5 Ways to Keep Your Faith

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him

Jesus said that "if you have faith the grain of a mustard seed you shall tell this mountain to be removed, and tossed into the see, and it will be removed and tossed into the see". Wow that's powerful! Faith is a powerful thing. There is even a place in the Bible where we find that Jesus could not do any great work because of the people's lack of faith. So it isn't surprising to me that one of the things we find most under attack from the enemy of our souls is faith.
Satan is a liar, and He is the accuser of the brethren, and when we go through trials and tribulations he tends to use those things as moments to rattle our faith. To rob us of our joy of faith in Christ. We live in a world where faith has become a rarity.
As powerful as faith is, doubt can be just as powerful. It was the Israelites doubt that God would actually bring them into the wilderness into the promised land that actually kept them from entering into the promise land! They felt abandoned by God. However if they would have had faith, the wilderness wouldn't have lasted long at all.
Here is what to do to preserve your faith:
1.) PRAY IN THE HOLY GHOST! Jude 20: ²⁰But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost... The Bible says that praying in the Holy Ghost builds up your most holy faith. When you pray in tongues The Spirit is making intercession for you (Romans 8:26). This affects your faith positively because who knows what to pray for you better than God? God is actually praying for you when you pray in tongues! Your heavenly prayer language confuses the devil, so he can't hear your prayers and mess with your faith anymore. Your spirit also gains strength because God is having His way as you pray in the Holy Ghost, and your faith recieves a major boost!

2.) PRAY, PRAY, PRAY! Not only pray in the Spirit but just pray in general. The more you pray, the more God reapays! James 5:16 says Confess your trespasses^[a] to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. When you pray you are talking to God, and when you are talking to God you are reminding yourself that God is there and He is listening. And since the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous avails much, the more you see God mightily answer your prayer, the more faith you will have!

3.) Repent A lot of times we find ourselves having a lack of faith in our life because sin hinders our faith. Sin hinders our prayers and sin hinders our worship. The first part of James 5:16 says to confess your trespasses, and the Bible also says if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins. Repentance is not only confessing, but also turning from their sins. 2 Chronicles 7:14 says ¹⁴If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. God has promised to hear us from heaven and heal our land, if we turn from our wicked ways! When we turn from our sins and turn towards Jesus we can feel His power moving through us again, giving us the power to walk away from sin and towards righteousness. This is a huge faith booster!

4.) Fill Your Mind with the Word of God Hebrews tells us the Word of God is quick and powerful, sharper than any two edged sword... the Word of God has a way of piercing through darkness. When our faith is running low, we must fill our mind with what God has already promised us. When the devil tells us that we are defeated, think "We are more than conquerors" or "you have overcome the wicked one, because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world". When we feel the doubt that God loves us read or think "God commendeth His love toward us; that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us". If there is a lie in your head attacking your faith there is a promise from God in His word to counteract it. When Jesus was tempted by Satan saying "do you really think you're the Son of God..." Jesus responded "Shut up devil, for it is written". A lot of people will tell you to have more faith you have to positively self talk, but don't just say anything, make sure it is in the Word! When it's in the Word, satan can not win.

5.) Fight to Hold On to Your Faith Paul said fight the good fight of faith. Jesus said the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force. Faith is depicted in the Bible as something precious that must be visciously held on to, so when that old liar comes around trying to attack your faith, get such a strong grip on your faith that he can't pry it out of your hands. Even if it doesn't make sense right now, hold on to your faith, and it will only prove you right!