Do you want to deepen your faith in God?
Look no further than the Bible, the ultimate source of wisdom and truth. In Understanding the Truth About Faith, you’ll discover how to bring the scriptures to life and understand the essence of faith and how to operate in it.
In these final days, it is crucial to grasp the teachings of the Bible, often referred to as God’s ‘love letter’ to His followers. If you are one of those He loves, it’s time to uncover the messages meant for you today!
Author Don Nicely began this enlightening five-book series on faith over twenty years ago, continuously striving to simplify the concept of faith for readers. He recognizes that faith is the only thing that truly pleases God—not sacrifices or devotion. After nearly three decades of dedication to this work, he is proud to share this vital message with the world.
The first book, Understanding the Truth About Faith, provides a clear and insightful exploration of what it means to live a life filled with genuine faith. This is the kind of faith that resonates with God, leading Him to hear and answer your prayers. The Bible is filled with thousands of promises, practical wisdom, and historical insights that reveal the power and reality of God.
Faith can often seem like an abstract concept. While many believers can define it in their own words, what does true faith look like? How can we cultivate a faith strong enough to move mountains and overcome challenges? If you have questions about faith or God, this book offers the answers you seek. It won’t just tell you what to believe; it will guide you on how to believe and what the Bible genuinely says about faith.
This book is perfect for anyone wanting to explore the true nature of faith, strengthen their belief, or renew their spiritual journey. If you desire a life overflowing with the promises of God, Understanding the Truth About Faith is your starting point.
If you’re eager to cultivate a faith that strengthens your soul and spirit, begin by seeking God with intention. As you pursue a deeper relationship with your Creator, He will reveal Himself to you. James 4:8 reminds us: “Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” This verse, along with many others, will be unpacked and applied to your life throughout the book.
In This Book, You Will Learn:
- How to Receive True Faith
- Can You Have True Faith Without Works?
- How to Activate Your True Faith
- How to Truly Act on Your Faith
- Practical Ways to Put Faith into Action
- Can God Increase Our Faith?
- Can You Have Faith and Unbelief at the Same Time?
- What Is the Prayer of Faith and How Do We Use It?
Embark on your journey to a deeper understanding of faith today. Get your copy of Understanding the Truth About Faith and start living a life filled with God’s promises!
Get A Glimpse Of The Book…Introduction
Faith is often this grand idea that we believers speak of, and we could all probably sit down and define it in our own words, but what truly is faith? What does it look like to be a faithful person? And how do we get a faith that actually is powerful enough to move all out mountains or problems out of the way?
Jesus tells us in Matthew 11:23, “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.”
Now it is pretty easy to hear these words of Jesus and go on with your day thinking that it is just hyperbole. But I must tell you that it is not but I truly believe that you, your neighbor, your sister, your friends can have faith that moves mountains. Jesus in this verse says, “Truly I tell you…” just put your name in there. You can look at those mountains in your life, those situation in your life that seem impossible, those giants you are facing and say move, and they will move, is the name of Jesus. But how? Well, we will discuss more about that in book two of this series entitled “Faith That Can Move Mountains.”
It’s easy to think, “I haven’t been going to church that long, God surely wouldn’t hear me.” Or “it hasn’t happened before,” or “it didn’t happen last time when I asked God.” But Jesus responds with “have faith.” It doesn’t need to be this big faith. I mean you don’t have to have it all together and have this whole “faith” thing figured out.” Why? Because you can’t have faith in someone that you don’t really know.
Faith is about having a great relationship. So, if you want to have a stronger faith, a faith that moves mountains, invest in your relationship with God.
In the pages of God’s holy writings there’s a chapter dedicated to men and woman who were just like you and me. Yet they exceeded the boundaries of ordinary living. They are all included in a chapter written to the Jews. Which became known as the “The Hall of Faith.” They learned the secrets to success. And even though they suffered many pains along the way they all still marched on. God in his wisdom recorded their exploits in this great chapter in the New Testament for us to learn by. They endured all the hardships, fears, and pains of life. They used a formula that God has prepared for each of us to use to succeed in life. It is God’s greatest desire that you succeed in life. Look at what Jeremiah had to say about God’s plan for your life.
