Imperial Valley Christian Center

Continuing the story of how I learned what "believe" means in the Bible. 

Here I explain what my question about faith was; Is faith something that I do, or is faith something that happens to me? 

And explain how I found myself in 2004-2005 meditating obsessively on Mark 11:23, how I meditated that scripture, what I learned about it, and the revelation it brought me about faith.

Here's a useful quote about faith you should save.

From Nigel Turner, Christians Words, pg. 157:

It took me 24 years of trying and studying to figure out what Jesus meant by "believe." In this series of videos I want to show you how I learned what faith is and hopefully you'll learn what it is too.

In this first part, I begin the story and start with a brief outline of what is to come.

Here's the outline:

To Believe or to have faith, as Jesus used it, as it's used in the Bible, refers to a process. A process which consists of three parts or phases, all of which the Bible refers to as believing or faith:

1. Believe, KNOW something on the inside, in your heart, your spirit.

2. Believe, ACT, on what you know in your spirit.

3. Believe, ENDURE, hold on to what you know in your heart and continue acting on it, until the promise of God is fulfilled in your life.