We His People - We Believe
Dave Riddle - 9/3/2023
Key Passage: John 3:14-16
You may have heard “Hope is not a strategy”
There is some truth to that popular saying.
But hope IS an essential part of our faith.
1 Corinthians 13:13
Hebrews 11:1-3
Romans 15:13
We Believe
We are people of faith.
John 3:14-16
Ephesians 2:8-9
Saved by faith though grace.
Romans 5:1-2
Faith and hope
We often struggle to live by faith
So often, we walk by what we see, know, and feel, rather than walking by faith.
Galatians 2:20
2 Corinthians 5:7
walk = peripateo (Greek: περιπατέω) literally: to tread all around, walk at large. Figuratively: to live, to make one’s way, to regulate one’s life, to conduct oneself
Are you living in a manner consistent with your confident belief in God’s promises?
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
We do not focus on what is seen!
On what our whom do you set your eyes?
What/who are you chasing?
Are we people who live by faith?
Romans 8:24-25
The Canaanite Woman’s Faith
Matthew 15:21-28
Great faith is powerful
The Disciples failure to heal
Matthew 17:14-21
Little faith is powerful
The Fiery Furnace
Daniel 3
We have faith even if God doesn’t answer our prayers.
We have faith even in death.
Do you believe?
John 11:25-26