WALKING BY FAITH

Hebrews 11:1-13

    When I read Hebrews 11 this week in our Believe Bible Reading Journey, I knew this was the passage for us to lean into this morning.  (JOHN – here’s where I’d like you to show that 1:11 YouTube video clip on the “Domino Chain Reaction” from Stephen Morris) 

    Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”  That’s how all of these folks lived!

1. Walking by faith is BELIEVING even when I don’t see it

• the example of Noah

2. Walking by faith is OBEYING even when I don’t understand it

• the example of Abraham

3. Walking by faith is PERSISTING even when I don’t want to

• the example of Moses

“If my life is fruitless, it doesn’t matter who praises me; and if my life if fruitful, it doesn’t matter who criticizes me.”  (John Bunyan)

4. Walking by faith is TRUSTING even when I have questions

• the example of Joseph

“Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.”

(Corrie ten Boom)