When a friend, family member, or brother is facing some serious problem or stressful situation, we may tell them, “Just have faith. It will all work out.” But what is faith? How do we acquire it? How does it work (within us)?
In the New Testament, the word translated “faith” is the Greek work pistis. Strong’s Expanded Dictionary of Bible Words says, “Faith means trust, confidence, assurance, and belief.” It is the word used in Heb. 11:1, “Now faith (pistis) is the assurance…