to forgive yourself.
Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#705
It takes faith to forgive! In fact,
your faith won't work unless you do forgive. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#706 In Mark 11:24, after
Jesus had spoken about “What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them,” with the same breath, in the
same setting, He immediately began talking about forgiveness in connection with
prayer: “And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that
your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses” (v.25).
Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#707 The Bible says that
our faith won't work if our love is not working. When we are rooted and
grounded in God's love, our faith ignites His power. But when our love
generators are damaged or no longer operating because of offense,
unforgiveness, or disobedience, we can't expect the manifestation of our
prayers. Creflo Dollar
#708 I don't have to
struggle anymore with the question, “Oh God, why aren't you answering my
prayers?” I know if my faith is not working, it's because my love is not
working. Creflo Dollar
#709 Faith and grace are
two very important subjects in the Bible. When you study the Bible, you'll find
that both of them operate together. Both Romans 4:16 and Romans 5:1-2
illustrate this connection: “Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace”
(Romans 4:16). Keith Butler
#710 “Therefore, being
justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. By
whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice
in hope of the glory of God.” (Romans 5:1-2) Keith Butler
#711 Faith gives us access
into the grace of God; it is, therefore, important that we understand what
faith is and what grace is. The grace of God is available to every believer,
but it's accessed by faith. Keith Butler
#712 Faith is the
accelerator of grace; it makes the grace of God go in your life. You can't
receive anything in the grace of God except through the vehicle of the faith of
God. Keith Butler
#713 If you want to enjoy
the promises of God in this life, you're going to have to receive them just as
Abraham did: by becoming “fully persuaded.” Mac Hammond
#714 Partially persuaded
won't do. Almost persuaded won't either. The marvelous promises of God will be
yours when and only when you, like Abraham, become fully persuaded. Mac Hammond
#715 Some people might
think it’s peculiar to talk to pain. But I don’t, because that’s what Jesus
did. As we’ve already seen, when He healed Peter’s mother-in-law, He rebuked
the fever. He didn’t rebuke her. He didn’t even rebuke the devil. He spoke directly
to the sickness. Lynne Hammond
#716 One minister I know
was reading that story one day and he asked himself, “Can fevers hear?” After
considering the fact that when Jesus rebuked the fever and it left, he decided,
“Yes, fevers can hear! And if fevers can hear, ulcers can hear. If ulcers can
hear, tumors can hear. If tumors can hear, cancer can hear. Any sickness or
disease can hear.” The question is, are we speaking to them? Lynne Hammond
#717 We should be, because
Jesus is our example, and in the Bible we see Him speaking to things all the
time. We see Him speaking to wind and waves. We see Him speaking to trees. We
see Him speaking to infirmities. What’s more, in Matthew 17:20 He said this:
…For assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say
to this mountain, “Move from here to there,” and it will move; and nothing will
be impossible for you (NKJV). Lynne Hammond
#718 Thank God, we have
been given authority to speak to the mountains in our lives, and sickness is
one of those mountains! Lynne Hammond
#719 Everything that we
need for this life was made available to us over two thousand years ago.
However, it is important that we believe that the promises of God are really
true for us today. We must believe and receive it, and trust that God’s Word is
true, even when we don’t see the manifestation of it yet! Creflo Dollar
#720 Matthew 6:33 tells us
not to worry or be anxious for anything but to seek first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto us because our
heavenly Father knows that we have need of them. That is the will of God for
our life and we can pray that Scripture. Creflo Dollar
#721 However, God’s will
doesn’t automatically come to pass in our lives. That is why when we pray to
God about anything, we must pray knowing that it has already been done. We have
to cooperate by believing His promises and receiving the manifestation of them.
