Friends:

How is Faith and Confidence Advantageous?

Faith is the first of these 5 Elements of Effort:
Faith, Health, Sincerity, Energy, and Understanding.
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/n_r/padhaaniyanga.htm

Faith is the first of these 7 Treasures:

1: Faith,
2: Morality,
3: Shame,
4: Fear of Wrongdoing,
5: Learning,
6: Generosity,
7: Understanding.

A. VII, 5, 6.
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/b_f/dhana.htm

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an07/an07.006.than.html

http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Seven_invisible_Diamonds.htm

Faith is seed, the entrance, the initiator, the ticket, the beginning.
Understanding is the highest, the goal, the diamond-cutter, the end.
Both is a Flood of Advantage, a Fruit of the Best, Leading to Happiness!

Freeing and Fruitful is Faith!