Lord, Increase Our Faith

April  9

Lord, increase our faith.

Luke 17:5   And the apostles said unto the Lord,

 Increase our faith.

The believer is as his faith is. If faith is weak, he is fearful, fretful and troubled; if faith is strong and rightly placed, he is courageous, active, and happy.

Faith comes from Jesus, He is its author; it leads to Jesus, He is its object.

Faith is like a grain of mustard-seed, it grows and increases; but Jesus alone can increase our faith.

Let us apply to Him this morning, and let this be our prayer, “Lord increase my faith.”

Strong faith will believe without feelings, yea, against feelings or appearances. It will trust God where it cannot trace him; it assures the soul that what he has promised he is able to perform, and will assuredly do so.

Great faith will have great trials; for God never gives faith without trying it; and the heat of the furnace is in proportion to the strength of our faith.

Little faith lays hold on Christ, and brings salvation: strong faith receives much and often from Christ, and brings great consolation.

Go to Jesus with the faith thou hast, and plead with him for the faith he requires.

He gives freely to every importunate pleader; and he will assuredly give to thee.

O Jesus, now thyself impart,

And fix thy presence in my heart,

Give strong and living faith!

Then will I throw off every load,

And walk delightfully with God,

Observing all He saith.

James Smith