Monday, August 12, 2013

Foundational Faith: Part II - What's Love got to do with it?

What does love have to do with
Foundational Faith and our lives...
 
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1. Review
2. Don't forget to Meditate
3. Foundational Faith: Part II - What's Love got to do with it?
A) Hebrews 11:1 –Now Faith is the assurance of what is hoped for, the conviction of what is not seen. (HCSB)

B) Why does God make us Promises?
          -
Because of Love

          -God Loves us as a Creator -
                Ephesians 2:10 -For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good
                works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in
                them. (HCSB)

                Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the plans I have for you”—this is the Lord’s
               
declaration—“plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a
               
future and a hope. (HCSB)
          -God Loves us as a Father -
                I love you - John 3:16
                I will never lie to you - Hebrews 6:18
                I will never leave you - Hebrews 13:5
                There are boundaries, don't cross them - Proverbs 3:12

C) Why is love important?
         - I Corinthians 13:8 -
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies,

                                  they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled;
                                  where there is knowledge, it will pass away. (NIV)

D) Love is what binds God's promises to our faith.
        
- God's love does not change (its force is constant and

                perfect like a magnetic force)
         - The bond between a magnet and large piece of steel is stronger

                     than between a Magnet and a small piece of metal
         - The bond created between God's promises and a small faith is weak
         - The bond created between God's promises and big faith is strong

E) How do we grow our faith?         
          - Step 1: Pray (Hebrews 12:2, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 21:21-22)
          - Step 2: Read the Bible (Hebrews 10:17)
          - Step 3: Exercise our faith (Colossians 2:6-7, Phillipians 4:9)
F) What does love have to do with it?         
          - God's Love is the binding force between God's promises (our hope)
                    and our belief.
          - It is what gives us assurance that His promises will come true
          - It is why we can confidently build a life on foundational faith,

                    His promises, and our actions.

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