THE NECESSITY OF MOVING TOWARD A STRONG FAITH | Apostle Yves CASTANOU

The necessity of progressing toward a strong faith

You won’t just be known as a “Christian.” You’ll be known as a man, a woman who walked with God in their generation!

Here’s the truth: God doesn’t want harmless, silent, decorative believers who simply attend church. No. He wants powerful, solid, grounded men and women. People who are recognized in the invisible world as those walking with God.

Colossians 2:6–7 – So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith…

You may have received Jesus, but are you walking in Him? Are you rooted? Are you strengthened? Is your faith progressing? Is your trust in God robust? That’s the real question.

God corrected me Himself — I heard it clearly. He told me: “Don’t say ‘grow in faith’ anymore, but ‘progress in faith.’” Because “growing” sounds like something that happens automatically over time. But “progressing” is intentional. It’s a decision. It’s a fight. It’s a passionate pursuit!

Trust in God is not automatic

Every man God has used mightily had to learn to progress in faith. And to grow in faith, one must learn to trust Him in the midst of contradictions.

Your faith will never be ignored. It will always be required. Especially when you seek to break through, go beyond natural limits, and destroy satanic limitations.

Luke 8:25 – Jesus asked them this revealing question: Where is your faith?

Not: do you have faith? No. He said, “where?” Because it wasn’t a question of existence, but of position, maturity, intensity.

Jesus didn’t rebuke them for not having faith — no, they had already received it! But their faith was weak, nervous, fragile, emotional. A faith unprepared to withstand pressure.

You can lead prayer, sing, dance, preach… and not have strong faith. Even spiritual gifts — prophecy, healing, miracles — can operate in your life without your faith being firm. It’s not your anointing heaven looks at, it’s your inner stature. Your trust when nothing works. Your ability to stand when everything shakes.

And that, it’s not automatic: It’s a journey. A process.

Time and patience: catalysts of strong faith

When God wants to grow your faith, He uses two formidable ingredients: time and patience.

Look at Abraham. A man called to be the father of nations. A man God viewed as THE model of faith in the entire Bible (Romans 4:17). Yet he waited 24 years before seeing his promise fulfilled. Twenty-four years of humiliation, accusations, barrenness, mockery, and doubts.

And yet, the Bible says: “He did not waver in his faith.” He remained strong. He considered the One who made the promise faithful. He looked at his own body as dead, but he didn’t consider the evidences.

That’s where strong faith is recognized.

  • Weak faith looks at symptoms.
  • Weak faith crumbles before diagnostics.
  • But strong faith says: “You see my pain? I feel it, but I don’t consider it; I consider what God said!”

It’s not magical. Abraham preserved his faith through a lifestyle. He fed it daily. He remained exposed to the Word. He stayed in praise. He stayed in the attitude of faith. He declared. He worshipped. He obeyed. That’s why his faith went from weak to strong.

You are no different. You can progress too. And you will progress if you accept the school of patience. The place where God crushes dependency on immediacy. Where He shapes the heart in silence. Where He works on your mindset so you no longer speak like the world, but speak like God!

The weakness of faith is the power of doubt

You can have faith and at the same time be paralyzed by doubt. This mix is destructive: Faith + Unbelief = Zero results.

Many people believe in God… but doubt He will act for them.

  • They know God is great, but they think their situation is too damaged for God to intervene.
  • They believe God heals, but not that God will heal them.
  • They believe God can call things into existence, but not that He would do it for their own case.

It’s a barren faith. An “emotional” faith.

But when you cut off doubt and your faith becomes an unshakable conviction, the invisible world is forced to move. God is forced to act.

David understood this. When everyone said Goliath was “too tough,” David said, “that’s nothing!” Why? Because he wasn’t looking at the size of the giant but at the size of his God. That’s what strong faith produces.

Your faith can always progress

In Romans 12:3, it says that each of us has been given a measure of faith. That measure is not a ceiling; it’s a foundation. A seed destined to sprout, grow, progress… become “strong.”

And like a muscle, for it to become strong, it must be exercised. Through the Word. Through prayer. Through proclamation. Through trials.

The more you pass the tests while holding on to trust, the more your faith is strengthened. It becomes an armor. It becomes a governance system in your mind. It becomes an internal software that refuses to consider evidences, only believing what God said.

For your faith to progress, expose yourself to the right source!

Faith comes — it comes! — from what is heard. And what is heard comes from the Word of God (Romans 10:17).

So expose yourself to the Word until it explodes in you. Become addicted to Scripture. Not a TikTok addict, not a fear addict, but madly in love with the promises of God. The facts of God! His decrees.

Paul said in Hebrews that what God has already declared is a fact! In Jesus, through His blood, we already have redemption (Ephesians 1:7). Not: “we will have.” He said: “we have.” It’s an established fact.

We now only need to believe this fact, to declare it, to expose it, to proclaim it… until it becomes visible reality on earth! That is the fight of faith.

When faith becomes strong, the package is released. When your trust becomes unshakable, heaven says: “OK now, fulfill what You promised me!” And that’s when miracles happen.

Don’t say “it’s hard” anymore — say “it’s nothing for my God.”

Say with me: “I am progressing toward a strong faith.” Say again: “I no longer doubt, I believe!” And let your heart embrace this truth.

Let’s pray together

Father, I give You thanks. Today, I decide to no longer just go to church, but to walk with You by faith. Lord, strengthen my trust. I choose to consider Your Word, and not my symptoms. Your promise, and not visible limitations. Give me the patience to see it fulfilled. Revive my faith! I refuse a weak faith. From this day on, I am progressing toward a strong, unshakable, burning faith. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen!

🙏 If you’ve never received the life of Jesus, pray this prayer with faith:

Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that I need You. I believe that You died for my sins and rose again. Today, I accept You as my Lord and Savior. Help me progress in faith, and lead me every day. Amen.

At the heart of the Bible

  • Colossians 2:6–7 – Walk in Him, rooted, strengthened in faith
  • Romans 4:20 – He did not waver, but was strengthened
  • Hebrews 6:12 – Imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises
  • Romans 10:17 – Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the Word
  • Ephesians 1:7 – We have redemption through His blood
  • Romans 12:3 – Measure of faith given to each one

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