Strengthening Your Faith

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Strengthening Your Faith

• Overcoming Worry

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Whatever is not from faith is sin. (Romans 1423
NAS) For by grace you have been saved through
faith (Ephesians 28 NAS)
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Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for,
the conviction of things not seen. (Hebrews 111
NAS)
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For indeed we have had good news preached to us,
just as they also but the word they heard did
not profit them, because it was not united by
faith in those who heard. For we who have
believed enter that rest (Hebrews 42-3 NAS)
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Strengthen Your Faith By 1. Experiencing Gods
word. How then shall they call upon Him in whom
they have not believed? And how shall they
believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how
shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall
they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is
written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who
bring glad tidings of
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Strengthen Your Faith By 1. Experiencing Gods
word. good things!" However, they did not all
heed the glad tidings for Isaiah says, "Lord,
who has believed our report?" So faith comes from
hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
(Romans 1014-17 NAS)
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2. Learning from others. and we sent Timothy,
our brother and Gods fellow worker in the gospel
of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you as to
your faith, so that no man may be disturbed by
these afflictions for you yourselves know that
we have been destined for this. (1
Thessalonians 32, 3 NAS)
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3. Unifying life. But someone may well say,
"You have faith, and I have works show me your
faith without the works, and I will show you my
faith by my works." You believe that God is one.
You do well the demons also believe, and
shudder. But are you willing to recognize, you
foolish fellow, that faith without works is
useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by
works, when he offered up
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3. Unifying life. Isaac his son on the altar?
You see that faith was working with his works,
and as a result of the works, faith was
perfected and the Scripture was fulfilled which
says, "And Abraham believed God, and it was
reckoned to him as righteousness," and he was
called the friend of God. You see faith without
works is dead. (James 218-26 NAS)
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4. Seeking Satisfaction in the Unseen. If you
confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and
believe in your heart that God raised Him from
the dead, you shall be saved for with the heart
man believes, resulting in righteousness, and
with the mouth he confesses, resulting in
salvation. For the Scripture says, "Whoever
believes in Him will not be disappointed." For
there is no
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4. Seeking Satisfaction in the
Unseen. distinction between Jew and Greek for
the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches
for all who call upon Him for "Whoever will call
upon the name of the Lord will be saved."
(Romans 109-13 NAS)
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