LEAVING A LEGACY OF FAITH

Leaving a Lasting Legacy – Message 2

“Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.”
Heb. 11:6 (NIV)

WHAT WE MUST MODEL AND TEACH ABOUT FAITH FAITH IS...

1. BELIEVING WHEN I DON’T SEE IT.

“Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”

Heb. 11:1 (NIV)

2. OBEYING WHEN I DON’T UNDERSTAND IT.

“It was by faith that Noah built an ark to save his family from the ood. He obeyed God, who warned him about something that had never happened before.”
Heb. 11:7 (NLT)

“It was faith that made Abraham obey when God called him and go out to a country God had promised to him. He left his own country without knowing where he was going.”
Heb. 11:8 (GN)

3. PERSISTING WHEN I DON’T FEEL LIKE IT.

Godly man and woman make the choices to develop the habit and produce godliness in their life.

Keep your eye on God - like Moses 

“It was by faith that Moses left Egypt and was not afraid of the King’s anger. He held to his purpose like a man who could see the invisible.”
Heb. 11:27 (JB)

“What is faith? It is the con dent assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.”
Heb. 11:1 (NLT)

4. ANNOUNCING IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE IT. 

“It was by faith that Joseph, when he was about to die, con dently spoke of God’s bringing the people of Israel out of Egypt. He was so sure of it that he commanded them to carry his bones with them when they left!”
Heb. 11:22 (NLT)

“By faith, we see the world called into existence by God’s word, what we see created by what we don’t see.”

Heb. 11:3 (Mes)

“For He spoke, and it came to be.”

Psalm 33:9 (NIV)

(God said) “I have made you a father of many nations... God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.”
Rom. 4:17 (NIV)

“God speaks of future events with as much certainty as though they were already past.”

Rom. 4:17 (LB)

“For it is by our faith that we are put right with God; it is by our confession that we are saved.”

Rom. 10:10 (TEV)

5. GIVING WHEN I DON’T HAVE IT.

“It was faith that made Abel’s o ering to God a better sacri ce than Cain’s. Through his faith...God approved of his giving.”
Heb. 11:4 (GN)

Is not how much you give matter to God, is your attitude. 

Give by reason or give by revelation 

Give by reason doesn't need any faith 

Give by revelation when I say what You want me to give through me?

“Because of their great joy... They gave even more than they could a ord.”

2 Cor. 8:2-3 (ICB)

Give when you don't have it. 

“Honor the Lord by giving Him the rst part of all your income, and He will ll your barns and over ow your barrels with the nest wines.”
Prov. 3:9 (LB)

“On every Lord’s Day each of you should put aside something from what you have earned during the week, and use it for your o ering. The amount depends on how much the Lord has helped you earn.”
1 Cor. 16:2 (LB)

6. THANKING GOD BEFORE I RECEIVE IT.

“By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.”

Heb. 11:30 (NIV)

“When you pray and ask for something, believe that you have received it and you will be given what you ask for.”

Mark 11:24 (GN)

“Jesus said, ‘Because of your faith, it will happen.’”

Matt. 9:29 (NLT)

You always get your prayer answer, but not always the way you want. 

7. TRUSTING GOD IF I DON’T GET IT ON EARTH.

“They were all commended for their faith yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better...”
Heb. 11:39-40 (NIV)

“Faith comes from hearing the Word of God...” Rom. 10:17 (NIV)