Essential parts to Faith

"The tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance." 1 Nephi 1:20.

What is faith?

There are two parts of faith:

1. Belief
2. Action

Belief is to believe. To believe is to have a thought of something, of anything and visualizing that as a reality, a creation, a fruition. It is accepting the thought in your mind as a possible reality, of an actually outcome that can be brought into existence.

For example, I can have an empty garden and backyard, but have the thought of my garden filled with tulips and a few apple and peach trees spotted around my home. Belief is taking those thoughts and in my mind and heart, visualizing that into existence. I think and feel it into existance, into creation, into fruition, but it starts in my mind and my heart. This is belief, the first part of faith.

The second part of faith is works, action, doing something about the thought and feelings I have towards the backyard filled with tulips and fruit trees. The second part of faith is woorks, action, doing something about the thought and feelling I want to make, to create into existence, into reality. I water my flower, apple tree and peach tree. I sing to them. I make sure the sun is shining down on them each day. I am working, doing .and acting on my belief that one day, a flow will blossom, apples andpeaches will produce.

"The tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance." 1 Nephi 1:20.

Believe with the mind and heart and act and do with the body and the Lord's tender mercies will be upon us, empowering us to deliverance.

I can nurture that thought and visualize in my mind's eye of the tulips and trees there.