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02/21/2010 Commendable Faith - Abraham's Eyes of Faith: Hebrews 11:8-19
Each of us has his or her faith journey. God calls us to GO FORTH in faith by taking initial steps IN BELIEVING IN HIS FORGIVENESS AND ATONEMENT for our sin. We step secondly by identifying with Jesus through BAPTISM. We then Walk or LIVE by faith through the daily circumstances he places us in. We too discover the faithfulness of God. We go deeper in our faith as we TRUST God through SEVERE TRIAL that we don't understand. And we LOOK FORWARD to the heavenly city by faith whose designer and builder is God. ADVANCING IN APPLICATION - TAKE HOME 1. What circumstances are you facing today that God wants you to trust Him in? 2. What are you looking forward to beyond death? 3. What initial steps of faith have you been avoiding? 4. Discovering God's faithfulness comes when you exercise your faith? Have you? |
People are famous for many reasons in our society. Some because of their looks; some because of their talents; some because of their bravery and courage. Some because of their extraordinary sacrifice. Abraham serves as another example of extraordinary faith and gets a lot of ink in the book of Genesis and the letter to the Hebrews. He leaves us a great example for increasing our faith today.