The Importance Of Faith For Everyday Life

THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITH FOR EVERYDAY LIFE

OUTLINE

1.FAITH TO BE STRONG

2.FAITH TO PRAY

3.FAITH TO FORGIVE

4.FAITH TO LOVE

5.FAITH TO SUFFER

6.FAITH TO OBEY

7.FAITH TO PRAISE

THE MESSAGE

THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITH FOR EVERYDAY LIFE

1. FAITH TO BE STRONG

Faith gives us strength in difficult times . When we lose our faith and hope we become weak and unable to face the storms of life . Abraham was not weak in faith but instead he was strong in faith giving glory to God in absolute confidence that God as able to fulfill his promise even in a humanly impossible situation. Faith in God helps us to face our adversaries with boldness.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

Hebrews 10: 35-39

35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.

36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

37 “For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.

38 Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”

39 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

Romans 4 :17-21

17 (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;

18 who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”

19 And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,

21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform

Isaiah 50: 7-10

7 “For the Lord God will help Me;Therefore I will not be disgraced;Therefore I have set My face like a flint,And I know that I will not be ashamed.

8 He is near who justifies Me;Who will contend with Me?Let us stand together.Who is My adversary?Let him come near Me.

9 Surely the Lord God will help Me;Who is he who will condemn Me?Indeed they will all grow old like a garment;The moth will eat them up.

10 “Who among you fears the Lord?Who obeys the voice of His Servant?Who walks in darkness

And has no light?Let him trust in the name of the Lord And rely upon his God.

Daniel 11 :32

32 Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.

2.FAITH TO PRAY

Faith helps us to get answers to prayer. When we pray in faith expecting an answer from God , the Lord honours our faith and grants our petitions. Praying with doubt and unbelief is a hindrance to getting answers to our prayers. Faith is the evidence of things not seen. Therefore faith helps us to praise God even before we see the answer to our prayers and even before we see the fulfillment of the promise. We must come to God beleiving that He exists and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

Mark 11 : 24

24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

Hebrews 11 : 1, 6

1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

3.FAITH TO FORGIVE

Faith helps us to forgive those who have harmed us . Because we beleive that God is a righteous Judge we commit all our pain and sufferring to Him . He has said " Vengeance is mine , I will repay " . Therefore trusting in His justice we forgive our enemies and do good to those who have harmed us.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

Mark 11 : 25-26

25 “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.

26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”

Romans 12 : 19-21

19 Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.