text: does everyone have the magical gift of faith? or is it given to only those who pray or are christian? i would not use the term "magical".  "mystical", perhaps.  everyone can have it.  all they have to do is *ask* god.  faith itself is a gift, as you have said.  gifts are freely given (that's what grace is all about)...but they must also be freely received.  epistle of james 1:5 if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of god, who gives to all men liberally, and without reproach; and it shall be given him.  1:6 but let him ask in faith, without wavering. for he who wavers is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.