Let’s pray real quick before diving in. Father, we thank You and praise You. Holy Spirit, we submit to You as our teacher. Open our hearts to the Word of God and confirm it in us. In Jesus’ name, amen.
A few weeks ago, we talked about how we are three-part beings. We have a body, a soul, a mind, emotions, and a personality, and we are a spirit.
When you were born again, God didn’t just patch you up. He completely remade your spirit and gave you everything you need to live this life. That includes a measure of faith.
Think about it. You couldn’t even be saved without faith. God didn’t just save you, He gave you the faith to believe in Jesus in the first place. Romans 10:9–10 (AMP) says:
“If you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”
Then Ephesians 2:8 (AMP) says:
“For it is by free grace—God’s unmerited favor—that you are saved… through your faith. And this salvation is not of yourselves, but it is the gift of God.”
That word “salvation” is the Greek word sozo, and it doesn’t just mean eternal life. It also means healing, deliverance, and wholeness. When you were saved, you received all of that in your spirit.
Romans 12:3 confirms it:
“God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.”
So, you already have faith. You already have salvation. You already have the Holy Spirit living inside of you.
Jesus said in Luke 17:6 (AMP):
“If you have faith as small as a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”
And in Matthew 17:20, He says that mustard seed faith can move mountains. The issue is not whether you have enough faith—you do. The real challenge is dealing with doubt and unbelief.
Second Corinthians 1:22 (AMP) says:
“He has also put His seal upon us and given us His Holy Spirit in our hearts as a security deposit and guarantee of the fulfillment of His promise.”
That means when you feel the lie that you’re not even saved, you can pray in the Spirit and know you’ve been sealed. Your spirit and the Holy Spirit bear witness together. The question is: will your mind agree?
Romans 9:1 (AMP) says:
“I am speaking the truth in Christ; I am not lying. My conscience [enlightened and prompted] by the Holy Spirit bearing witness with me.”
When your mind lines up with your spirit and the Holy Spirit, you begin to experience the fullness of what God has already placed inside you.
James 1:6–8 (AMP) warns us:
“Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering… For being as he is a man of two minds, hesitating, dubious, irresolute, he is unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything he thinks, feels, and decides.”
When your spirit and the Holy Spirit agree but your mind sides with your body or your feelings, you become double-minded. That instability keeps you from receiving.
The problem isn’t lack of faith, it’s allowing doubt and unbelief to linger.
Faith works best when it’s unhindered. Fasting, prayer, and time in the Word don’t earn you anything from God. They’re more like taking a spiritual shower, clearing away the world’s residue so you can hear the Holy Spirit clearly.
I once had a student bring me a filthy guitar to clean. Years of cigarette smoke and dust had caked onto it. After hours of cleaning, restringing, and polishing, it looked and played brand new.
That guitar is a picture of us. When we knock off the world’s junk—doubt, fear, and unbelief—our faith comes alive, unhindered.
I’ll never forget praying for a car when I was a new believer. I specifically asked God for a blue Chevy Nova, low mileage, in great shape.
Months later, my mom, without me saying anything—bought me that exact car. That built my faith in a huge way.
Sometimes we can believe easier for others than for ourselves. That’s because we carry doubt about our own situation. But the more we clean away unbelief and align our minds with God’s Word, the more we can walk in confidence.
The more you replace doubt and unbelief with truth, the more your faith flows unhindered. You already have the faith you need. The question is: are you clearing away the junk so it can work?
