We believe that the Word can change our lives. We believe that the principle we learn from Scripture is relevant to the situation we face. A maximum utilization of faith in God's Word produces maximum growth. 2. whether we are exercising regular application of those principles to our life situations. Faith relates to our confidence in God and his Word to alter our lives.
Faith is the central issue in application.
The reason we do not apply is we do not believe God's Word contains the answer for our problem. We believe we control the answer. We are of the opinion that by some system of operation bootstraps we can solve our problems. A mature believer is also one who has mutual exclusive confidence in God's provisions in his Word. Many hold a great deal of confidence in money.