Faith, What is it?

What is faith? It is the power God gives you over all things. If you hope for it, then you speak it. You start to bring it into this world when you say it enough that you really believe and the things you hope for will come to you. There is power in your words. Christ was trying to teach us this but how poorly we listen. There are some of us who have learned that we are in control of this world and have learned how to control the power of faith God has given us. There are men who use their faith in God and using His good grace to heal physical ailments and have even controlled the weather and this is only becuase of his faith in God to do it. There are some that through the years have learned that if they set their sites on something that by repeating it over and over through the power of suggestion on a daily basis and implanting the thoughts of the hopes and dreams they have set their hearts on, they can achieve it and bring it to reality. Such are the cases you can read about in books like "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill, these men learned to use this precious gift of faith so they could achieve great things because without faith you have nothing. No hope, no dreams, no life,and no God. These men learned this and achieved great things. You would think with as many of us that say we know Christ and believe in him, we would see greater things coming out of the church. I have to lower my head in shame that men of the world can show more faith than those who follow Christ. Shame! Shame!