tempted to the spies and we have to be careful that we don't start to expect that God's going to do something spectacular and we start to despise and overlook being faithful in the little mundane and every single day tasks that

Good afternoon, NCCF church family. So good to see everyone today. I wanted to share today on the topic of having faith in God. And so if you could turn with me to Matthew chapter 9 and verse 29, we can start there. Matthew 9 and verse

For the last few weeks, one thing came to my heart quite often to have a firm faith in the Lord. When I think about the circumstances, trials that me and my family are in, I felt that my strength is going down day by day

from your sins there's something about speaking it out being vocal about it vocalizing to the devil who can't read your thoughts to other brothers and sisters saying that this is the god I believe in this words spoken in faith not words of

good morning please turn with me to Hebrews chapter 11 so Hebrews chapter 11 verse 6 so this is a verse that encouraged me with regards to to prayer ok so I'll treat a real quick and without faith is impossible to please

out to that Foundation of my faith I the child of God the creator of this universe is my father so that boldness to approach u a day what a week like how big the problem or trouble a

this for by Grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God not as a result of works so that no one may boast so we think of the Christian Life like a and so before we can even run this race one

version. This the first of his miraculous signs Jesus performed at Canaa in Galilee. He thus revealed his glory and his disciples put their faith in him.

Samaritan then Jesus answered and said were not 10 cleansed but the nine where are they was no one found who returned to give glory to God except this Foreigner and he said to him stand up and go for Faith for your faith has made

desire is that we would be holy and blameless and Beyond reproach before him and that the pathway to that goal is that we continue in our faith firmly established and steadfast and that we're not moved away from hope so I see it as

you know Jesus often said that if you don't have faith you'll get nothing from God James says that very clearly if you go and pray without faith don't expect to get anything from God so that first sentence is laying the foundation for

and others by the way but I must grab a hold of it by faith or it's not gonna be as floating in the water so I was thinking the heart of the was Psalm 73 28th alright Lord your nearness is my good your nearness is my goodness our draw near to him your

Uh Jesus spoke about in Luke 16:10 that we all know. Uh "He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much. He who is unrighteous in a very little thing is uh un- unrighteous also in much." And God isn't just looking at how I

speak and as we talk but we hear progress people moving to become more like christ people seeing a bigger god people getting learning bigger nuances of what it means to really have faith in god not a trust in our feelings how to finish the race that

of this righteousness of Christ I can have faith to believe that God loves me and I think about my life and I think about the mistakes and the sins I've done how in the world could God love someone like me but if I believe that

opportunity for me to know God more and more if there is no trial there's no needs for me there's no need for me to go if there's no trials then will I really know if my heart even now if I if I live by faith you know what I really

signs of a sickness the runny nose or anything and we've been learning a lot a burden of this church for a little while has been that prayer itself is not faith it's a it's a one sign of faith but praise is a better excellent is a better

could allow the Lord to so fill your heart with that faith and you don't even know that tomorrow you will be in this very physical presence but your heart was filled with such faith for what God could do with you broken messed up person that you are

found in him not having a righteousness of my own that is derived from the law but the righteous come through faith in Christ the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of fee our memory

not just from the outward things with inward things I just wanted to share from Hebrews 4:16 that a testimony that God has showed himself faithful to keep this promise in a situations in a couple

in every circumstance I don't just stand around waiting for him to fight the battle because he said that he would but I begin by praising him and essentially I declare the victory before I ever see it and um there's immense faith I see

strengthen you as to get through it I'm not gonna make it easy but I'll strengthen you so that's the way life is I think it's not going to be easy but he's going to get us strength to get through faithful being able to have what

Um and I see that I need to grow in faith. I need to grow in faith specifically that God's power is perfected in my weakness rather than after my weakness. Jesus actually says this to Paul in the very previous verse. It says in verse 9 of