Faith strengthens you to fight. In this lesson, I talk about how you were created to be an overcomer and that you cannot be a hero without a battle. Watch my full Strong Course on MessengerX: https://go.MessengerX.com/Strong
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for a long time we have actually
propagated the lie or believed the lie
that our culture told us that we could
be a hero without overcoming anything
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okay today we’re going to talk about
strong in faith strong in faith now I
love this quote by Oswald Chambers it
says God does not give us overcoming
life
he gives us Life As We overcome do you
know that you were created to overcome
do you know as you overcome you feel
more life inside of you God is wanting
you to experience what it means to
overcome but for a long time we have
actually propagated the lie or believed
the lie that our culture told us that we
could be a hero without overcoming
anything the truth is you cannot be a
hero without a battle and you and I are
called to be Overcomers and Overcomers
are people who are people of action I
want to go into this whole idea of
strong in faith and I’m going to go
right into Hebrews 11 verse 1. I’m going
to read it from the ESV first and I’m
going to read out of a couple other
versions if V says now Faith is the
Assurance of things hoped for and the
conviction of Things Not Seen
that King James says now Faith is the
substance of things hoped for the
evidence of Things Not Seen the NLT says
faith is the confidence that what we
hope for will actually happen it gives
us Assurance about the things we cannot
see
and then it goes on to say through their
faith the people in days of old earned a
good reputation in the above verses we
heard Faith described as Assurance we
heard it as substance and we heard it as
confidence an assurance means it’s going
to happen it’s like insurance but
Assurance you can be assured that it’s
going to happen
but I want to hone in on this word
substance faith is the substance this
word substance actually translates to
matter faith is this matter it is this
thing that takes up space in our life it
is a capacity faith is the substance
that God works with that gives us
evidence of the things not yet seen
there are things that you are hoping for
there’s things that I’m hoping for I’m
hoping to come out strong I’m hoping
that we will become a people
known for our faith a people known for
strength what I hope for I hope that you
have a stronger marriage after this
season I hope that we have a more Godly
Nation after this season I hope that we
have a more humble Nation after this
season I am believing that for what I am
hoping for I have faith that this
hardship is actually going to produce
something of substance in us and it’s
going to give us a greater hope we’re
going to have to understand that God
actually wants us to be those people who
would dare to hope when everybody is
doubting dare to believe when everybody
is afraid to even think of having faith
so let’s talk about this so
Hebrews verse 3 11 3 says going to
explain by faith so we talked about
faith as a substance we talked about
this is how the people of the olden days
live but then it goes on and says now
I’m going to talk to you about what you
need to see as an example of Faith this
is by faith we understand that the
entire universe was formed at God’s
command that what we now see everything
that we see did not come from anything
that can be seen do you know that God
spoke the world into existence you can’t
see my words but God spoke you and me
into existence he spoke everything that
we can see
by the Unseen do you know they’ve
actually discovered that our human DNA
looks like a sound strand so God spoke
he called You and I by name into this
time into this day you were made for
this moment you were made to overcome
not be overcome and then he goes on he’s
like okay I need to give you some
examples of what that looks like to
overcome Hebrews 11 4 says it was by
faith that Abel brought a more
acceptable offering to God than candid
how well instead of doing something in
his own strength he actually followed
the pattern of what God had done for his
parents he said I’m going to look at
what my father God did and I’m going to
bring what I already know covers so he
didn’t take what he could raise in his
own strength he he actually she took the
example of God’s sacrifice and it says
Abel’s offering gave evidence that he
was a righteous man
and God showed his approval of his gifts
and it says although Abel is long dead
he still speaks to us by his example of
faith see I want to be the kind of
person and I want to challenge you to be
the kind of person that we leave a
legacy of Faith behind that people look
at how we acted in this day and our
example will stand to encourage others
in the future and then it goes on to say
it was by faith that Enoch was taken up
to heaven without dying he just
disappeared because God took him for
before he was taken he was known as a
person who pleased God
how can we be those kind of people who
please God I want to be the kind of
person like Enoch I want to be the kind
of person like Abel we’re talking about
being Legacy people and then goes on to
say okay I’ll tell you how to please God
in verse 6 this is and it is impossible
to please God without faith well if it’s