Creflo Dollar
#722 I want you to
understand how meditating on God’s promises and using your imagination can lead
to great success in life. When you meditate on the Word—which is spiritual—that
Word is digested in your spirit. And when you imagine a thing, something is
taking place in your heart. Your mind and your heart are working in concert to
create images. They’re connected by the bridge called the imagination. Creflo
Dollar
#723 You can literally
build your healing, your business, your prosperity, your marriage, or anything
else you need in life. How? Just make a commitment to consistently meditate on
God’s Word, and use your imagination to develop an inner image of God’s precious
promises coming to pass in your life. It all begins with changing the way you
think! Creflo Dollar
#724 It makes a lot of
difference, friends, when you walk in love. When you walk in love, your faith
will work. If my faith wasn't working, that's the first thing I would check up
on—to see if I was walking in love. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#725 We know that faith
works by love; in fact, faith won't work any other way. In other words, you
could have faith to move mountains, but if you're not walking in love, your
faith will be ineffective. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#726 You've got to release
the love of God from your heart in the same way you release your faith—through
actions and words—because faith and love are of the heart. And faith works by
love! Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#727 Most of us spend a
lot of time trying to have faith. We know that without faith it is impossible
to please God (Hebrews 11:6), so we work and strive at having more faith. But
faith is of the heart, and you get it only through a relationship of loving
fellowship with God. I can't really teach you faith, but I can teach you the
principles of faith and make you so hungry for it you will do anything to get
it. Joyce Meyer
#728 Faith only comes by
revelation from God. Stop trying so hard to get faith and please God, and start
spending all that time and effort with God, loving Him. Just go around all day
loving Him and letting Him love you. Joyce Meyer
#729 The Amplified Bible says in 2
Corinthians 5:7 that “...we regulate our lives and conduct ourselves by our
conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God.” In other words, I am only going to be able to walk in
faith based on what I believe about my relationship with God.
Do you understand that? A person who believes he is unrighteous might as well
forget walking in faith. Joyce Meyer
#730 A person who believes
he is an old worm in the dust and God does not love Him might as well forget
the faith walk, too. A lot of people are trying to walk in faith, but they
don't have these other things in their hearts. Joyce Meyer
#731 Trusting God and
walking in faith is leaning on Him and trusting Him for everything. You can't
do that with someone if you don't know he loves you. You might as well forget
it. You are never going to be able to trust God if you don't know He loves you.
Joyce Meyer
#732 If you really knew
how much God loves you, you would have less trouble receiving a healing. You
would have less trouble receiving your financial needs met. The reason you
can't receive is that you don't really believe, totally, that God is giving it
to you. Joyce Meyer
#733 Proverbs 2:2 agrees
with James 1:5-6, which says when you want wisdom, you must ask for it in faith
and not waver. Proverbs 2:2 takes that thought a step further and tells you to
direct your mind and your heart toward God's wisdom. You have to go after the
wisdom and knowledge of God, applying all of your powers—your concentration,
your energy, your efforts—to obtaining it. It has to become the quest of your
life. Gloria Copeland
#734 In fact, you must search for skillful and godly Wisdom as
for hidden treasures (Proverbs 2:4, AMP). The way to find
wisdom is to go after it with the same effort and desire that natural people go
after material wealth. The truth is, no one ever seeks after God with all their
heart without finding Him. Gloria Copeland
#735 One of my favorite
things about blind Bartimaeus is that he refused to let the people around him
discourage him. They did not have the faith in God's goodness that he had. The
crowd had such limited understanding of God's love that they thought Jesus
would not be interested in a seemingly worthless, blind beggar. Gloria Copeland
#736 But Bartimaeus had
heard about Jesus. No doubt he had heard of His mercy and kindness and His
healing power. And he believed. So when the people tried to shut him up, he
cried out all the louder, “Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me!” Why did
he cry so loudly? Because he was convinced in his heart that if Jesus heard
him, He would answer. Jesus would deliver him. This was his chance of a
lifetime. Jesus heard him and when He did, He stood still and commanded that
Bartimaeus be called. Gloria Copeland
#737 Aggressive faith gets
Jesus' attention. Gloria Copeland
#738 What Bartimaeus did
next was one of the most beautiful expressions of faith recorded in the New
Testament. He threw off his cloak. By that act, he was making a very clear
statement. He was saying, “I'm not a blind man anymore. Jesus has heard me, and
I'm as good as healed!” Gloria Copeland
#739 Notice what Jesus
asked Bartimaeus next. He said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” (Verse 51
AMP). Bartimaeus said boldly, “Master, let me receive my sight” (Verse 51).
Bartimaeus was in perfect position to receive. Gloria Copeland
#740 God was looking to
and fro throughout the whole earth for someone to whom He could show Himself
strong...and He found Bartimaeus full of faith, speaking and acting with great
confidence in Jesus' goodness and power. The connection was made and Jesus
said, “Go your way; your faith has healed you” (Verse 52 AMP). Gloria Copeland
#741 I want you to be
impressed by Jesus' goodness and how willing He was to express that goodness.
