We wrapped up our series on the life of Abraham this week, First in Faith, and this week our hero faces his toughest challenge yet: the offering of his son Isaac. But as we’ve seen throughout the series, Abraham faces his challenge with faith and trust and because of that, he ends up reminding us of our key lesson in this series:
The reward of faith will always OUTWEIGH the cost, but it will never PRECEDE it.
Read More“You’ll never reach new heights, without letting go of familiar places.”
That’s our key thought from Part 5 of our series, First in Faith: The Life of Abraham. Abraham finally gets the gift he’s been waiting for (Isaac), but in order to get there, he’s got to let go of something dear to him (Ishmael). Why? Check out the video above and see for yourself.
Read MoreEver read the story of Abraham and think “Wouldn’t it be great if God spoke that clearly to me?” In this week’s message, Part 4 of First in Faith: The Life of Abraham, we look at why it was that God spoke to clearly to Abraham and what we need to do to hear God’s voice as well.
Hint: it’s not as complicated as you might think.
Read MorePart 3 of First in Faith: The Life of Abraham and this week God takes Abraham outside and gives him a strange homework assignment. But the result of that assignment was a shift in perspective that changed Abraham’s view of God - and of the world - forever.
Read MoreIt’s part 2 in the series First in Faith: The Life of Abraham and this week we see a different side of our hero - one that struggles and makes mistakes. But it’s through those mistakes that we learn an important lesson about God’s promises and the life of faith: God’s promises are based more on who HE IS vs what I DO.
Read MoreWe kicked off a new series yesterday, one that will carry us through our journey through Lent. The series is called First in Faith: The Life of Abraham. Our goal is to look at how God turned this ordinary man - filled with many of our same weaknesses and shortcomings - into a GIANT in faith.
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