Faith Can Be
- Sarah Ind
- Dec 5, 2021
- 7 min read
Updated: Feb 28, 2025
Trust
Belief
Sureness
Assurance
Certainty
Trust in God
Belief in God
Strong belief
A quiet safety
Being persuaded
Proved by works
Trusting in God
What we walk by
An abiding trust
Believing in God
A reasoning trust
Committing to God
Confidence in God
Strong conviction
The best divinity
The soul’s venture
Assent to the truth
Spiritual conviction
The object of belief
The opposite of fear
The venture of trust
A gift to be received
A vitamin of the soul
Complete trust in God
The opposite of doubt
A command that we obey
A passionate intuition
An assurance of heaven
An understanding grace
Belief that God exists
Reason gone courageous
Belief that has warrant
The opposite of anxiety
The vision of the heart
Acting in, or from, hope
Hope when all seems lost
Not belief without proof
A homely, private capital
Much more noble than gold
The soul riding at anchor
Trust without reservation
Confidence in Jesus Christ
Confidence or trust in God
The root of all good works
The antidote to frustration
A humble, self-denying grace
Not worrying about the future
Probable evidence of any kind
The solvent that sets us free
Feeling confident and trusting
Believing something is possible
Trusting ourselves to the water
An operation of the Spirit of God
An open profession of gospel truth
Strength when we feel we have none
A feeling of existential confidence
A belief that God’s promises are true
A valuable foundation for flourishing
Trust, assurance and confidence in God
Holding out a hand to an invisible Guide
Trust, confidence, assurance, and belief
What helps us run the race set before us
The belief that God will do what is right
A doctrine or system of doctrines believed
A living, daring confidence in God's grace
A system of revealed truths received by us
A responsiveness to practical hope and truth
Not faith until it’s all we’re holding on to
Not the belief that God will do what we want
The flame that lifts the sacrifice to heaven
Knowing that the future is all in God’s hands
Knowledge of specific truths, revealed by God
Trusting our Creator for all we have not seen
The soul going out of itself for all its wants
The subtle chain that binds us to the infinite
The sum of truths revealed by God in Scripture
Taking God at His Word and taking the next step
Following God’s will when we don’t understand it
Belief in the doctrines or teachings of the Bible
Confidence based on a perceived degree of warrant
The conviction of realities we cannot see or feel
Inner certainty or attitude of love granted by God
Trusting, holding out a hand to an invisible Guide
Being persuaded or convinced that something is true
Not a leap into the dark, but a step into the light
The key that unlocks the cabinet of God’s treasures
Relaxing and floating, not grabbing hold of the water
The effectual means of obtaining the change we desire
The pencil of the soul, that pictures heavenly things
Simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step
A dependence that inclines us to obey God in all things
Not belief without proof, but trust without reservation
Trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse
A deep feeling of security for the present and the future
Confidence in God and a belief that His promises are true
The bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark
The habit or virtue by which Bible truths are assented to
The judgment that what God states or testifies is the truth
Trust in the promises of God, or His truth and faithfulness
A vitamin of the soul, without which we can’t live in health
Not the ability to believe long and far into the misty future
Hoping - or acting in the hope that - the God who saves exists
Taking the first step even when we don’t see the whole staircase
Taking the first step even when we don't see the whole staircase
Knowing Whom we trust, and for what and upon what grounds we trust
The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen
A trust in and commitment to what we have reason to believe is true
The strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light
The assent of the mind to the truth of a proposition advanced by God
The greatest legacy we can pass on to our children and grandchildren
Being convinced that the universe is under the control of a loving God
Believing that God is going to take us places before we even get there
Practical commitment beyond the evidence to our belief that God exists
Believing that behind the harsh appearances of the world there is a God
The knowledge of, acceptance of, and trust in the promise of the Gospel
Confidence in God’s ability to bring us through every circumstance of life
The substance or assurance of things we hope for, but have not yet received
To believe what we do not see, and to be rewarded by seeing what we believe
Assent to truths on the basis of an authoritative source of divine revelation
The assent of the mind or understanding to the truth of what God has revealed
Trusting God, believing that He loves us, and knows best what is for our good
Trusting God - believing that He loves us, and knows best what is for our good
The best equipage for the storm of adversity, and the atmosphere of selfishness
The utter dependence upon the truth, the power, the justice, and the mercy of God
A trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God
Putting all our eggs in God’s basket, then counting our blessings before they hatch
Striking out, with no clear end in sight and perhaps no clear view of the next step
Striking out, with no clear end in sight and perhaps no clear view of the next step
The handle by which we take God’s promises and apply them to our particular problems
To make a practical commitment - the kind involved in trusting God, or trusting in God
Inner attitude, conviction, or trust relating us to a supreme God or ultimate salvation
A humble, self-denying grace that makes the Christian nothing in himself, and all in God
The divinely inspired human response to God’s historical revelation through Jesus Christ
Security arising from the firm trust in an infinite, almighty, and incomprehensible Being
Trusting commitment to God, motivated by, and directed towards, love of God as our true end
The art of holding on to things our reason has once accepted, in spite of our changing moods
The assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists
A steadfast pursuit of God through all that disguises, disfigures, demolishes and seeks to abolish Him
Accepting, receiving, and resting upon Christ alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life
The gift of God imparted to the obedient heart through the Word of God and the ministry of the Holy Ghost
Like the evening star shining into our souls more brightly, the deeper is the night of death in which we sin
Believing God's promises, trusting in his faithfulness, and relying on God's character and faithfulness to act
A living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that we could stake our life on it a thousand times
Expecting a sea of golden grain from the bleak, barren, endless fields – watered only by our tears – where we walk alone
The king’s messenger from the celestial world, to bring all he supplies we need out of the fulness that there is in Christ
Accepting and believing the truth that God reveals about Himself, supremely in the person of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ
The king’s messenger from the celestial world, to bring all the supplies we need out of the fulness that there is in Christ
The assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by God, resting on his authority and veracity, without other evidence
A belief of, trust in, and reliance on the person of Jesus and his work of atonement accomplished through his death on the cross
The act of the intellect assenting to a Divine truth owing to the movement of the will, which is itself moved by the grace of God
A place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty
A deep feeling of security for the present and the future, arising from the firm trust in an infinite, almighty, and incomprehensible God
The firm belief of God's testimony, and of the truth of the gospel, which influences the will, and leads to an entire reliance on Christ for salvation
The assent of the mind to the truth of divine revelation, on the authority of God's testimony, accompanied with a cordial assent of the will or approbation of the heart
An inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly
Principally juridical: it is the faithfulness or truthfulness with which we adhere to a treaty or promise and with which God and Israel adhere to the Covenant between them
Simple belief of the scriptures, of the being and perfections of God, and of the existence, character and doctrines of Christ, founded on the testimony of the sacred writers
Belief in the existence of God, in the reality of a transcendent domain that God administers as His kingdom and in the benevolence of the will of God or of God's plan for humankind
A firm and certain knowledge of God’s benevolence towards us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts through the Holy Spirit
An entire confidence or trust in God's character and declarations, and in the character and doctrines of Christ, with an unreserved surrender of the will to His guidance, and dependence on His merits for salvation
The experience of daily living in a dynamic and new personal relationship with God through a transplanted “heart” of godly passions and emotions and a renewed “mind” of godly thoughts and wise Spirit directed personal choices