wanted to mention because there's so many things that in what we heard on sunday that uh represent a paradigm shift in how we conventionally think about our faith and i thought it's worth just kind of double clicking on a few of those

faithful in his life he was obedient yes to the point of death but he humbled himself and became obedient and I'll finish with Hebrews 2. on Jesus or actually go if you turn to Hebrews 3 . it's an interesting phrase that gets

life he is faithful to show he's faithful to say hey in this area you haven't come to me you're still fighting in your own strength you're still defending yourself you're still after your own reputation or whatever that

there's this really really incredible passage second peter 1 it says he's talking about being fruitful it says in verse 5 for this reason apply all diligence and your faith supply

the cells that it says elsewhere that until we all attain to the unity of the faitha we always you know attain to the fullness of the stature which belongs to Christ but that point about having a longing to see others grow

can be can become something special you know and i was thinking about shelter in place it's god's olympic development program so to speak what everyone else considers as a hindrance can we see it through the eyes of faith

in faith says i can't eat meat that's a that's a high conviction someone who's strong in faith says i can eat meat there's no such thing as an idol right and what does the lord say what what should we do if we feel eating meat is wrong just use that

way your faith has grown and because you're growing in love for each other we are thrilled to tell other churches about your patience and complete faith in God in spite of the crushing troubles and hardships you're going through so

by faith even sarah herself received ability to conceive even beyond the proper time of life since she considered him faithful who had promised and the lord's never spoken to me through that verse through the example of sarah

in this totally despised job that nobody else wants it and he sat in that pasture and he was faithful and exactly where God placed him and he literally equipped him to be the man that he wanted him to be and it's easy for us you know we're

holds back God's hand from destroying it you know that encounter where Moses said what if there's 50 people what if there's 40 what if there's 30 would and he doesn't go all the way to one but I think if he had the boldness of faith to

I mean after all what am I going to do if I don't get that thing that I really want and we see he has no faith and temptations pull is so strong and he so quickly dismisses this amazing Birthright

experience even in my own home I see a lack of fruitfulness in some area and I say Lord where am I not dying in he's faithful to show me says this is a clear area where you need to be dying where you need to be stepping up and dying you

I just want to just highlight, and especially for children, especially those of us who are new to the faith, maybe those of us who are tired, who've been believers for a long time. Maybe the reason is this, we haven't been made

and it says in uh first timothy 6 in verse 12 if you look with me there he says fight the good fight of faith then he says take hold of the eternal life to which you are called when and you made the good confession in the presence of

beginning of Israel's decline right after Joshua died so we read we read this amazing story of God's faithfulness through Moses and through Joshua to fulfill his promises it's utterly incomprehensible that the people of God

am i just looking am i looking at the fact that strangers are risen against me no behold the thing i want to look at is god's my helper and the lord is the sustainer of my soul he will recompense evil to my foes destroy them in your faithfulness

that i treasure that i've learned by god's grace to treasure those other things i'm not there yet but that's where i want to be and i believe that's where the lord will take me and so i share in faith uh and uh i praise the lord for

Jesus is doing is he's giving me a chance to prove that I believe him in that I want it and I see this is the time to demonstrate faith I can thank him and praise him later when he does it but right now when I don't have it this

says in Colossians 1 verse 23 it says continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast and not moved away from the hope of the gospel you have heard don't move away from the hope that you have heard this is what God wants what

learn from them are gentleness and humility and I wanted to come today and proclaim my hope you know we just had the verse he who promised is faithful and I take this command as a promise that if I come to Jesus consistently and