In this episode, Pastor Joe discusses the three kinds of faith found in Scripture –

1. Faith in God (from our hearts directed towards God as the object of our faith)
2. Faith of God (God working something in us; giving us a spirit of faith)
3. God kind of faith (expressing that faith outwardly and in the authority of Christ – the kind of faith that commands)

One of the things people sometimes do is try to operate in a mature faith – a faith that commands, or faith that receives answers to prayer – before they have learned to trust God with their whole hearts. They hear a powerful testimony from someone and then immediately shoot for the faith of God and the God kind of faith, without first establishing faith in God ... and they can get discouraged. Nobody likes to be a beginner. We all want to be at a PhD level, when, if we're being honest, many of us are barely in college yet.

But there's good news! God wants to make it easy to establish our relationship and trust in Him so that we can advance to bigger and better forms of faith! Tune in for four foundational principles to establish your faith in God.

This episode is from sermon one in the Have Faith In God series newly available at empoweringgrace.org. Show notes, full transcript and more resources available at www.empoweringgrace.org/podcast40.