to help me so I hope that moving forward I'll be able to live a life defined by Mercy through faith in God and his powerful spirit so I'll just finish by reading Romans 7:4 again therefore my brethren you also were made to die to the law

be his home church family. And I think it's very important that in in that sense, in the hometown sense, a prophet is with abundant honor, quadruple honor in his own hometown. Many of us have seen his faithful labor here, his

my understanding says this but let me check with you if that's right I'm not saying common sense is wrong I'll tell you honestly I live by faith and God plus common sense I don't throw away my common sense to me common sense is a very important part of

giving you so that's all you've got to do and then what is faith faith is reaching out your hand and taking it is that a work so think of a man giving you a gift and you're facing the other way and he says hey I've got a gift for you

judgment as God has allotted to each one a measure of faith good job this is a tricky versus good so I just want to share a few thoughts that God gave me as I was meditating on this verse so for

how long our life is but while you have life and while you have opportunity let us do good to all people especially to the household of faith I wish we could keep that as a motto for our life we're not going to have opportunity all

think remembering that it's God as my father that saves me and it's it's not the the extent of my feelings or my repentance or my faith because I'm still all that. I'm not perfect in repentance and faith, but it's the sincerity of it. As long as I'm

prophesies back to Mary and says, "Cling on in hope to that word that the Lord has uh promised you." That's what it says about Sarah in the hall of fame in the hall of faith in Hebrews chapter 11. She said it says that she's considered one of the faithful

years ago so that's decades longer than I've been alive and probably most people here uh to the Lord called him so clearly to that he was going to serve God and uh and he's done that Faithfully for all these years and uh just uh one

to help you and when I go to Jesus in James 1:6 we see that when I go to God in faith without doubting he is able to answer my prayer he is able to give me

from the table." What a reply. So, she He said She said, "I don't want anything. Just a crumb from the table is enough to cast the demon out of my daughter." Look at the faith there. I don't need a full bread to cast the demon out of my

he missed God's best and was unfaithful because of carelessness and we've often heard in our church that we want to go through Scripture slowly and we're not trying to set any records but we want to absorb the scripture we don't want to go

are more than faithful so you are more than enough you are more than what I need to get to carry this bag that I need to carry it might not go the way I wanted to go but whatever way it goes it's going to be the best way that you

it's a trustworthy statement a faithful statement if we died with him we will also live with him what if you don't die with them that day you will not experience the life of Christ he can rejoice that 15 years ago my sins are

and this story shows me how serious an attitude of negativity is and how much a spirit of faith and optimism and hope in the lord pleases him the other day i was on the phone with a co-worker and we were catching up about how we're

beautiful had a nice home of her own in a town called Ur of the CIS somewhere in Mesopotamia Iraq maybe those days and she lived there and she had a wonderful husband a husband who had Faith he's an example of faith for all of us okay

he said wow if these guys are this serious I know what they must be seeking me for you know what they're that serious they're that hungry to find me I know for sure why they're here what does he say verse 20 seeing their faith he

as things get busy don't forget to acquire my heart i pray that it would be true of me and it would be true of all of us that the lord would find that we are faithful ambassadors and stewards of the family resemblance and the various

know just on work all day like I think that's I think that's where right now that's where God wants me to be is thinking about work all day because he wants me to be a faithful worker and it's all about pleasing him it's not

the greatest miracle of Hebrews 11. We think about Hebrews 11, this great hall of faith. And the greatest miracle, I've already given you a hint that it's Jacob. Um but it says in verse 21 of Hebrews 11, "By faith Jacob, as he was dying,

said and what he can do that he will give me the grace being holding confidence and so faith being dependence different change differentiates in their Ephesians 2 8 through 10 so it's not because of my ability Ephesians 2:8

complain God's not good to them it's all they feel that God is not giving me what I deserve even Christians I've been so faithful why hasn't God healed me why doesn't God