Faith, powerful faith, faith that will make things happen, faith that causes peace in the most troubling of times, faith that is real, faith that is impossible to conjure up . . . . faith is a gift. Faith will not work unless there is obedience to God Almighty the creator of faith. And, how can one expect to be obedient to someone they do not know? It seems to be a conundrum of sorts but it is very simple. Ask the Creator for enough faith to believe in the God through Jesus Christ His only Son. Then accept the gift and learn about Jesus and know Him personally. Take it from me an old sinner. When you know and obey Him and you will find that He will hear your prayers and He will see your obedience and suddenly all will be well and your faith will become gigantic and powerful. Whether or not what I have said here is theologically correct or not I wouldn’t say because I’m not an educated theologian. I am simply a man who has the Holy Spirit living in me, and the Holy Spirit has me, and the Holy Spirit is all-powerful. When I am obedient (and I’m not always) I have an awesome peace and calm that is better than the endorphin high I always get after a hard and long bike ride, or a hard mountain climb. This kind of faith feeling makes me want to be more obedient. Does that make sense? ~AV Yaw