Hebrews 11 The Faith Chapter is where we'll be today.
I did some research and did you know Faith occurs 247 times in the Bible. Seeing how many times the word Faith is mentioned must mean something pretty important!
Heb. 11 commonly known as the faith chapter is a wonderful chapter.
Vr 1- Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not see.
Faith is a noun
Read the Bible - learn the Biblical Hebrew about Faith
1. Allegiance to duty or a person
2. A belief & trust in and loyalty to God
3. Something that is believed in especially w/strong religious beliefs.
This is what Webster said about Faith, it actually said, "read the Bible!" WOW!!! If a dictionary has that you need to read the Bible in and God says we're to read our Bible I think maybe we should just have Faith in God and do as he says, after all we just might learn something. :)
We not have the trust and loyalty in God to do what he says in Faith that he'll guide and lead us to where and what we need to do.
I love how my husband Preaches on Faith. Even how he uses Faith in his soul-winning. I have watched him and listened to him and seen a person who at first was like NO I don't want to accept that totally change when he was done. I know it was the Holy Spirit working in the persons life, but I also believe because my husband went out on Faith that people would be saved that they were.
Faith is such a simple word but carries alot of "punch" so to speak. Through Faith we can understand the word of God. Through faith we believe there is God. We get on a plane to fly cross country and we have faith that the pilot whom many times we never see, will get us there safely.
Faith is leaving those you love and going to another country to serve God.
Faith is trusting in what we can't see.
Faith is:
vr 4 - By faith Able offered God a more excellent sacrifice....
vr 5 - By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death....
vr 7 - By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet....
~These are just a few samples of people living by Faith. Abel wasn't trying to out do his brother, he was just doing what God wanted and he although he didn't understand he did it By FAITH!
~Enoch as many of us don't want to die (we say we're sticking out till the Lord returns) but Enoch had to have Faith in God that he wouldn't see death.
~Noah by Faith had to trust God of the things he was warned. God through prayer, Bible reading, preaching, teaching warns us and we need through Faith trust him and heed his warnings.
vr 6 - Without faith it is impossible to please him....
I don't know about you, but I'd rather go ahead take the step on faith and please my Lord than to not go out, or do this or that, or heed the warning have have the Lord dis-pleased with me.
The story about to share was while we were on deputation. Some have ridiculed our change, but we know we started deputation on faith and we changed our destination on faith following what we honestly believe the Lord would have for us at this time of our lives. But I wanted to share this one story with you, we had to step out on faith or just sit still and we saw God bless!!
It was in March, I believe this happened in 2005, we needed to get from MO to IN. There was a small problem with this. We had just enough funds to fill our 80 gal tank on our RV and get about $10 worth of groceries. Well, we had a choice stay in MO missing our mtg in Indiana or step out in faith that God would get us there.
Flesh wise it was forget, but in our hearts we knew what we had to do so....
We filled the gas tank bought the groceries and headed to Hammond, IN, not even knowing if we would make it or not. See our 80 gal gas tank would take us about 400 miles we had over 500 miles to go!!!
We figured somewhere in IL we would run out and my husband already had planned what he would sell to be able to make the rest of the trip. We drove through night figuring about 2 in the morning is when we'd have to stop.
By Faith we did this and God blesses our faith. We arrived in Hammond at around 6 am and our needle was laying on E!! We had gone over 500 miles on 1 TANK OF GAS!!!! That RV had NEVER done that and it didn't do it again. Could it have made another 500 miles plus on one tank, I think so, but God choose to do just that once. Why? I believe and my husband and children believe that God blessed the fact we stepped out on faith and started this trip. I also believe that God knew 2 wks later my husband would need the tools he was going to sell to get us the rest of the way into Hammond.
Living by faith isn't always easy but it's something we need to do. Have faith that God will provide the rent money. Have faith that God will make that car payment. Have faith that God will pay the bills. Have faith that you'll have what you need to feed your family. JUST SIMPLY HAVE FAITH!
Faith really is a wonderful thing. I will be the first to admit it's not always easy to live by faith, but we need to.
"Living by faith in Jesus alone, trusting confiding in His sweet love. I'm living by faith and I fear no alarm. Living by faith in Jesus alone."
8/8/09
Paula Micheal Seavey
I did some research and did you know Faith occurs 247 times in the Bible. Seeing how many times the word Faith is mentioned must mean something pretty important!
