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Attitudes and lifestyles are contagious. 1 Cor 15:33 tells us not to be deceived because bad company corrupts good morals. If bad company can rub off, so can good company. Proverbs 13:20 tells us, "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." You need to associate with those who will help you in your faith walk, not those who will talk you out of your inheritance in Christ. Getting around those who believe God gets you used to seeing faith in action, and used to seeing God come through. This can be a tremendous confidence-booster for you.

Here is the point I want to make: Do not simply read this book and pray on your own! That is a big mistake! You were not designed to function on your own apart from the Body of Christ. You need others and they need you. 1 Cor 12 makes this very clear. Fellowship with others who will encourage you in your faith walk. Associate with those who have the "spirit of faith" and speak and act on God's Word. Their testimonies will not produce faith per se, but they will greatly build your hope and encourage you. Satan picks off lone rangers. Don't be one of them. A brother or sister in Christ may have the very way to word something so that you see it even though you've missed it for years.


Don't be confused by the term "spirit of faith." It's not another spirit that's a fourth member of the Trinity! It just means an attitude of faith. You will find that the spirit of faith is contagious. (So is the "spirit" of unbelief.) When you get around those who have it, it will rub off on you. Then it will start to rub off on others! It's hard to describe how it happens, but it definitely does. (As the old-timers like to say, some things are better caught than taught, and better felt than telt.) I love being around people who believe God and get results. It encourages me. When you get around a church full of people like this, you feel like they are doing more for you than your preaching could do for them.

So, build your own faith in the Word. But make sure that you associate with others who have the attitude of faith. You will then find the same spirit of faith operating in you -- you will believe and therefore you will speak. You'll talk faith instead of doubt and unbelief. You'll start to act like those with whom you associate.

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