A study from Vince Baker Ministries
What does “Faith is an act” mean?
James gives a concrete example when he describes meeting a brother or sister’s practical needs. Giving food or clothing puts an expressed faith into action. Hebrews describes Noah building the ark in response to God’s warning. In both passages, belief gives shape to a decision someone can see.
What can we do while we wait for God?
The ark saying below distinguishes the work Noah was given from the work God Himself did in Genesis 7. Use that distinction when reading the bolder sayings about speaking and receiving. Take responsibility for the act of obedience you can name. Bring the outcome and its timing to God in prayer.
Scripture to read alongside the quotes
- James 2:14-26 · KJV
- Hebrews 11:7 · KJV
- Mark 11:22-25 · KJV
Read the digitized 1924 edition of Ever Increasing Faith. Source notes identify passages and later attributions.
25 Smith Wigglesworth quotes on faith
“Act in faith, and the Lord will meet you.”
Source: Ever Increasing Faith (1924), The Gift of Prophecy.
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Open this quote“Fear looks — Faith jumps.”
Open this quote“Inactivity of faith is a robber, which steals blessing.”
Open this quote“There are two things essential; first, love, and second, determination, a boldness of faith that will cause God to fulfill His word.”
Open this quote“Ask for what you want; believe, receive from God, and thank God for it.”
Open this quote“Faith is an act.”
Open this quote“When faith lays hold, impossibilities must yield.”
Open this quote“A prayer without faith is without accomplishment.”
Open this quote“I long to be in a great revival that will eclipse anything we have ever thought of. I have faith to believe it is coming.”
Open this quote“God wants to give you a faith that shakes hell!”
Open this quote“To the man of Faith there is not a thing that is not opportunity.”
Open this quote“It is like receiving a gift; you don’t know that you have it till you act in faith.”
Open this quote“No wavering. This is the principle: He who believes is definite. A definite faith brings a definite experience and a definite utterance.”
Open this quote“Real faith built the ark, but real faith did not shut the door. God did that. He does what you cannot do.”
Open this quote“Dare to believe, and then dare to speak, and you shall have whatsoever you say if you doubt not.”
Open this quote“There are boundless possibilities for us if we dare to act in God and dare to believe!”
Open this quote“Brothers and sisters, as you ask, BELIEVE.”
Open this quote“When the gift of Faith is in operation, you know ahead of time what the Holy Spirit is going to do.”
Open this quote“When we believe God, all things are easy.”
Open this quote“Prayer is without accomplishment unless it is accompanied by faith.”
Open this quote“Believers were designed to operate in what is called: the law of faith.”
Open this quote“To the man of faith, everything that is contrary to the will and the Word of God is nothing but an opportunity to prove that God is true.”
Open this quote“The man who believes God has it.”
Open this quote“I'll only pray for you once — to pray twice is unbelief.”
Open this quote“There is something about believing God that will cause Him to pass over a million people to get to you.”
