The Trinity is three Persons in one God — Father, Son, and Spirit, each distinct, each fully divine. Faith is the instrument that accesses everything God has provided. This supplement brings those two truths together: you don't pray to an abstraction, you pray to a triune Person — and you approach Him in faith, not in vague hope.

Based on everything we've studied so far, one truth stands out crystal clear: all of God's blessings come through faith. If you want to receive what you need in this life—and in the life to come—you must have faith and put it to work.

Nothing in Scripture is more obvious than this: faith is absolutely essential to receive the benefits of the gospel. And here's the flip side—you receive according to how much faith you have.

Think of it like a faucet: the wider you open it, the more water flows. The law of faith works the same way: "nothing doubting... according to your faith, so be it done unto you... If thou canst believe, all things are possible" Matthew 9:28-29Mark 1:15Mark 9:23Mark 11:22-24Mark 16:17James 1:5-8Hebrews 11:6Romans 12:6.

If you receive little, it's because you have little faith. If you receive much, you have much faith. If you waver, you get nothing.

If you believe for one thing but not another, you only get the one thing. You can always tell how much faith you have by what you receive.

If a person gives up in the battle and quits believing for what they've asked, it's not God's fault they don't receive. It's their own.

II. God Never Rebukes Faith

People have been rebuked for lack of faith, but never for having faith or for asking great things from God Matthew 6:30Matthew 14:31Matthew 16:8Luke 24:25James 1:5-8.

There should never be any doubt about receiving from God if you'll simply see to it that you have faith without doubting or questioning. The answering part is God's job—so why should you, a small human being, worry so much about that?

Leave all that worry to God. He's responsible for the answer, and He will answer if you exercise true faith.

Your part is to ask, simply believe, and refuse to doubt after you've prayed. If you would take care of your part of the program, God would take care of His—and there would be no failure.

When you start meddling with God's business—the answering part—that's when God lets you sweat. He lets you alone until you take care of your own part, and then the answer comes.

If the law of faith says that no answer is granted until all doubting, questioning, unbelief, and worrying cease, then let's settle this once and for all: God is not going to break His own law to please someone who spends more time criticizing God for not answering than praising Him for the answer.

If you want answers, stop worrying about how and when God is going to carry out His part. Let God run His own business in His own way and time.

Be patient and faithful until He answers, and prayer will become a simple, natural part of your life.