Masterclass 2026 Overcoming Unbelief - Session 1

Summary

The session introduces the course’s central teaching: believers should address unbelief rather than assume they lack faith. Andrew Wommack, with Kerry Pickett facilitating, argues that faith is given to a person when they are born again; doubt and contrary ways of thinking can obstruct its expression.

Main Ideas

• Faith is something believers already possess. The speakers interpret several Bible passages to mean that people receive faith at salvation, rather than needing to persuade God to give them more. They distinguish having faith in one’s spirit from seeing it expressed in thoughts, feelings, and actions.
• Unbelief can counteract faith. The speakers compare it to an opposing force or a closed valve: faith may be present, but doubt can impede its outward effect. They say faith and unbelief can coexist when someone accepts both a biblical promise and a contradictory message or circumstance.
• Faith is not a feeling. A person may not feel confident, peaceful, or spiritually moved, but the speakers say that this does not prove faith is absent. They encourage relying on what they understand God’s Word to say rather than treating emotions or physical sensations as the measure of faith.
• Unbelief can be acquired through what people hear and attend to. In the speakers’ view, messages that contradict Scripture—including teaching, media, and other influences—can shape doubt. They urge listeners to be intentional about what they take in.
• Faith becomes more evident through understanding and practice. The speakers distinguish increasing one’s faith from becoming stronger in its expression. They say believers grow in their ability to use faith as they learn Scripture, apply it, and gain experience trusting its promises.
• The Bible is a guide to spiritual identity. The session describes Scripture as a mirror that helps believers recognize what they have received spiritually. The speakers emphasize that knowing and continuing in the truth is essential to living out that identity.
• Focus influences how a person lives. The speakers contrast setting one’s mind on spiritual things with focusing on carnal or worldly concerns. They teach that directing attention to God’s Word helps cultivate a life characterized by faith, peace, and other spiritual qualities.

Practical Approach to Overcoming Unbelief

The session recommends the following approach:

1. Identify the issue as unbelief, not simply insufficient faith. Rather than continually asking God for more faith, begin by examining doubt and conflicting beliefs.
2. Notice what is shaping your thinking. Consider whether teachings, news, entertainment, conversations, or circumstances are reinforcing ideas that conflict with Scripture.
3. Return to the Word. Read Scripture, reflect on what it says, and use it to correct contrary assumptions.
4. Keep the Word in mind throughout the day. The speakers recommend more than a brief devotional period: apply biblical principles to ordinary decisions, relationships, work, and challenges.
5. Act on what you learn. They stress being “doers” of the Word—not merely hearing or reading it—and applying its teaching when situations arise.
6. Speak and live in agreement with what you believe. The session connects faith with believing “in the heart” and speaking from that belief, while cautioning against letting feelings alone determine what is true.
7. Give promises time to become part of your experience. The speakers say that applying a promise can build understanding and confidence as a person sees how it works in daily life.

The session closes by previewing a later class that will explore overcoming unbelief further, including discussion of Matthew 17.

Speakers and Sources

• Andrew Wommack — primary teacher.
• Kerry Pickett — host and facilitator.
• Mike Pickett — introduced as a participant and referred to during the discussion.

Biblical sources cited or discussed: Romans 10:17; Romans 12:3; Matthew 17; Matthew 8; Luke 17; Galatians 5:22–23; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 4:17; 2 Corinthians 4:13; Romans 10:9–10; Romans 8:5–6; Isaiah 26:3; 1 John 4:17; 2 Corinthians 5:17; John 6:63; James 1:22–25; Proverbs 13:10; John 8:31–32; Ephesians 3:20; Hebrews 11:1; and 1 Corinthians 15:33.