faith

faith. hebrews 11:1 says Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen, it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.

As i was visiting The Acts Church website, i went to the media section and lookin for sermons (jz to refresh myself). then i clicked on one of them, talking bout hebrews 11:1, preached by pastor kenneth. den, i went to another section under teenacity and there it was pastor andy's msgs so i cincai clicked and listen. and he was sharing the SAME verse. I believe that God is speaking and so let me share on pastor andy's msg. :)

FAITH IS VALUABLE. in fact,faith is in us. when you want to sit on a chair, you don't analyse whether the chair will hold u up. You just sit on it, believing that it will hold u up.
Matthew 17:20 "You don't have faith", Jesus told them. "I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain 'Move from here to there' and it would move. NOTHING would be impossible"
Think about it, mustard seed is really small. even if our faith is that small, we can move mountains. No breaktrough happens without faith. Without faith, you cannot overcome ur problems. Nothing supernatural can happen without faith.
Examples from the bible:
By faith, the walls of jericho (thickest wall at that time) fell down.
By faith, women received back their dead, raised to life again.
By faith, the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land.
By faith, the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient, etc etc etc ETC! ( refer to hebrews chapter 11)
With faith, you can go thru everything and overcome EVERYTHING. The devil wants your FAITH. Enemies attack u in all ways to destroy ur FAITH. They attack you by putting fear, doubts in your life. For example,when you doubt n ask " Is god really there?" DOUBT CAN TAKE AWAY YOUR FAITH. and pride. if you carry the weight of ur problems, by urself, u're saying God i don't need you. I can handle this by MYSELF. And Offences, Sickness, but sometimes blessings can also rob away your faith. For example..Suddenly you got no time for church bcuz you have 1 million contract to sign. and Facts too. Facts proven that You do have incurable disease..and you started to question about God's existence...BUT faith doesnt based on facts.
In Matthew 8:24-26
Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, "Lord save us! We're going to drown!"
Jesus responded, "Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!" Then he got up and rebuked the wind and waves, and suddenly there was a great calm.
Sometimes, when we look at the fact (boat is sinking) and we say "dieeee..." ..Forgetting that God made the sun, wind..the universe..Is God in your life? Do you think he will let you sink? When you got faith, your faith explode, and do great things for God, the devil will say "dieeee.."
when we were young christians, we serve the lord.We are energetic. As we grow up, we serve career, relationships...things happen cuz the devil wants our faith. He throws anything on you - fame, beauty, problems, girls, boys, money, success, they'll do anything to ROB YOUR FAITH.
Our faith is precious. And if it's valuable (indeed it is) to you, you'll do anything to keep it.

Hebrews 12: 1-2 ..And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.


hold on to your faith! e.n.d.u.r.e!!