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Foreign. [Music] Go to Hebrews 11, chapter. Hebrews chapter 11, verse 8 through 12. I don't know that I have ever taken ministry any more seriously than I do right now. My wife and I, several weeks ago, were out on the water and a couple that we were with leaped in the ocean. And I didn't pay any attention to it at first, but they said, "The ocean feels like bath water." And at first I thought, "Oh, that's nice." And then I thought, "No, that's not just that's not good."
Leprosy creeping into the country. The world is trembling. Fires breaking out around the world. Our own neighborhood is on high alert against fires. If ever was a time we needed a sure word from God, it's right now. I take it very seriously. I see God knowing what I projected to you about a month ago regarding our vision for the future. I can see the church drawing closer to God. Can you feel it in the service? Can you feel it in the service? Can you feel it in the service? I can feel it in the service. I can feel it in the atmosphere.
The reason I want you really close to God is that the Bible said, "Everything that can be shaken will be shaken so that those things that cannot be shaken might remain." I don't want to move you to a safe place that's not shaking. And the safest place I know is in the presence of God. Can I get a witness?
Hebrews 11 and 8 reads like this, out of the NIV: "By faith Abraham, when he called to go to when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going." Stay right there. Stay right there. Stay right there. Because when I read that, that just, I want to read that again. Okay. "By faith Abram, when he caught, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, he would later receive as his inheritance, he visited what he was going to own." I won't draw your attention because God lets you visit what you were later on. [Applause] Obeyed. That's, that's the whole thing right there. Obeyed. Obeyed. How many of you are learning to be obedient? Hallelujah. Obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. [Music]
I went to Mexico in several, 20 years ago and and visited and bought a house in a city in an area where I could speak a bit of Spanish. My sister said, "You crazy. Can't be afraid to go somewhere you have never gone to do something you have never done."
"By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going." That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I'm saying? We hear, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. Oh gosh, what I'm dealing with didn't start with what I'm dealing with. Things that do appear were not made from things that do appear. It starts in the spirit before it manifests in the flesh. "By faith, the elders obtained a good report." Through faith, Cain offered up a more able, offered up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through faith. Faith means he heard something and obeyed it and walked in what he heard. And if you walk in what you hear, and you're hearing what God is saying, you will always be acceptable. But there's so much noise, I can't hear. "By faith, he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise." He didn't just walk in faith, but he taught his son and grandson to walk in faith also. He modeled it in front of them. They inherited his courage, his obedience, his tenacity, his fight, his willingness to go even when he didn't know where he was going. That's somebody's word right there. You've been saying, "Soon as I see my way clear, I'm going to go." God said, "No, I want you to go and not know where you're going."
"For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God." To play real close attention to this. "And by faith, even Sarah, his wife, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because, because, because, because, because, because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." She got pregnant over her attitude. [Music] Nothing changed. Her age didn't digress. Her cycle didn't start. She was a barren woman. She got pregnant because of a thought. She said, "God is faithful who is promised." Somebody ought to say that just to see what happens. [Applause]
"And so, and so, good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." I won't explain "good as dead," but I will tell you, I'm going to talk to you probably for the next couple of weeks because the Lord said so much to me. It may be two or three weeks before I finish the conception of faith. The conception of faith. Go back to that 11th verse and let me see it again. Yeah, the 11th verse. "And by faith, even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, wasn't able to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise." The conception of faith. I'm not even so much talking about the conception of the baby. I'm talking about the conception of faith. She, she considered him faithful. Took a while, but she considered him faithful who had promised.
Spirit of the Living God, over the next few moments, enable me. Enable me. I understand your anointing is enablement. If you don't anoint me, I'm just another guy. But if you anoint me, I'm a sharp tool in the hands of a master craftsman. I thank you in advance for what you're going to do. Let this message be so profitable to the people that hear it that it is indelibly imprinted in their hearts and changing their lives. I thank you for what you're going to do. Have your way in the name of Jesus. We pray. Somebody shout, "Amen." You may be seated. You rest the whole rest of the day, at least for a while anyway. Y'all doing good? Everybody good?
The book of Hebrews, the 11th chapter, is considered the hallmark of faith, the hall of fame, the hall of faith, filled with different men and a few women out of different eras who had notable accomplishments by faith. The, the phrase "by faith" permeates the 11th chapter of the book of Hebrews so that we will have a deep respect for faith. We are living in a day, in a time, in in the church, that we do have a deep respect for praise. And because we sing songs about praise being a weapon, and sometimes it is. Sometimes we do not emphasize faith because faith is not tangible, touchable, does not appeal to the senses. We can't hear it or see it. We have to believe it. And yet, the book of Hebrews tells us, no matter how talented we may be as orators, as speakers, as singers, as musicians, as technicians, as producers, as whatever we are, no matter how many degrees we have, no matter how many good deeds we do, no matter how how ingratiating our personality might be, the Bible is clear about this, that without faith, it is impossible to please God. And that one verse alone shouldn't make us really hone in on the significance of faith. Because if we do everything else, and we get everything else right, and we have wonderful services, and we bring cookies over to our neighbors, and we say prayers every night, and and we do good deeds to people, and and we forgive people, and we fail to believe God, it is impossible to please Him. Conversely, if we don't do everything right, and we still get the faith right, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him as righteousness. So God gave him credit for being righteous, though he wasn't, because faith is a big deal to God. So the enemy knows it, whether you know it or not, and he does everything he can to uproot your faith and make you doubt. And he makes you doubt by talking, because faith comes by hearing. So for all of you who are overthinkers, it's not just that you're overthinking, you've got many voices talking to you, competing for your attention, because the voice you believe determines what you birth. I'm preaching already. [Applause]
The voice you believe determines what you birth. And I would preach you to say, there's not a person in this room that is not inundated with many voices on a consistent basis. Go. Stay. Join. Quit. You're not good enough. You're too good. And you're not appreciated. The voices don't even agree with each other. They're like rumors. You get so many rumors on you that the rumors start arguing. Anybody know what I'm talking about? And in the corner of all this internal noise, add to it the external noise that I was just talking about. You have to get somewhere sometimes and be still to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. And what's hearing it? You must be obedient enough to believe it without details. You got to go where you don't know. You got to do what you haven't done. And we must understand that if we don't become more adept in the area of faith, though we are talented in the area of giftings, your gift will get you in the room, but your faith will keep you there. So we have a lot of people getting in a lot of rooms that they don't stay in because they don't have the mindset to produce the stability that causes them to be able to stay. And I'm not just talking about rooms like opportunity. I'm also talking about rooms like peace, rooms like joy, rooms like contentment. And so you have momentary moments of ecstasy, and then seasons of elongated agony. And most of our agonies are a result of listening to the wrong voice apart from God. I'm teaching Norman Vincent Peale's "The Power of Positive Thinking," which basically boils down to humanism, which is just one step away from witchcraft. Because if you believe in faith for the sake of faith, apart from God, then you believe that you can will things into being by thought. That type of manipulation is not what I came to teach about. Jesus didn't just say, "Have faith." He said, "Have faith in, in God." So the faith has to be grounded. Are you following what I'm saying?
In our text, Sarah is the first female mentioned. Years ago, I used to preach a message called "The First Lady" because she's the first woman mentioned in the hallmark of faith. We hear all types of men mentioned before we get to this one woman. Are you hearing what I