Whatever those who came to Him for help said, He said. Jesus acted on their
words! He, being just like the Father, was easy to receive from. Gloria Copeland
#742 When you've seen Jesus, you've seen the
Father (John 14:8-10). The Bible says, “Every good gift and
every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights,
with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning” (James 1:17). There is
no changing in Him. Gloria Copeland
#743 Jesus and the Father
are still going about doing good and healing all who will receive. “The Lord is
good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works” (Psalms 145:9).
Gloria Copeland
#744 Jesus is saying the
same thing to you today that He said to Bartimaeus. He is asking all who would
look to Him in faith, “What do you want Me to do for you?” Jesus is alive and
well today and He is the same yesterday, today and forever. He is just as
anointed and compassionate today as He was when Bartimaeus sat by the roadside
begging. Gloria Copeland
#745 The Resurrected Lord,
the Messiah, is saying to you, “Receive your healing today! Receive your
deliverance today!” Gloria Copeland
#746 God found a woman in
Mary who said, “Behold (look), You have found her. You have found the one. Be
it done according to thy Word.” According to feelings? No. According to thy
Word. Charles Capps
#747 The Word was God, and
Jesus was the Word made flesh. It was the Word that was made flesh. Mary
conceived the Word of God in her heart; then she went to Elisabeth's house and
told her, “He hath done great things” (Luke 1:49). How did she know? Because
the angel of the Lord had told her, and she received that Word. Do you think she
felt any different? No. Do you think she looked any different? No. What was her
evidence? Faith and her words! Charles Capps
#748 “He hath done great
things”, said Mary. The Word said she was filled with the Holy Ghost, and she
began to prophesy. She had conceived the Word of God in her spirit, and then it
became manifest in her physical body. Charles Capps
#749 God says to “meditate
the Word by day and by night, and to incline your ear to His sayings” (Joshua
1:8; Proverbs 4:20). The number one method God has chosen for us to use in
increasing our faith is to exercise this spiritual law. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God (Romans 10:17). Beginning with
the measure of faith residing within us, we apply this spiritual law by
meditating the Word. God imparts the faith in that Word into our hearts,
increasing our original measure. Jerry Savelle
#750 God has faith because
He is the Source of faith. When we go to the Word, God gives us faith to move
the mountain of need. At times the mountain gets bigger as the need is greater.
By meditating the Word, we get sufficient faith to take care of that need.
Jerry Savelle
#751 The purpose of
mountain-moving faith is to remove the things which come into our lives to
hinder us spiritually, mentally, financially or physically. Some people believe
that this promise only pertains to spiritual mountains. However, in Matthew 21:21,
Jesus used faith-filled words to cause a fig tree to wither from the roots and
die. That was natural, not spiritual. Kenneth Copeland
#752 In Mark 11:22-26,
Jesus said, “whosoever,” so this is for the believer, not just for the minister
or someone with some kind of special calling. You have the potential to operate
in the same faith that I have. He also said, “When you stand praying, forgive.”
Operating in mountain-moving faith is dependent upon operating in forgiveness.
Faith pleases God, but faith works by love (Galatians 5:6). Kenneth Copeland
#753 It is impossible to
please God and to hold something in your heart against someone at the same
time. You forgive because you choose to forgive and because it pleases God, not
because you feel like doing it. Kenneth Copeland
#754 Mountain-moving faith
is centered around believing you receive (believing it is happening for you
now!). There is more to believing you receive than just having someone lay
hands on you and saying, “I believe I receive.” Kenneth Copeland
#755 In order to believe
you receive, you must establish in your heart that the Word of God is true. You
need a standard, something that will put you in agreement with God. The miracle
you need is already inside of you because God is in you. All you need is to
find the key that will open the door and release it. The key is getting your
spirit, soul and body in agreement with the Word. Kenneth Copeland
#756 “How can I get God's
mercy and grace flowing in my life?” Give Him an opening! He waits for you to
open the door to Him. How do you open that door? You'll find a clue in Romans
5:2. It says, “...we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand...”
Faith gives us access into His wonderful grace. God works the same way in every
area of life. When we believe Him and begin to speak in faith about His
blessings, we gain access to them. Gloria Copeland
#757 You get healed
because you've opened the door to the grace of healing by faith. Faith opens
that door! From the new birth to healing to prosperity—it's faith that gives
you access to every aspect of God's grace. You can't get around that principle.
