Faith is TRUST, not positive thinking

First, I would like to apologize to my opponent for forfeiting the last round. I lost track of time during the weekend and failed to reply in time. Thank you for posting in spite of my failure to meet the deadline. FAITH AS POWER? First, the Bible doesn't ever state that God NEEDS us to believe in order to be God or to act on our behalf. Faith is not a conduit for God's decisions, but a mindset that trusts Him to make the best decision possible. Surely, this can create a POSITION OF POWER. knowing that we are freed from worry and doubt. It also frees us from having to constantly "cross our fingers" and make sure that we convince ourselves that God is going to do something because we now have "enough faith". After all, do you really think that you have faith if you have to convince yourself to believe? HAVE YOU NO FAITH? Let's reiterate the passage my opponent used: "4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.4:40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?"(Mark 4:39-40) My opponent stated, "Now let's us discuss this part, what if they didn't woke Jesus up? What if they just simply pray? Do you think the whole situation will change? Yes, indeed. Because they didn't believe, they didn't have faith enough therefore the storm will come and they won't be prepared." This was a great scripture because it provides so much support for my argument. Jesus' point was not that they did not pray - it was that they HAD FEAR. Praying when the storm came would have resulted in the same situation, since it would have been DUE to the fear they felt. true faith would have allowed them to just fall asleep alongside Christ and the rest of those on the boat, fully trusting that God was not going to allow things to end badly. TAKE NO THOUGHT My opponent stated, "If you trust, you not just need some positive thinking, but also positive manner, to believe God will do good things, and everything God does are good" using the following scripture as basis: "6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?"(Matthew 6:25) There is nothing in that scripture that talks about positive thinking nor "acting positive". It actually states that you should not even "take a though" to what you need. How can you "be positive" about something that you don't even THINK about? Surely what this verse is demonstrating is that faith is about leaving it to God and not even worrying about trying to "name and claim" things for yourself. The following verses demonstrates why: "26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[a]? 28 And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Clearly, Jesus is teaching that we should not even CONCERN ourselves with these things. He is in control. The sign of true faith is a lack of fear and worry, not positivity. Let's not confuse FAITH with HOPE.