Keep the faith! Based on the book "Crazy Faith: It's Only Crazy Until It Happens" by Michael Todd

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As some chapters are knowingly closing, often times we still need a leap of faith to either close that chapter and or hop into the new.

As I’m getting to the point of closing the chapter of being a foreign student in Turkey I still need faith to do so. Even with multiple proof surrounding me (e.g. past semesters, projects, etc.) I still need to make that leap of faith. In Dutch we say “de laatste loodjes wegen het zwaarst”, Literal Translation: The last pieces of lead are heaviest; meaning: The last few things are the most difficult ones. Yet I know that me graduation remains crazy… until it happens.

As I continue my journey of going back to how I started building knowledge as a child, by reading books. ? This time with: Crazy Faith: It's Only Crazy Until It Happens by Michael Todd

From Crazy Faith, Baby Faith, Maybe Faith, Waiting Faith, Hasty Faith, Wavy Faith, Lazy Faith all the way to Active Faith, I've decided to share the following:

1. Intellectual Agreement + Trust = Faith
2. What seems crazy in one season will be counted as faith in another.
3. It takes great faith to take baby steps too.
4. The truth is, most people who want to be great don’t want to do anything on a small scale.
5. Crazy faith is not where you start: it is where you find yourself after you’re diligent and dedicated to exercising baby faith.
6. Walking in faith comes from crawling in faith.
7. Don’t belittle your imagination! It's God given. It's divine. Those daydreams could be God trying to show you a glimpse of the future that is possible for you if you would only believe Him enough to move toward it. No matter how small your baby step is, taking it still requires faith. And trust me, there is big power in small faith.
8. “You could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move”
9. The difference for believers is that our faith is not in ourselves and our own abilities but in the omnipotent God in whom we trust.
10. God has a plan for each one of us.
11. Become as humble as little children: they trust first. They are born with baby faith and act on it regularly. They believe what adults tell them because they have no past experiences that fuel their fears. There are no conditions on their trust.
12. What you experienced was unique to you and has shaped you in many ways.
13. Get yourself a community who will cheer for you and encourage you in your baby steps!
14. Do what you are capable to do at this time.
15. People may not understand how valuable your pint-sized progression toward purpose really is, but don’t let anybody make you feel bad for working your muscle faith.
16. Every step out of your comfort zone is momentous.
17. Each step past fear makes you a walking miracle.
18. Every time you share your testimony is monumental. The words you speak in faith bring momentum.
19. Do not despise small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin. (Zechariah 4:10)
20. God multiplies gifts and faith
21. God cares about what we care about; Proof: give all our worries and cares to God because He cares about us. (1 Peter 5:7)
22. If you have faith you will receive it (Matthew 21:22)
23. Prayer should be your first response, not our last resort.
24. If it’s important to you, it’s important to God.
25. There’s nothing wrong with learning lessons at a low level.
26. Crazy faith develops as a result of consistently working my baby faith.
27. Hope is fuel for our faith.
28. The best thing about hope is that it’s free.
29. Our words and prayers and confessions have power.
30. Whatever you hope for, that’s as far as your confidence will grow.
31. [Maybe Faith] Maybe does not have to kill your momentum. It may the start of a miracle.
32. Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. (Hebrews 12:2)
33. Faith in God begins where human understanding ends.
34. The ‘maybe’ doesn’t cancel out the faith.
35. The answers to your questions are not found in what you are believing for; they’re found in whom you are believing in.
36. The idea of being 100% sure is overrated.
37. We like to know everything in advance because it makes us feel more in control of a situation.
38. Faith only starts when we realize that we aren’t in control and we don’t know and begin to trust the One who is and does. We have to be only sure enough and confident enough to believe enough for Him to move in our lives.
39. You can’t do anything without faith.
40. You can’t receive an answer to prayer without faith.
41. Faith is the foundation of any great move of God.
42. We can’t receive the miracles, the life transformation, the wholeness, or the revival that God wants His people to experience until we level u in our faith.
43. Your invisible receipt is faith.
44. The pain of faith is real, but it never outweighs the promise of faith.
45. You don’t know what you’re being saved from and what you’re being saved for, but God does.
46. His plans for me far exceed anything in my wildest dreams, but it depends on my willingness to trust Him and get going.
47. If Jesus had the audacity to have that level of faith in us 9the (crucifixion), what is stopping us from believing we can do great things?
48. There is a big difference between claiming you have faith and actually living out a life of faith.
49. If you don’t trust God’s word enough to put your weight on it, then you don’t actually have faith in Him.
50. If you claim to believe God gave you a vision but you don’t trust enough to act on that knowledge, you aren’t putting your weight on Him.
51. When we fully lean into the promises of God, it brings our Creator glory.
52. He’s never broken a promise or lost a battle, and He never will.
53. Put your weight on it (everything you want (to do) e.g. writing a blog, a vision, take a job offer, etc.)
54. Trust Him and take the ‘maybe’ step of faith.
55. To parents: “Just because you don’t have the childlike trust to believe for something, do not tell your children it’s impossible.”
56. Crazy Faith prepares with expectation even in the face of opposition.
57. [Waiting Faith] The gap between promise and provision us the hard part.
