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In this chapter, we are going to talk about faith. Faith can mean MANY things. But first, what is faith? According to to Google, this is what faith means:

faith - trust or confidence in someone or something.

Faith means to put every single ounce of your trust into another object or person. Basically, you're putting your life in that person's hands. Pretty scary right? It can be super scary if you put it in the wrong person's hands, too. 

God made every single person according to his image. For those who cannot comprehend that, it means that billions of lifetimes before you were born, He was shaping you to be who you are today. All the miracles and mistakes that have happend, all happen for a reason. Why? Because God set it to be that way. Whether something bad happend, like falling in class, or something good, like getting all A's on a final report card, were all ment to teach you something. 

Imagine Jesus as the ultimate mentor. A best friend, a dad, a teacher, therapist, and even a coach. He is someone you can look up to when no one else is there. You trust the people who are close to you right? God is closer to you than anybody else ever will be. He made you and wanted you be be close to him. Whether you feel Him there or not, He will always be there. 

So now that we have a better understanding for faith and who Jesus is, why should we have faith in him? This is an excerpt from Matthew 14:22-33:

22 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥. 23 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺. 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦, 24 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵.

25 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘦. 26 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥. "𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵," 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳.

27 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮: "𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦! 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘐. 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥."

28 "𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶," 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥, "𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳."

29 "𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦," 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵, 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴. 30 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵, "𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦!"

31 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮. "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩," 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, "W𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵?"

32 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 33 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, "𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥."

In this story, at first, none of the disciples had faith in Jesus. Peter asked Jesus if it was really him and walked on the water to Jesus. Peter was afraid, so he sank. Once Jesus caught him, he was no longer afraid. When you are with Jesus, you are never afraid. After Jesus got on the boat, the storm cleared. When Peter trusted in the Lord, the seemingly impossible became possible.

Having faith is important. With the Lord, anything and everything can happen. Jesus will help you at hardest of times when it seems no one is there for you. God will always be behind you, ready to listen. He is the closest person you will ever have to you.

BIBLE VERSE OF THE CHAPTER: FAITH

"'If you can?' said Jesus. 'Everything is possible for one who believes.'" - Mark 9:23