what is faith and how to use it?

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

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

       

I was in bible study one Wednesday, and the teacher was teaching from Hebrews 11:1 and he pointed out something interesting.   .He said that, some people read the scripture without acknowledging the word now before faith, and that  it's important to remember to use the word now so it reads now faith, in the present tense. Have you ever heard someone quote the scripture without saying now faith first? Some people have very little understanding of this one verse, so I want to share what I've learned by   giving you examples of what  faith is,  and how it will help you in life.

With  faith, you believe even though you don't actually see it.

If you have faith in almighty God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob you have the assurance and convictions that he will answer your requests  according to your faith.For example; I work all week long before I get paid, but I have faith that I'm going to reap the rewards of my labor in two weeks. Another example;  I am getting ready to eat a delicious red apple, but I don;t know how it's going to taste, but,  I have faith that a red apple is going to be sweet when bite into it.  These are examples of the kind of faith that our heavenly father wants us to have in his holy word.  He wants us to believe that no weapon formed against us shall be able to prosper. He wants us to receive his unconditional love by faith, his healing by faith, his anointing by faith, his power by faith, and eternal life by faith.

When someone  turn from sin and turn their life e over to the Lord, They must  have faith to believe that you have been born again,washed them and cleansed them from all unrighteousness, praise the living God and then after they believe, they must act on it because faith without works is dead. Pray my strength in the Lord,

         

Six months into my pregnancy

I want to share my surprising and unexpected  pregnancy experience I endured with my first and only child that I didn't dream in a million years would happen to me.  Early one morning,  I started feeling light cramps in my stomach. It felt like i had too use the stool, so I went to the stool but nothing happened. As the day went by, I noticed the cramps hadn't left and i thought it was odd, so my husband and I went for a walk to see if that would help any, but it didn't.  Nothing relieved the cramps. By the time night fell, I had to make a decision about what I was going to do about my situation.  Get this, it never entered into my mind that I could be going into labor, and that's exactly what was happening, but I didn't know it until i went to my doctor. When my doctor checked me out, he told me that I'd dilated three centimeters already! wow and shock is what I thought and felt! To make a long story short, I was sent to another hospital and ended up having our precious baby boy early that next morning because the doctor couldn't stop the baby from coming.  When our son, Dallas P. Douglas Jr. came out, he was fully developed but weighed only 2 lbs 3 ounces with a head full of hair! I say that jokingly because if he was full term, his hair would have been like a wig!!!I am so happy and proud that God had mercy on me, opened my wombs, and blessed me to be able to experience mother hood!

 Everyone of my friends  was so happy for me because they knew that I wanted a child of my own, but most importantly, we were excited as well as thankful too the Lord for answering our prayers!! I don't think I mentioned this, but I thought I couldn't have any children because I didn't have any the whole twelve years I was with my first husband, and things turned around a year after I met and married  my second husband.  I thank the Lord daily for my miracle baby! He's the baby that was in my stomach when I was in a car accident, and the baby I thought I'd never have. The only thing I regret is that I wasn't able to take pictures of my stomach because I went into preterm labor. 

 Thanks for reading my life story,feel free to comment and stay tuned for more updates.