58. Settling for a counterfeit version of the promise you’re waiting for never does satisfy you.
59. If you settle for filling it with other things, you will always end up disappointed, you could delay the promise even more.
60. He will also grant you the grace to wait for His provision.
61. Wait on God as in, serve Him; find a way to support someone else’s vision.
62. The right thing in the wrong timing is a curse.
63. If fear is the root, the fruit will be rotten.
64. When we allow pressure, comparison, discontentment, or impatience to lead us, waiting faith turns into hasty faith.
65. When you have hasty faith you do not pay attention to God’s last instruction to you. You forget your orders, and instead of staying obedient, you make up your own options. [The attitude of ‘ I’ll figure it out’]
66. Waiting is hard, especially when what seems hasty to God feels like good timing to you.
67. Learn to wait.
68. Your feelings are your worst leader.
69. Feelings are God given and should be used as important indicators. But when you let your feelings lead you, it usually ends up making you forfeit something God had for you.
70. Don’t let your opinion void your faith.
71. What seems right now like a delay may end up taking us to our destiny.
72. Anointing isn’t enough. It has to be mixed with faithful obedience.
73. Don’t be too quick, don’t make a false start.
74. The only thing harder than waiting on God is wishing you would have.
75. Rather than giving in to panic or discouragement, we remembered God’s instructions and we trusted.
76. God will give you the promise, but first you’ve got to have waiting faith. Don’t panic. Trust.
77. Be faithful with the little you have now.
78. Serve His people.
79. Wait on Him.
80. The unfamiliar causes to act in fear (instead of faith).
81. Wayve faith examines before expressing.
82. If you don’t give unfamiliar situations in your life enough time to unfold, you might label something evil when it’s actually of God.
83. You can make your frustration in the storm make you speak doubt or death.
84. What looks like a setback may be a setup.
85. Can God use the unfamiliar to deepen your understanding? Are you restrained by routine? Or can you stay committed when it’s not clear?
86. Wavy Faith becomes Crazy faith when it’s exposed to greater faith.
87. It’s our job to trust wholeheartedly in the Savior of the world and get closer to Him.
88. It’s not up to you to change the course of your life and your family and your business; it’s up to the One who made the wind and the waves and you. Draw near to Him, because He is mighty to save.
89. Good, bad, or ugly, every circumstance in your life us either God-used or God-sent.
90. Some storms are scheduled.
91. If you’re in the middle of a storm, step back and evaluate.
92. Where God sends, He always supplies.
93. Don’t strive, stride.
94. Everything that seems crazy but is God-ordained will happen.
95. He’s right there, ready to catch you if you fall to fear or distraction.
96. It’s always more about who we have faith in than what we have faith for.?
97. God can handle your doubt, but He responds to your faith.
98. Prayer is prep work.
99. Every miracle has an act of faith attached to it, but the responsibility to manifest that miracle is on God’s shoulders. He’s strong enough to handle it and our posture must be to humbly recognize that we are not.
100. Everybody has to get a prophetic word but most are too lazy to do the prophetic work. We want God to bless us with more but we're too lazy to steward what He’s already given us.
101. Your personality will have to submit to your purpose.
102. Don’t sacrifice your future promise on the altar of your present preference.
103. Faith that won’t quit.
104. Lazy faith won't bring what seems insignificant to Christ. It doesn't feel like we should bother Him with something small, something that matters only to us. But cast all your anxiety on Him (1 Peter 5:7)
105. It takes active faith to cast your cares.
106. As believers, we have to learn to persevere, to keep trying even when the promise doesn’t come as easily as we hoped.
107. Lazy Faith thinks one attempt is adequate.
108. Don’t be lazy and allow the crowd that surrounds your promise to deter you from reaching for it!
109. Maybe the setback has significance. Maybe the obstacle is an opportunity in disguise.
110. Obstacles you're up against right now are proof that you're exactly where you're supposed to be.
111. Keep moving forward.
112. If you truly believe there’s something amazing waiting for you on the other side, one attempt is not adequate.
113. Active Faith puts in the work to figure out another way. (Don’t assume the only way in is through the door).
114. It might cost you more and require more effort and make people stare at you like you’re crazy. But how bad do you want it?
115. If you identify the right ‘why’ you will work for it like crazy.
116. Lazy faith wants credit for every ounce of effort. Active faith gets credit in eternity
117. Lazy faith won’t figure it out but active fait won’t settle.
118. Remain consistent in your active faith, and resist the urge to get lazy.
119. Lasting change takes discipline, building discipline takes time.
120. Be diligent in your work and keep putting all you’ve learned into practice.
121. Your ‘why’ is so much more important than the way you feel.
122. Hold on to the promises of God, declare what I believe, stand firm in the midst of frustration.
123. Somebody else’s faith ain’t gonna get it done.
124. Why on earth would you trade the faith that’s brought you here?
125. God is not a genie.
126. You’re going to have to hear the hate but hold on to the hope.
127. Haters: (might be) people who love you, but they don’t have the same hope.
128. As long as you’re in God’s presence, there is hope.
129. Haters may shout hate from the back, but there is hope because Jesus is up front.
130. I’m no better than anyone else, but I am different from everyone else.
131. We may go through what others have gone through but that doesn't automatically mean we will come out the same way they did.
132. I am the exception.
133. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.
134. Be vocal about your faith in the midst of your pain.

?It is still okay to disagree with an author (except for an autobiography).