In Jeremiah chapter 29:11 it reads. For I knows the thoughts I think toward you. Saith the LORD, thoughts of peace and not evil to give you an expected end. KJV. But look at how the NLT bible translates this verse; “for I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
God has plans that we will fulfill the destiny that he has prepared for each of us. (For more information about discovering and walking in your destiny that God has prepared for you read my three-book series “Mastering Your Destiny” this three-book series about the Keys to Walking in the Perfect Will of God. It’s available at your better book distributors and amazon. He has plans to make our lives a picture of walking success with him. This formula that these early examples in the scriptures used is a simple formula. It’s a formula that has the power to completely remove all fear from your life. It is the formula that I personally use to live in victory over fear every day of my life.
Now although it’s quite natural to be fearful when you take on new challenges. It’s also quite natural to wonder about what your future has in store for you. It’s human to be fearful when you can’t see the other side of a new day. When you question whether the decision you made today is the right one. It’s human to wonder how it will affect your tomorrow.
When a tragedy strikes your life today and you’re uncertain of the proper course of action. Fear will grip your heart. It will attempt to choke the life from your very being. Each day seems like a struggle to get up in the morning and go to work. Just doing the ordinary life work gets difficult. You know the things that are our ordinary, mundane things of life. And if you’re not careful fear will try to become a stronghold in your life. So be aware and don’t give it a chance. It has the power to become a force that will keep you from succeeding if you allow it to.
Understanding about what true faith is truly is the anecdote to all these problems. In this first book of the five-book series on having true faith we will attempt to answer most of your questions about what faith is and how to walk in it. Then later of in the next four books we will discuss some of the faith greats of the Old Testament and how to apply the same principles that they used to overcome their obstacles in life.
Make today the day that you decide to become an over-comer and defeat the challenges that fear has in store for you. Since we know that God has a plan for each of us. We should decide to allow him the privilege of working in each of us. This will assure us that we will succeed. Friend please don’t fall be the wayside and miss out on God’s best for you. By settling for the GOOD in life. Good has always been the enemy of GREAT. Even though we all have a measure of faith. It must be “exercised” to develop into what God intends for it to be. Faith that pleases God is faith that knows in your knower. It’s faith that demonstrates trust in God. You without a doubt believe that he oversees your life no matter what the outside circumstances may show.
Our faith needs to be demonstrated in the various qualities of the Spirit. Qualities such as trust, love, hope, patience, endurance, etc. Without these qualities’ faith has little value or power this side of heaven.
Friends my wife Susie and I learned this very early on in our marriage. We knew that if we wanted his blessing on our union together. We would have to follow his leading. We knew that no matter where he led us. We had to follow. He has taken us from jobs that we made $25.00 an hour. To ministry assignments that paid us nothing to start. We heard and obeyed. We had built a great church in Ohio. And seven years ago, at the time of this writing 2025 God calls us to move to Florida and start a church plant with just seven people. To make it even more interesting he gave us no connections when we got there. Friends the blessing is in obedience. We must hear and obey.
In this series of five books, I’ve included biographies of great men and women of God. Who went against all the odds the world had set up for them! These people aren’t super spiritual as we may think.
Many failed in service to God on several occasions. Yet they believed God and it was accounted to them for righteousness. God uses the ordinary to do the extraordinary. They allowed their trust in God and their God-given vision that they possessed to be added to the kind of faith. The kind of faith that they needed at the time. This action produced the results they were looking for in their lives. They allowed the FEAR-FREE attitude to protect them no matter what God required them to do. Now in this series of five books I don’t go into the history of each of them. There are scores of books that have already written about these great men and women of God. But instead, I cut to the chase and highlight a type of faith that each hero demonstrates. For your convenience I’ve purposely named all these kinds of faith to begin with the letter “W”. In hopes that it would be easier for you to think of the character.
All you must do is remember the type of faith that each one demonstrated with their life. If you will learn to apply these same kinds of faith to your own life. You will soon be on the pathway to living FEAR-FREE! Only have faith in God, God Bless, Don