Message September 27, 2020 - Defining Faith

Hello Prophetic, Praying, Company of Believers,

Bible Study was taught by none other than Bro. Mike Boyd.  A look back at the heroes of faith and what caused them to make it into God's Hall of Faith.

Enjoy!

Scripture References & Highlights

Message Scriptures:

• Hebrews 11:1-13
• vs. 1-3, the universe was formed by God
• Old Testament Heroes
• vs 4 - Abel
• faith moved Abel to choose a more acceptable offering
• thought if Cain had just repented and asked God what type of offering he should have given things would have turned out differently
• vs. 5 - Enoch
• God came and took Enoch in a shorter amount of time than what most people of that day lived to be
• vs. 7 - Noah
• received a lot of flack for building the ark but doing what he was told to do resulted in his family being safe.
• vs. 8 - Abraham
• obeyed God to leave home and confidently looked forward to a city designed and built by God
• vs. 31 - Rahab
• protected spies and her household was saved
• vs. 13 - all lived by faith until the day they died

 

Nuggets for the Week

• we are called to live in this world and put up with the world but God is faithful to lead  and guide us daily
• Transparency - if some is transparent they don't hide or conceal anything.  Observers want to know what's up.  Someone who is transparent tells no secrets or lies
• transparency helps to disclose things about ourselves in sharing our faith

Reflections

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 Key Takeaway for the Body 

• Not to hide our faith in God to others
• Be bold to talk about our faith
• Stad firm in what we believe about our faith

Prayer Time

In your times of prayer this week (6am, 9am, 12noon, 3pm and 6pm) we encourage you to include the following scriptures located below and in the article 7 Verses and 7 Prayers for your Pastor/

Isaiah 53:1-5 

Ephesians 6:11

Philippians 1:6

2 Kings 6:15-17

2 Cor. 10:4

Isaiah 26:3

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