Heb. 11 commonly known as the faith chapter is a wonderful chapter.
Vr 1- Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not see.
Faith is a noun
Read the Bible - learn the Biblical Hebrew about Faith
1. Allegiance to duty or a person
2. A belief & trust in and loyalty to God
3. Something that is believed in especially w/strong religious beliefs.
This is what Webster said about Faith, it actually said, "read the Bible!" WOW!!! If a dictionary has that you need to read the Bible in and God says we're to read our Bible I think maybe we should just have Faith in God and do as he says, after all we just might learn something. :)
We not have the trust and loyalty in God to do what he says in Faith that he'll guide and lead us to where and what we need to do.
I love how my husband Preaches on Faith. Even how he uses Faith in his soul-winning. I have watched him and listened to him and seen a person who at first was like NO I don't want to accept that totally change when he was done. I know it was the Holy Spirit working in the persons life, but I also believe because my husband went out on Faith that people would be saved that they were.
Faith is such a simple word but carries alot of "punch" so to speak. Through Faith we can understand the word of God. Through faith we believe there is God. We get on a plane to fly cross country and we have faith that the pilot whom many times we never see, will get us there safely.
Faith is leaving those you love and going to another country to serve God.
Faith is trusting in what we can't see.
Faith is:
vr 4 - By faith Able offered God a more excellent sacrifice....
vr 5 - By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death....
vr 7 - By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet....
~These are just a few samples of people living by Faith. Abel wasn't trying to out do his brother, he was just doing what God wanted and he although he didn't understand he did it By FAITH!
~Enoch as many of us don't want to die (we say we're sticking out till the Lord returns) but Enoch had to have Faith in God that he wouldn't see death.
~Noah by Faith had to trust God of the things he was warned. God through prayer, Bible reading, preaching, teaching warns us and we need through Faith trust him and heed his warnings.
vr 6 - Without faith it is impossible to please him....
I don't know about you, but I'd rather go ahead take the step on faith and please my Lord than to not go out, or do this or that, or heed the warning have have the Lord dis-pleased with me.
The story about to share was while we were on deputation. Some have ridiculed our change, but we know we started deputation on faith and we changed our destination on faith following what we honestly believe the Lord would have for us at this time of our lives. But I wanted to share this one story with you, we had to step out on faith or just sit still and we saw God bless!!
It was in March, I believe this happened in 2005, we needed to get from MO to IN. There was a small problem with this. We had just enough funds to fill our 80 gal tank on our RV and get about $10 worth of groceries. Well, we had a choice stay in MO missing our mtg in Indiana or step out in faith that God would get us there.
Flesh wise it was forget, but in our hearts we knew what we had to do so....
We filled the gas tank bought the groceries and headed to Hammond, IN, not even knowing if we would make it or not. See our 80 gal gas tank would take us about 400 miles we had over 500 miles to go!!!
We figured somewhere in IL we would run out and my husband already had planned what he would sell to be able to make the rest of the trip. We drove through night figuring about 2 in the morning is when we'd have to stop.
By Faith we did this and God blesses our faith. We arrived in Hammond at around 6 am and our needle was laying on E!! We had gone over 500 miles on 1 TANK OF GAS!!!! That RV had NEVER done that and it didn't do it again. Could it have made another 500 miles plus on one tank, I think so, but God choose to do just that once. Why? I believe and my husband and children believe that God blessed the fact we stepped out on faith and started this trip. I also believe that God knew 2 wks later my husband would need the tools he was going to sell to get us the rest of the way into Hammond.
Living by faith isn't always easy but it's something we need to do. Have faith that God will provide the rent money. Have faith that God will make that car payment. Have faith that God will pay the bills. Have faith that you'll have what you need to feed your family. JUST SIMPLY HAVE FAITH!
Faith really is a wonderful thing. I will be the first to admit it's not always easy to live by faith, but we need to.
"Living by faith in Jesus alone, trusting confiding in His sweet love. I'm living by faith and I fear no alarm. Living by faith in Jesus alone."
8/8/09
Paula Micheal Seavey
2 comments:
Wow! What a way to step out on faith going on that trip without knowing how you would make it.
Thanks for sharing Elizabeth
Mrs Paula,
Wow you should do a devotional book! I sat here and read all that you've written.....touched my heart as well as convicted me.
Little Emily 13
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