The book was written shortly after overcoming a major milestone in the churches ministry regarding the construction and completion of their first building. Through this period, Phil Pringle and his team encountered many obstacles that tried to thwart their plans to put up their first building. Pringle, however, ‘found it very difficult to not …show more content…
He argues that faith is indeed a feeling, but a ‘feeling of absolute confidence’5 without which we ‘will surely fail when we attempt something bigger than our abilities’5. This personally gives me a way to evaluate where I am at regarding different aspects of my life in terms of whether I’m in a place of doubt or confidence.
Pringle emphasizes the importance of the relationship between the word of God and faith and how we need constant daily replenishing of the word in our lives. He also addresses another misconception by insisting that it is the ‘word of God which gives us faith and not miracles.’6 We tend to think that if God could just provide this one thing we need, that there is no way we could ever doubt God again, that by God coming through for us for certain things, that our faith will be propelled to the highest it can ever be.
The core of the book consists of in-depth teaching backed by scriptures about the relationship