If you desire to live by faith, I've got something for you.

There are indicators to let us know if we are truly in faith, or not.

Sometimes we like to convince ourselves that we are when we are really just dressing up our pride. We want people to see that we have faith, so we put on a performance of faith that's so good even we think we have it.

But faith cannot be performed. If it feels fake, or like a put-on, it probably is.

So, how do we know if true faith is present? One word: expectation.

Faith always produces confident expectation. It's when you are absolutely sure in a certain outcome, even though you can't see it yet.

If you go to church expecting to receive from God, you will, because you showed up with faith.

But if you show up without expectation, you'll gain nothing while the person next to you is getting a breakthrough.

Do yourself a favor and stir up expectation every time you go to church, or obey the Word, or seek the Lord in prayer.

Expect God to reward you EVERY TIME you diligently seek Him.