And the apostle said unto the Lord, increase our faith. -Luke 17:5

Be anxious about your faith, for all your graces hang upon it. Faith is the root-grace: all other virtues and graces spring from it, Tell me of love; how can I love Him in whom I do not believe. If I do not believe that there is a God, and that He is the rewarder of all them that diligently seek Him, how can I possibly love Him? Tell me of patience: how can I exercise patience unless I have faith? For faith looks to the recompense of the reward: she says, that “all things are working together for our good,” she believes that from our distresses the greater glory shall spring, and therefore she can endure. Tell me of courage: but who can have courage if he has not faith? Take what virtue you will, and you will see that it depends on faith. Faith is the silver thread upon which the pearls of the graces are to be strung. Break that, and you have broken the string and the pearls lie scattered on the ground, nor can you wear them for your own adornment. Faith is the mother of virtues. Faith is the fire which consumes the sacrifice. Faith is the water which nurtures the root. Faith is the sap which imparts vitality to all the branches. If you have not faith all your graces must die. And in proportion as your faith increases so will all your virtues, not all in the same proportion, but all in some degree. The man of little faith is the man of little love. The man of great faith is the man of great affection. He that has great faith in God could give himself to die for God, but he who has little faith in Him would shrink at the stake because his love would be feeble. Have care of your faith, for on that your virtue depends; and if you would cultivate things that are goodly, “things that are lovely, things that are of good repute,” things that are honorable to yourself, and pleasing to God, guard well your faith, for on your faith all things must rest.~ C.H. Spurgeon

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