Seven Steps to the Highest Kind of Faith
Pastors Rodney & Adonica Howard-BrownePublish date: 10/26/2025
Foundation Scripture:
Have faith in God. Mark 11:22 KJV
1. Faith in God.
a. Faith is the hand that receives from God.
b. The highest kind of faith is faith that knows its rights in Christ.
c. Faith that acts on the Word without wavering.
2. Step 1 – Know the Reality of the New Creation.
a. 2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV –– Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
b. Salvation is not a repair job; it is a new birth.
c. You are not an improved sinner.
d. You are a recreated spirit, born of God.
e. God is your Father; His nature, righteousness, and life dwell in you.
f. Faith begins when you know who you are in Christ.
3. Step 2 – Know the Reality of Your Righteousness.
a. 2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV –– For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.
b. Righteousness is your right standing with God.
c. You can stand before the Father without fear, guilt, or inferiority.
d. When you pray, you do not beg.
e. You stand as a son.
f. Faith thrives where righteousness is understood.
4. Step 3 – Know the Reality of the Indwelling Spirit.
a. 1 John 4:4 KJV –– Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.
b. The Holy Ghost lives inside the believer.
c. The same power that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you (Rom. 8:11).
d. Become God-inside-minded—aware of His presence in every situation.
e. Faith speaks boldly because the Greater One abides within.
5. Step 4 – Know the Reality of Fellowship with the Father.
a. 1 Corinthians 1:9 KJV –– God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
b. 1 John 1:3–4 KJV –– Truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.
c. The reason for redemption is fellowship.
d. Relationship without fellowship is like marriage without love.
e. Fellowship births joy, peace, and strength; it is the mother of faith.
f. Faith grows in the warmth of fellowship.
6. Step 5 – Know the Reality of the Authority of the Name of Jesus.
a. Philippians 2:9-11 KJV –– Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
b. Jesus received His name in three ways:
- by inheritance, as He was with the Father from the beginning.
- by bestowal from God the Father due to His obedience.
- and by conquest, as He triumphed over evil.
c. That Name carries Heaven’s full authority.
d. Mark 16:17-18 KJV –– And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
e. Acts 3:16 KJV –– And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
f. When you speak that Name in faith, all of Heaven stands behind you.
g. The devil hears that Name as if Jesus Himself were speaking.
h. Faith acts in the power of the Name.
7. Step 6 – Know the Reality of the Word.
a. John 17:17 KJV –– Thy Word is truth.
b. Romans 10:17 KJV –– Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.
c. God’s Word is His will.
d. It is the final authority.
e. The Word is a living covenant, unchanging and eternal.
f. When you act on the Word, you put God to work on your behalf.
g. Faith rests on what God said—not on what man sees.
8. Step 7 – Know the Reality of the Indwelling Power of the Holy Ghost.
a. John 14:16–17 KJV –– He shall give you another Comforter… He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
b. Acts 1:8 KJV –– Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you.
c. The baptism in the Holy Ghost and fire is a subsequent experience to salvation.
d. The Spirit within gives life; the Spirit upon gives power.
e. This is the believer’s anointing to demonstrate the Gospel.
f. Faith, at its highest, walks in the continual power of the Holy Ghost.
9. Highest Kind of Faith.
a. 1 John 5:4 KJV –– This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
b. The highest kind of faith is not struggle—it is rest in revelation.
c. When you know who you are, what you have, and Who lives in you, you will speak with authority, walk in dominion, and demonstrate Christ to your generation.
d. Live in these seven realities, and faith will rise to its highest kind.