June 21, 2007: Simple Way To Increase Faith

You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us…
Psalm 40:5

I suppose that it is human nature to keep count of our difficulties, maintain a list of all the times someone has done us wrong, and keep an inventory of all the problems we’ve been through.


We’ve all known people who keep such lists and seem to enjoy reviewing them as often as possible. When practiced over a period of time, such people become cynical and negative.
Unfortunately, we all have the tendency to do this, especially when it seems that the chips are down.


Today’s text provides us with the antidote to such negative thinking. When we realize that our mind is going through our bad things that have happened to us inventory, deliberately stop it by taking out a piece of paper and begin listing all the wonderful things God has done for you.


Don’t just list the “big” things, but include those little things that we often take for granted. After a few minutes we will become aware of the fact that like a parent God keeps us in His thoughts and that he had blessed us beyond what we realized. You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us…

Heavenly Father, in your word we are told that we should live by faith. Help us to realize that we must nurture our faith, and that we do so by deliberately choosing to think faith building thoughts. Deliver us from our tendency to think negatively so that by filling our minds with all the wondrous things you’ve done for us we will not only strengthen our faith, but enlarge our capacity for deeper faith. In Jesus name, AMEN