as we consider as we realize we've been called in this new covenant to a battle it can seem intimidating but when we look so the author and perfecter of our faith and see that he's not stop fighting we can be full of hope because

acts chapter 5 it says 3 000 hard-hearted stubborn-necked jews turn to faith in jesus christ what happened for peter between the time that he denied jesus he failed and the time that he was used mightily by god jesus had said to him i've prayed for

king ahaz had discarded during his Reign and unfaithfulness we have prepared and consecrated and behold they are before the altar of the Lord and it says then Hezekiah Rose early and assembled the princes of the city and went up to the

praise his father because his father was preparing a body for him verse 10 it says I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart I've spoken of your faithfulness and of your salvation and what I see there is he spoken of the extent to which God wants

been interesting for our family as we've been dealing with various sickness and things like that and but the lord is faithful to speak to us and encourage us and challenge us in such times so i want to share a little bit of what

is am i willing to receive am i willing to take hope from this interaction someone wants to be an encouragement someone wants to speak a word of life in the context of a midweek meeting people are coming with faith with the

the question though the uncertain part is will i really seek him that's the uncertain part as jesus said you know i think luke chapter 18 when the son of man comes is he going to find faith on earth and he defines faith there in that passages

sins dread sway i'd rather have jesus than anything this world affords today and i found in the midst of you know battling this disappointment i've never had so many opportunities to insist by faith i'm choosing i would

for someone else's joy my greatest joy is to depart and be with the lord but i'm not concerned about my greatest joy i want to see your progress and your devotion and your your faith be kindled to me what i spoke was there's a whole

heard brother zach mentioned this passage the other day and he said something that really really um blessed me everybody hopefully is familiar with hebrews 11 where he talks about the triumphs of faith and the faith of abel and the faith of enoch and the

it's an incredible statement he jonadab shall not lack a man to stand before me always that is something that we should covet that is promised to generations that because your faithfulness you'll

rebuked in Revelation 2 and 3 is that they were not faithful and cleansing themselves they weren't faithful in reading God's Word with an attitude of self judgment of seeking light on their own conscience sin and it says in 1st Peter

changing my life and it has already changed my life but I believe that the Lord wants to change my life much more with it and so I want to share it in faith and it also encouraged you as well but the truth is changing my life in

think in in the context of my own home. I've talked about in recent times about how it's important for us to be telling the stories of God's faithfulness to our kids and writing them down, right? And the thing that struck me

go take it and it was a um it was a great act of faith that caleb at his age went up and conquered the the most wonderful part of the of canaan um the greatest giant you know it says here in verse 15 arba was the greatest man among the

Sea in Exodus they've wandered around the desert Deuteronomy in numbers and then finally the generation that was unfaithful dies and the Lord leads Joshua by the hand by that he leads his people by the hand of Joshua across the

wonderful his ways his name is wonderful there's a person Deuteronomy you don't have to turn there but it's Deuteronomy chapter 32 it says his work is perfect all his ways are just a God of faithfulness and without injustice his

he says this in verse 8, but when the son of man returns, will he find faith on earth? Will he find faith? And you can define faith in that context is crying out to God day and night. That's how Jesus defines faith. And he wonders

things we value here deeply and if I have all Faith so has to move mountains something we value here very much but I don't have love I am nothing and if I give all my possessions to feed the poor and I Surrender my body to be