So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of the Lord. Rom 10:17 We are totally dependent on reaching people through the Word Of The Lord.     It is the Truth.     It is revelation, It is salvation, It is victory, It is peace, It is love.     It is joy in the Holy Spirit.

You must Believe the Word Of God acknowledging that it is True.   

Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that hears my word, and believes on him that sent me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Joh 5:24 Who 'sent' Jesus?      His Holy Spirit who impregnated Mary.      Hearing, believing, receiving and doing the Word of the Lord is the expectation of the Lord for each of us.      When we do so we enter into everlasting life.      We are forever delivered from condemnation.

You must Receive the Word Of God.   
Believing something is not the same as allowing it to become a part of you, allowing it to change you.   
For instance, you may believe that eating healthy is the right thing to do, but continue bad eating habits.   
When you receive something that is true you begin to live by it.   

But he that received seed into the good ground is he that hears the word, and understands it; which also bears fruit, and brings forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Mat 13:23 The good ground is a heart with a Love Of The Truth.     Upon hearing the Truth and understanding it, this person allows it to take root in his heart so that over time it bears much fruit.

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and will come unto him, and abide in him. Joh 14:23 Having a Love Of The Truth (with Christ being the sum of all Truth) is necessary for us to be obedient and therefore experience the manifestation of the Father's love in and through us.

But he said, Yes rather, blessed are they that hear the word of the Lord, and keep it. Luk 11:28 physical blessings are no comparison to spiritual blessings which are receieved by hearing, believing and keeping the Word Of The Lord.

You must Do the Word Of God.   
Doing is proof that you have believed and received Truth.   

But be you doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. Jam 1:22 Exercise what you know in the Lord.     Practice is the only way to improve your spiritual skills.      Self-deception occurs when we mentally agree to something but deny it in our heart.     The proof of faith is what we do.     Jam 2:17

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: Jam 1:23 Shallowness does not impress the Lord in the least.     It is actually repugnant to Him.

For he beholds himself, and goes his way, and straightway forgets what manner of man he was. Jam 1:24 A mental image can quickly dissipate.     A heart image is permanent.     As we allow our minds to be transformed to the Mind Of Christ we create a heart image that manifests the life of the Holy Spirit through what we speak and what we do.