It's just the way God works. Gloria Copeland
#758 You need to realize
that confession precedes possession. Most people want to possess the blessing
first and then they'll confess it. But notice Jesus said, “he shall have
whatsoever he saith” (Mark 11:23). You see, at the time you say it, you don't have
it. That's because confession precedes possession. You must confess God's Word
to bring the thing you desire into the realm of reality (Hebrews 11:1). Kenneth
E. Hagin, Sr.
#759 You must believe
your words. You must believe in your heart that what you say will come to pass.
You must believe the Word of God in your heart and then you must believe the
Word of God on your lips. We believe and therefore we speak (2 Corinthians
4:13). Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#760 Believing and speaking the Word is operating in the
same principle of faith Jesus talked about in Mark 11:23. There are many
examples in the Word that show us that, good or bad, our words dominate our
lives. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#761 The word
“salvation” not only means the saving of your soul where you'll spend eternity
in the presence of God forever, but the word salvation is all inclusive of
everything that mankind needs. It means wholeness, soundness, safety,
deliverance, peace, healing, prosperity, preservation. Whatever it is that you
need, it is available to you, and it only comes by believing in your heart and
confessing it with your mouth. Carolyn Savelle
#762 Where is faith? It's
in two places. Faith is in your heart, and faith is in your mouth. What's in
your heart has to come out of your mouth. Carolyn Savelle
#763 “And Peter answered
him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.” “And he
said, ‘Come.’ And when Peter was come down out of the ship, He walked on the
water” (Matthew 14:28-29). It's easy to be so afraid of making a mistake that
you never get around to stepping out on faith. You can spend all your time
wondering, “Is this faith? Or is it presumption? What if I exercise my faith
for something and find out later I've missed God's will?” Don't worry. God can
handle any mistake you can make. Kenneth Copeland
#764 Faith NEVER takes a
vacation—it’s replenished and strengthened by the Word. Jerry Savelle
#765 “Faith is not faith
if it’s not expanding. Faith is not faith if it’s idle. Faith is not faith if
it’s lying dormant. Faith only knows to increase
and to reach further—that’s the nature of faith.” Jerry Savelle
#766 And when you STAY in
faith—you WILL receive a harvest, a reward, an answered prayer! Jerry Savelle
#768 Change what you’re
saying and you’ll change what you’re seeing. Terri Savelle Foy
#769
Make a decision to do what God fully put in your heart to do! Terri Savelle Foy
#770 Patience undergirds and sustains faith until the result
is manifest. After you have meditated on the promises of God and have them in
your spirit, patience will encourage you to hold steady. Gloria Copeland
#771 Patience is power. It has the courage to refuse the lie
of Satan that says the Word is not working for you. It knows that God’s Word
has never failed. Patience will not draw back in fear but will press forward in
faith until you have the answer. Gloria Copeland
#772 When the results of your faith seem slow in coming,
don’t give up! Continue to put the Word first, with patience, and you will surely
receive the promise of God! Gloria Copeland
#773 Once you truly understand that you have the
life of God inside you, you’ll begin to act just like Jesus did. You’ll lay
hands on the sick and they’ll recover. You’ll cast out demons. You’ll preach
the gospel to every creature. Gloria Copeland
#774
Unbelief looks at the past and says, “See, it can’t be done.” But faith looks
at the future and says, “It can be done, and according to the promises of God,
it is done!” Then putting past failures behind it forever, faith steps out and
acts like the victory’s already been won. Kenneth Copeland
#775 Faith in the spiritual realm is like cash in the secular realm. It
is spiritual money that can purchase anything the Bible says that you can have.