impossible to please God without faith
that means it’s possible to please God
with faith
anyone I love that anyone anyone it’s
not just for this life to you anyone who
wants to come to him must believe that
God exists
and that he rewards those who sincerely
seek him that’s a two-fold thing we
believe that he exists and we believe
that he rewards that means we believe
that God is and we believe he is good
we don’t just believe he’s good for
everybody else we believe he is good for
us we believe he is good we believe he
does good we believe that what he’s
doing right now is for future good for a
hope and a future so we believe that God
is a rewarder of those who seek him so
becoming strong is about seeking God
understanding not only is he but that he
wants to reward you that he wants to do
good to you and for you then it goes on
to say by faith Noah being warned by God
concerning events as yet unseen in
reverent fear constructed an ark for the
saving of his household you know when I
read that it had a different meaning for
me when I had read it in previous years
Noah constructed an ark for the saving
of his household do you know our faith
in trying times becomes an arc for the
saving of our household and then he goes
on to say by this he condemned the world
and became an heir of righteousness that
comes by faith wow how do we make this
Ark because we’re not going to go out
and get gopher wood we make this Ark
through worship we make this art through
consecration we make this Ark through
prayer we make this Ark through
repentance we make this Ark by
intentionally connecting and saying God
you know what your Refuge we talked
about that since the very beginning and
we are going to be a people going
forward that are holy holy isn’t us
trying to be good holy is about us being
gods it goes on to say by faith Abraham
obeyed when he was called to go out to a
place that he was to receive as an
inheritance he went out not knowing
where he was going I feel like right now
we’ve gone into this season not knowing
where we are going but God is saying
that the way you’ve come in is not the
way you’re going to go out because
you’re going to go out of this season
looking for something different you’re
going to go out of this season looking
for that City whose Builder and maker is
God you’re going to come out of this
season of saying I don’t know where I’m
going I don’t know where this is going
and you’re going to go forward in an
assurance that God is a rewarder that he
has a legacy that he is doing something
see faith will lean into your future
but fear will always get you to try to
drag along with you your past I don’t
want you to actually be that person that
allows fear to be your counselor in
these days fear is a horrible counselor
it will always cause you to inherit what
you do not want to inherit I want you to
lean in to the faith of God even if it’s
just to say he is good and he does good
Hebrews 11 33 says through acts of faith
through acts of faith they toppled
kingdoms made Justice work took the
promises for themselves they were
protected from Lions fires swords for us
and they turned disadvantage to
Advantage One battles routed alien
armies
turned disadvantage to Advantage by
faith
toppled kingdoms made Justice work took
the promises for themselves what are
some actions
that you could take now that would be a
movement
fort in faith what is something that you
could see God begin to topple in your
life what is something that you could do
because it doesn’t say through thoughts
of faith it says through acts of faith
maybe as a family you could get together
maybe just there’s something you could
say what is an action we can take that
shows our faith maybe it’s an action of
generosity maybe it’s to to give when
when everything says I want to hold back
maybe it’s to bless somebody who’s in
the past has been cruel and and mean to
you maybe it’s to reach out to your
neighbor I don’t know what that action
is but I’m going to challenge you to say
what is an action I can take in this
moment
see Jesus is the one who is our greatest
hero of action
in Hebrews 12 1 it says therefore since
we are surrounded by so great a cloud of
witnesses let us also lay aside every
weight and sin which clings so closely
and let us run with endurance the race
that is set before us and let us run
with endurance that means it’s not a
Sprint people and it says looking to
Jesus
founder and Perfecter of our faith who
for the joy that was set before him
endured the cross despising the shame
and is seated at the right hand of the
Throne of God I want you to know this
you were the joy set before him when he
was on that cross he was thinking of you
he was thinking of me he was thinking of
us he was thinking of us joining this
cloud of witnesses that is cheering us
on and telling us hey run well it’s
worth it lose the weight cast off
everything that has held you back in
fear lean into actions and begin to go
into motion I want to close with one of
my all-time favorite quotes by aw tosher
it says we you and I together we don’t
do this alone we can be in our day with
the Heroes of Faith were in their day
but remember at the time they didn’t
know they were Heroes I believe that you
are in a position to be a hero so take
action and be strong in faith
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