• What exactly IS faith?
• Where does it come from?
• How can you develop yours?
• How can you increase the abundance in your life in every area?

Everyone is given the same "measure of faith" according to God’s Word. Not everyone, however, develops and uses their faith in the same way.

"The Faith Process" comes directly from Jesus’ teaching, His method of prayer and the examples of His faith in the Bible. It uncovers the key to your effective prayer life, a closer relationship with God and the abundance that Father wants you, as His child, to have on this earth.

These are the same principles Jesus shared with his disciples and the same principles they used when fulfilling their ministries.

Simply stated, your faith holds the power to gaining access to God’s blessings!

Now you can discover how to build and use your faith - starting today - in order to receive greater blessings from the heavenly Father who loves you and wants you to prosper.

"Faith is sometimes a difficult subject. It revolves around accepting as fact things that we cannot see. Most of the principles of faith are similar to earthly principles with one major difference. Faith in earthly things is more easily comprehended because most earthly things are tangible... they are real to us because they can be seen and felt. If we can train ourselves to have the same faith in God, and in God's Word, that we have when it comes to natural things we can see, the possibilities are literally endless.

"Without faith it is impossible to please God" (Hebrews 11:6). But through God, "all things are possible". That is a fact. However, because we don't already possess all that we want and need, most people still don't believe that our Heavenly Father wants us to have abundance. This is one of the biggest misconceptions present in Christian living today. We don't already have what we need and/or want because we do not have the faith necessary to bring it to pass. The faith process is one which delivers, IF it is followed according to the Word of God. The faith process brings to pass, with our faith through God's power, everything we could ever want or need. It brings abundance, according to God's Word. Psalm 35:27 tells us that the Lord has pleasure in the prosperity of His servants. John 10:10 confirms that statement. Jesus said, "I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly."

God does not play favorites. If He gave David riches and glory, and He will give them to you. He protected Moses, and protection is your, also. He healed a nobleman's son, and He will heal you and your family. So many people think that the miracles of the Bible were things that only happened in "olden times". Well, think again. God wants to bless you so very much, but He can't do it unless you follow His faith process. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and without substance nothing can be made, in the natural realm or in the spiritual realm. Faith is our building block. It is like a piece of clay that God can, and will, mold into whatever we need. Allow God to bless you. I encourage you to start building your spiritual faith today. Be consistent with it and don't give up until what you've prayed for comes to pass!"

Sample Chapter
CHAPTER ONE: The Faith Muscle

What is faith? Where does faith come from? Why do we need faith? All these are questions I’ve heard over and over again. We will explore these, and other questions, and find out what the faith process is all about. Let’s start with the biblical definition of faith.

"Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1, KJV). It comes from inside you and grows stronger each time it is used. You already have faith in worldly things. You were born with faith and since your childhood, you have increased your faith in a worldly manner. When you push the "power" button on your television remote, you have faith that the TV will operate. You can’t see the power, but you know it will work. When you swallow an aspirin, you have faith that your pain will decrease. You can’t see the relief, but you know it is coming. You don’t even doubt that these things work - you just know they do. How do you know? Because you’ve done them before and they worked, so they will work again. "But let him ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man expect he will receive anything from the Lord being double-minded, unstable in all his ways." (James 1:7-8). That’s the kind of faith we need to develop in relation to God’s promises. So much faith that we don’t even consider that His promises won’t come. But faith does have to be developed.

Think of faith as a muscle. I think everyone, at one point or another, has exercised. Whether you were lifting weights in order to build or taking aerobics classes to tone; the rules for physical exercise are the same... start slow and exercise consistently. Faith is your spiritual muscle and the same rules apply.

When you begin to walk by faith, start slow. Don’t expect to read this book and immediately be able to move mountains. Most humans require a lot of practice. Just as someone who is a beginner at lifting weights won’t be able to work out for only one day and lift 1,000 pounds. Your muscles can only lift as much weight as they have been conditioned to lift, and your faith can only produce as much as you believe it will produce.

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About the Author
Karon Thackston found salvation as a small child in 1976 while sitting in a classroom at a private, Christian school. Her converstion was – for the most part – a quiet one. For many years afterward, Karon’s family did not attend church on a regular basis. Her parents were Christians, but – at that point in time – were not "active" in their persuit of God.

Upon Karon’s family joining a small church and beginning to rededicate their lives to Father, Karon began to become involved with youth activities. She also began to pray more regularly but noticed something disturbing to her. The prayers of some people were said with confidence and regularly got answered. Not always… but more often than those who seemed to "bargain" with or "beg" God for help when praying.

Karon wanted to pray more confidently and wanted to give God what He needed in order to answer her prayers. This desire eventually led to a throrough study of the Bible and of faith-based pastors in order to uncover what God’s Word and prominent preachers said about praying. The key seemed to be faith.

As Karon searched the Bible and listened intently to others, she began to understand that they all laid out certain principles for prayer. And all those principles focused on faith.

"The Faith Process" is the culmination of Karon’s study, prayer and insight into the primary tool Father gives His children in order that they might accomplish much through their prayers and for His kingdom.

Since the time Karon began to implement these principles into her spiritual life in 1994, she has experienced a closer relationship with Father, a greater peace and a bolder confidence in the power of God to provide for and heal His children in everyway.