Living Word Family Church Sermon Podcast

Keith and Heidi Hershey have always had a heart to assist national leaders. Because of this, MFMI continues to connect relationally with Pastors and leaders from the entire spectrum of the Christian community. They seek to mentor and train leaders through things such as: seminars, conferences, and our Life Leadership Institutes. Through this relational equipping, MFMI is able to bring training to lay leaders within churches, and assist in raising up a new generation for ministerial leadership in the Kingdom of God.

When we study the life of faith, we often focus on what we can receive by faith, often with regard to healing and provision. And indeed, these are among the precious promises God has made to His children. But when we look at the heroes of the Bible, those who appear in the "hall of faith" in Hebrews, for example, we see something else. They aren't afforded that status for what they received, but for what they DID. We find, as we continue to explore the life of faith, that faith is a necessary component of obedience.

We know by now (we'd better!) that we can place our faith in everything God says. If God said it, we can believe it, and if we can believe it, we can experience it. So when it comes to praying and believing and receiving, we MUST know what God has indeed said! To stand on the promises of God, we must actually know what He has promised. Today, we take a look at some of those promises.

When someone makes a claim, a promise, or even a threat, our response -that is, how seriously we take those things- is determined by two things primarily: the nature of the statement itself, and our knowledge of the person who says it. This is why the more we understand the character of God, the easier it is to believe Him, and this is the essence of faith. To know Him is to believe Him!