What is faith? It is belief in an ideal: the personal conviction that one’s life is a process of absorbing and demonstrating the spiritual dimension, or God; it is living God’s will, unfolding in goodness and truth. Faith is action based on belief in an unseen reality, on a conviction that there is more to life, an unseen reality more important than the here-and-now. Faith is the acceptance of the idea that one’s personal fulfillment in this life depends on the pursuit and realization of the spiritual dimension through study, meditation, and prayer.
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