"...let us run with endurance the race that is set before us."                                                                                      Hebrews 12:1 "If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?"                                                                                         Hebrews 12:7 Faith is the victory because having faith in the Lord God makes it possible for you to have an intimate relationship with Him. The Heavenly Father delivers His children through storms, increasing their strength to endure the next storm. ~Breanna Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.                                                                                     Hebrews 11:1 In Hebrews 11:1, this question is answered: What is faith?  It is knowing and having the assurance that what we hope for is going to happen.  It is a strong belief of the reality of things we hope for, which we cannot yet see. Faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see. (Weymouth's New Testament) ~Marli For whatever is born of God overcomes the world.  And this is the victory that has overcome the world- our faith.                                                                                      I John 5:4 As we keep God's commandments, through Him we are born again- becoming Christians.  Only through our faith in Jesus can we overcome the evil factors in the world as Christians.  When we overcome those tests and temptations, we experience Godly victory. ~Memory