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EVER-INCREASING FAITH:
THE WAY TO REVIVAL AND BEYOND
A Publication of
THE
ALLIANCE FOR CHRISTIAN
FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL
An Alliance of Bible-Believing
Christians
Seeking Fellowship through a
Personal,
Loving Relationship with our Lord
The Way to Revival and Beyond is Faith
that Works through Love
All of us desire more faith, and we can
have it by developing a loving relationship with our Lord. Is
it not true that we trust and have faith in people we know, and
that we have even more faith in them when we have developed a
personal, loving relationship with them? Surely the answer to
that question is yes!
It is a personal connection with someone of
good character that causes us to have faith. Well, our heavenly
Father has perfect character and He already loves us. Does it
not make sense to exercise the “measure of faith” that we
already have and let it grow? Faith, like a muscle, grows when
it is exercised. As faith grows, we receive more and more of
God’s love and give Him more and more of our love. It becomes a
wonderful cycle of love and faith. All of this is expressed in
one sentence in Galatians 5:6. It says, “Faith works through
love.” Faith is a verb; it is active; it involves us with God
and works through the communication that comes out of a loving
relationship. If we want more faith, we must allow it to “work”
through a loving relationship with our heavenly Father.
Most of us desire that we will be and
become all that the Lord wants us to be in this life and the
life to come, and that is possible for all of us.
Here is the personal witness of Paul from
Romans 8:38-39: “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,
nor angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present
nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in
all creation, shall be able to separate us from the love of God
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Paul, like all born-again Christians, had
realized that Jesus paid the penalty for his sin on the cross
and Paul received the loving forgiveness of our Lord. But he
did not stop there—he continued to receive God’s love. In that
process, God’s love became so real that he could make the
previous statement which has helped millions to know that they
can experience God’s love every minute of every hour of every
day. With the sure knowledge that nothing can ever separate us
from the love of God, we can enter into ever-increasing faith.
The question, then, is, “Is ever-increasing
faith the way to revival?” The answer to that question is a
resounding, “YES!” In II Chronicles 7:14, our heavenly Father
promised revival if we humble ourselves, turn from
unrighteousness, and seek His face as we pray. But none of this
is possible unless we first receive His love. When we do that,
we are not only greatly blessed but also are empowered to return
His love. Out of this exchange of love we are already seeking
His face. Seeking His face is seeking a personal, loving
relationship with the One who created us and loves us so. We
then can not only hear His voice, but can also have fellowship
with Him and actually become a friend of God. Once a friend of
God, how could anyone fall away and fail to trust Him more and
more? All of this occurs as a result of a faith that increases
as we—through love—exercise the “measure of faith” that the
Scripture says God has already given us. It is the love of God
that carries faith to completion. Remember that “there is
faith, hope, and love and the greatest of these is love” (I Cor.
13:13). So, we must receive God’s love and express our love for
Him in as many ways as we can—even out loud.
Because “faith works through love,” it
follows that the more love we have for God, the more faith we
will exercise. We then have ever-increasing faith. A life that
has that kind of love and faith has not only the hope of
revival, but also the hope of continuous victory in the
Christian life. That is the way to revival and beyond—the way
to be all our heavenly Father wants us to be in this life and
the life to come.
The Greatest Commandment
As Stated by Jesus
5 And thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with
all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command
thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou
shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of
them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by
the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
(Deuteronomy 6:5-7)
In an effort to assist you as you minister
God’s love and our need to “love the Lord our God with all our
heart, mind, soul, and strength,” the Alliance for Christian
Fellowship International is offering you free booklets in
quantity (up to 200 of each). They are titled, “The Blessings
of Receiving God’s Love,” “Four Steps to Friendship with God,”
“Which Commandment is First,” “Are You Hearing God,” “How to
Know God Personally,” and “Ever-Increasing Faith.” Order online
at
www.keytorevival.org or write to us at the address below.
Alliance for Christian Fellowship
International
PO Box 747
Burnet, TX 78611
www.keytorevival.org
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