Faith Full
A Bunch of Fortitude
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Marcus Avalos
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BOTTOM LINE: GOD WANTS YOU TO HAVE STRONG FAITH
THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH. - Rom 1:17
• WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT
• JESUS ADMIRED THE CENTURION’S GREAT FAITH
• WE FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH.
• GOD IS PLEASED WHEN WE OPERATE IN FAITH
• STAND FIRM IN FAITH
• JESUS IS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF YOUR FAITH
When we see people, whose faith leads them to trust God despite their circumstances, we consider them to be some of the strongest people we ever meet.
“ I’M TRUSTING GOD ”
should be common terminology among us.
WHAT FUELS AND FACILITATES
THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENDURING FAITH?
5 INGREDIENTS GOD USES TO FUEL YOUR FAITH
doing | courage | discipline
connection | fortitude
DOING
OUR DREAMS COME TRUE
WHEN YOU BELIEVE AND DO
When your OBEDIENCE intersects with God’s FAITHFULNESS, your faith will get BIGGER.
What would I DO if I was confident God was with me?
COURAGE
IT TAKES COURAGE TO STEP OUT IN FAITH
YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN DO;
TRUST GOD TO DO WHAT HE ONLY CAN DO
“You give them something to eat”
“You fill the pots with water”
“You let down your nets”
CONNECTION
COMMON: “…then God dropped them into my life…”
DIVINE APPOINTMENTS: When GOD DIVINELY DROPS PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE TO HELP You NOT GIVE UP. (experience Him)
PHILIP | NATHANAEL
HEB. 10:23-25 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some.
PEOPLE DRIFT FROM COMMUNITY BEFORE THEY DRIFT FROM FAITH
CONNECTION to a community of faith grows our faith.
THREE-LEGGED STOOL
DISCIPLINE
PRINCIPLE OF FIRST
DISCIPLINE FACILITATES PROGRESS: Doing what we ought to do NOW so we can do what we want to do later
GIVE HIM: (Matthew 6)
FIRST MINUTE of the day
FIRST DOLLARS of your week
FIRST DAY of the week
A BUNCH OF FORTITUDE
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
—C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
FAITH NOT TESTED CANNOT BE TRUSTED
Prov 24:10 - “If you FAINT in the day of adversity, your strength is SMALL.”
Jam. 1:3 - You know that the testing of your faith... PRODUCES…
JESUS - LK 4 - TESTED (40 days) | TRUSTED (power)
PETER - LK. 22 - “Your faith is about to be TESTED, But I have prayed for you that your FAITH may not FAIL.”
PETER DENIES HIM - tested and failed…..BUT GOD
PETER IDENTIFIES WITH HIM 2 MONTHS LATER - Acts 2
ACTS 4 - “When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished, and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
WHEN PAIN COMES…
WHAT YOU BELIEVE
WHO YOU ARE CONNECTED WITH
WHEN YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, TRUST
God, I cant see your hand but I can trust your heart.”
APPLICATION
WHICH INGREDIENT DO YOU NEED TO ADD TO THE POT?
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DOING - believing must translate into behaving
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COURAGE - step out and trust God to do what only He can do.
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CONNECTION - pray | get to a grow group or lead one.
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DISCIPLINE - good habits lead to success (1 minute; dollar; day)
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FORTITUDE - never allow whats wrong in life keep you from worshipping whats right about God. - do not quit!