Hebrews 11:17-22 "Faith Tested"

Our faith in Jesus will be tested. (Luke 22:31-32) Trials, persecutions, rejections, challenges, these are all proving grounds. A proving ground is a controlled environment where something can be tested to prove if it works. The preparation has been performed so now come the test.

1. God does not allow the test to come until we are ready.

2. The test is designed not to destroy us, but to prove us.

How do we endure these inevitable tests? By being convinced of the goodness, the plan and the power of God. Know that everything we will be tested in will be in a God controlled environment. “I will never leave you nor forsake you” Jesus said. You will not be destroyed but you will be tested. (James 1:12 Jeremiah 29:11 and Romans 8:28) We all have stuff but Jesus can carry all of our stuff. He can navigate us through all of our storms. He wants everything that is in our hearts, the good and the bad. His love for us is unconditional and nothing is hidden from Him..

Accept today God’s free gift of salvation. Call upon the name of the Lord and be saved. Seek Him while He can still be found. His evidence is all around us. How is your heart? If you have questions, need someone to talk to or would just like to say hi, contact us.

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Hebrews 11:13-16 "Faith Unashamed"

Fear. Reluctance. This causes a lack of courage to stand up for what is right. What does unashamed look like? What is required?

1. Dying in faith not having received the promises.

Are we okay with that? Are we willing to not receive rewards on this end of eternity, in our lifetime? The One who spoke is faithful. His promises will come to pass, but the when is a Divine appointment. This life is not all there is.

2. We need to confess that we are strangers here.

This earth is not our home, there is something greater beyond this. We are strangers and pilgrims here. We are citizens of Heaven.

3.. Vertical Vision.

Since Heaven is our motivation then let us set our minds on things above. This is honoring God. Blessed is he who is not offended by Jesus. We need to give God the space to be God. Live the challenging call of a faith unashamed, a faith unconditional. We are salt and light, here on mission, but we must be different. Boldly different. May our collective prayer be less of me and more of You.

Accept today God’s free gift of salvation. Call upon the name of the Lord and be saved. Seek Him while He can still be found. His evidence is all around us. How is your heart? If you have questions, need someone to talk to or would just like to say hi, contact us.

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Hebrews 11:8-12 "Faith Willing"

Abraham is the father of the faithful and is an example of faith willing. Abraham believed in the Lord and He accounted to him for righteousness. Sarah, his wife, joins the adventure by bearing a child even though she has long passed the age of child bearing. This appointed event occurs to begin the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Is anything to hard for the Lord?

Abraham was:

1. Willing to go without knowing where

2. Willing to go without knowing why

3. Willing to believe and trust as he waits

God said to Abraham; “You have skirted this mountain long enough, turn northward.” Today, our mountain may not be geographical, but it is a place. What is the place that you have spent too much time in that God is calling you out of? It is time to move in faith willing. You were created for good works. We are citizens of Heaven making our way through this earth as we walk with God through faith in Jesus.

Accept today God’s free gift of salvation. Call upon the name of the Lord and be saved. Seek Him while He can still be found. His evidence is all around us. How is your heart? If you have questions, need someone to talk to or would just like to say hi, contact us.

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Hebrews 11:7 "Faith Working"

God views time morally. Not by hours, days or years but in seasons. Currently, just as in the days of Noah, God is being pushed out of our culture. The increasing majority of people do not want to talk about Jesus, they do not want His counsel.. Godly fear is disappearing. We are at a crossroads of faith. So was this during the days of Noah. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord and demonstrated how faith works. How? Four key points are:

1. Faith

2. Fear

3. Work

4. Testimony

Will Noah hear, believe and obey? Does Noah believe the God who spoke this is faithful? Will Noah live out the parable of the talents, prepare and get to work? Noah chose to have faith, fear God, stepped out in faith and went to work in obedience. Will we hear, believe and obey? Let us all be doers not hearers of the Word. Our obedient Christian walk is a walk of faith, one step at a time.

Accept today God’s free gift of salvation. Call upon the name of the Lord and be saved. Seek Him while He can still be found. His evidence is all around us. How is your heart? If you have questions, need someone to talk to or would just like to say hi, contact us.

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May God increase your faith and may the peace that passes all understanding overwhelm your soul.

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Hebrews 11:5-6 "Faith:Walking"

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. The prophet Enoch’s name means dedicated and as he believed, in faith, it changed him. Nobody accidentally walks with God. It has to be intentional. We need to be going the same way, the same pace and with the same faith. We are all prone to wander and need to yoke back up to Jesus.

5 key points to remember about Enoch are:

1. His name

2. He walked with God for over 300 years

3. He leaves behind a powerful testimony

4. He was taken away before he saw death

5. He pleases God

Enoch walked with God during the most wickedest time in human history. The remedy for change is to walk with Jesus. To run our God given race with endurance in the short time we have. How to begin? Start! Just start with one little step every day. Walking by faith pleases God. He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. What will be said of your faith?

Accept today God’s free gift of salvation. Call upon the name of the Lord and be saved. Seek Him while He can still be found. His evidence is all around us. How is your heart? If you have questions, need someone to talk to or would just like to say hi, contact us.

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May God increase your faith and may the peace that passes all understanding overwhelm your soul.