When you present faith, there is nothing that can stop you from obtaining
whatever it is that you are trying to obtain. Why? Because your faith is
already paid for. Dr. Leroy Thompson
#776 Hebrews 12:2 says, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of
our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising
the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of God. And when
Jesus died on the Cross He said, It is finished. (John 19:30). Your faith is
finished. It’s complete. It’s already done! Dr. Leroy Thompson
#777 You have the power to operate in finished faith! God has the
receipt waiting for you. All you have to do is present that receipt by faith
and use it to collect whatever it is that you need to collect! Dr. Leroy
Thompson
#778 Faith rejoices, even
in times of trial. When you have the spirit of faith, you're so happy, people
think everything in your life is just fine. Lynne Hammond
#779 First Peter 1:5-9
says it this way: “[You] are kept by the power of God through faith unto
salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice,
though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold
temptations: that the trial of your faith being much more precious than of gold
that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might
be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet
believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end
of your faith...” Lynne Hammond
#780
Notice those verses say that if you're believing, you rejoice with joy
unspeakable and full of glory and you receive the end of your faith! Lynne
Hammond
#781 You don’t have to get
in a big hurry about some things. The Bible says, “… He that believeth shall
not make haste” (Isaiah 28:16). Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#782 Faith doesn’t get in
a hurry. The devil will try to push you. He will say, “Hurry up, hurry up,
hurry, hurry, hurry.” He will try to move you out of faith, and move you into
doubt, move you into unbelief, and get you away from the leading of God. Kenneth
E. Hagin, Sr.
#783 Doubt talks in the
language of man. Faith talks in the language of God. Pastor Rob Spina
#784 Faith activates God.
Fear activates the enemy. Joel Osteen
#785 God can do things in
an instant that would take you years to try to make happen yourself. Terri
Savelle Foy
#786 Commit to hearing from God. I
cannot emphasize this point enough. Everything God wants to do in you, for you,
and through you starts here. Whether you need wisdom for a relationship,
career, schooling, or what's next for your life, the answer can always be found
in a word from God. Terri Savelle Foy
#787 Whenever you spend
time in prayer, keep a notebook and pen with you. Even if you can only manage
five minutes to go somewhere quiet, ask the Lord what He wants you to do, and
write down what you hear. When you do this over and over, you are training
yourself to hear from God. And you position yourself for Him to move in your
life like never before. Terri Savelle Foy
#788 To see where your
life is headed, listen to the words that have been coming out of your mouth.
Your dreams could be delayed because of what you are saying. Speaking negative
words over your life will hinder what God wants to do. Terri Savelle Foy
#789 In the Bible, the
angel Gabriel appeared to Zechariah to tell him his prayers for a baby had been
answered. But, when Zechariah began to express doubt and give reasons why this
couldn't be, the angel zipped his lips for nine months! God knew if Zechariah
was allowed to say whatever he felt like, he would mess everything up and miss
His blessing. Terri Savelle Foy
#790 Instead of
complaining about how bad things are and how you can't seem to get ahead, start
declaring: I am blessed! I am favored! I am an overcomer! I am healthy and full
of life! Terri Savelle Foy
#791 It's one thing to
stop saying the wrong words, it's another thing to start saying the right
words. Your victory is in your mouth! Terri Savelle Foy
#792 You have to step out
of your comfort zone if you want to see the dreams and goals God's given you
come to pass. Terri Savelle Foy
#793 When the Israelites
were preparing to enter the Promised Land, they were told the way they had to
go was a direction they had never been before (see Joshua 3:4). It was
different and unfamiliar. I believe God is saying this to you today: New things
are on the horizon, but you have to step out in faith! Terri Savelle Foy
#794 Fear will try to stop
you from ever trying, but faith takes action! You have to cast out thoughts of
failure, insecurity, and doubt. Terri Savelle Foy
#795 Romans 4:16 calls
Abraham our father of faith. God made a covenant with Abraham, saying, “I have
made you the father of many nations.” He didn't say, “I will make you.” He
said, “I have made you.” Mark Brazee
#796 God always calls
those things that be not as though they were (Romans 4:17). He talks about what
doesn't exist as though it already existed. That's why it's all right for us to
do the same. We're not lying; we're just following God's example. Mark Brazee
#797 God told Abraham, “I
have made you the father of many nations.” Remember, He was talking to a
100-year-old man and his 90-year-old wife! Abraham and Sarah were past the age
for having children. Medically speaking, it was impossible. Mark Brazee
#798 Abraham had a deep
awe and respect for Almighty God. In the natural, the situation looked
hopeless, but he believed what God said. That's the key. Mark Brazee
#799 Abraham had to
believe what God said before he could become what God said. “[Abraham] against
hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations,
according to that which was spoken…” (v. 18). Mark Brazee
#800 When it comes to your
faith walk, you're no different than the father of faith. You have to believe
what God has said about you before you can become what God has called you. Mark
Brazee
