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REAL POWER: MAXING OUT ON GOD'S LOVE

ENOUGH FAITH

Men used to believe the world was flat.  Early sailors thought if you sailed in a straight line, you would eventually sail off the edge of the world into oblivion.  Only a few people thought the world was round.  They took a step of faith and sailed their ships around the world.  Their step of faith allowed them to sail on the ocean of their dreams.

That’s the way faith works.  It makes extraordinary things happen.  It’s the first step you take on the journey to your dreams.  Without faith, it’s impossible to live your dreams.

EVERYTHING WORTH DOING REQUIRES A STEP OF FAITH

Everything worth doing requires a step of faith.  When you move in the direction of your dreams regardless of the consequences, you have all the faith you need to make them come true.

When I left my job to sail around the world on a thirty-nine foot catamaran, I moved in the direction of my dreams regardless of the consequences.  Sailing around the world on my own boat took me far outside my comfort zone.  It was easy to think of dozens of reasons why it was a bad idea. 

If I focused on everything that could go wrong, I would have stayed in homeport forever.  The only way to make the voyage happen was to take a leap of faith.  I had to start sailing regardless of the consequences.

When I decided to self-publish five books and pay the printing and promotional expenses out of my own pocket, I knew I was taking a large financial risk.  There are more than fifty thousand new book titles published each year in the United States.  The chance that I would get my money back was low.  There was only one way to find out if the books would sell.  Take a step of faith, publish the books, and accept the consequences.

If you want to make your dreams come true, faith is the only way to make them happen.  You must move in the direction of your dreams regardless of the consequences.

FAITH IS EMPOWERMENT

Faith is about empowerment.  To get where you want to go, you need power, and faith gives you that power.  Practical faith comes in two types.

Type I Faith empowers you to do the things you can do and should do for yourself.

Type II Faith empowers God to do things for you that you can’t do for yourself.

TYPE I FAITH

The first type of faith empowers you to be all you can be, and do all you can do.  It’s what makes your dreams possible.  This type of faith affects all areas of your life.  You don’t need to be spiritually alive for this type of faith to work.  People who have no religious convictions can still use type I faith to make their dreams come true.

When God created you, he placed type I faith inside your heart and mind.  Everyone is given this type of faith at birth.  Some people develop their ability to use this gift, and others hardly know it’s there.

Although type I faith empowers you to do what you want to do and be what you want to be, this doesn’t mean God is left out of the picture.  God is the one who gave you this gift, and He expects you to use it in a worthwhile manner.

Type I faith is a powerful force for both good and evil.  Bad people use this gift for evil purposes; they use its power to intimidate, coerce, and bend others to their will.  They have evil dreams that they want to impose upon the world, and they use the dark side of type I faith to make it happen.

Be careful how you use this gift.  With power comes responsibility and accountability.  The moral universe grinds slowly, but it grinds sure.  God designed the moral universe to keep close accounts of how you use type I faith.  Eventually, accounts will be settled and you will reap what you sow.

TYPE II FAITH

Type II faith empowers God to do the things for you that you can’t do for yourself.  You can’t pull yourself up by your own spiritual bootstraps.  No matter how hard you try, you can’t be born spiritually without God’s help.  Only God can make your spirit come alive.

This second type of faith makes it possible for God to work in your life.  It happens when you open your heart to God’s love and become one of his children. The power of God’s love flows through your life transforming your mind and healing damaged emotions.  For the first time in your life, you dare to call God your Father, and you have a relationship with him based on love.

God has been waiting to perform a miracle in your life since the day you were born.  Type II faith takes the handcuffs off God so the miracles can begin.

DON’T CONFUSE THE TWO TYPES OF FAITH

Many people act as if there is only one type of faith.  They think if they have enough faith, God will make their dreams come true.  They want God to do things for them that they can do for themselves.  That’s a big mistake, and it won’t work.

No amount of faith will make God do for you what you can do and should do for yourself.  God placed type I faith in your heart so you would be empowered to be all you can be and do all you can do.  God intends for you to exercise your faith so you can live a life of excellence.

Faith works when you use it correctly.  If faith isn’t working for you, it’s because you are using it in an incorrect manner.  You are probably trying to get God to do things for you that you can do for yourself.

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REAL POWER - MAXING OUT ON GOD'S LOVE
David J. Abbott M.D.


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