Examples Of Faith

Spend time today reading Hebrews 11 📖 . Read the chapter without stopping. Then read it a second time. Write down your thoughts to the questions below:

Read verse 1 again. What do you hope for today that you can’t see now? (Think of both your needs for this life and your spiritual needs.)

What part does faith have in your personal story about Jesus and how He gave you a new heart and life?

Read verse 3 again. God made the earth and the skies. He is alive. Why should this Bible truth be the easiest thing for us to believe?

Read verse 6. Write the message of this verse in your own words.

Verses 7–40 talk about the lives of different people in the Bible. Why is faith an important part of their relationship with God?

We need faith to have a living, strong relationship with God. How can you have more faith? How can you help someone whose faith is weak? Here are some ideas:

A small amount of faith (the same as a mustard seed) is powerful. A little bit is all you need to grow a relationship with God ( Matthew 17:20 📖 ). Are you willing to work with God? Then He will help your faith grow.

Faith comes from hearing God talk to us in His Word, the Bible ( Romans 10:17 📖 ). Study the Bible and pray daily.

Ask God to help your faith grow ( Luke 17:5 📖 ). Remember the father with the child who was filled with a demon? The father came to Jesus. “He [the man] said with tears in his eyes, ‘Lord, I have faith. Help my weak faith to be stronger [grow more powerful]!’ ” ( Mark 9:24 📖 , NLV). We can see our need. We can ask God to give us more faith.

Don’t give up your faith because you have doubts ( Mark 9:24 📖 ). Don’t stop trusting God because you have questions you can’t answer. Take your questions to God. Let your life show God saves you ( Philippians 2:12–16 📖 ).

Accept the Holy Spirit. Ask God for more of the Holy Spirit in your life.

Live your faith. Remember that faith isn’t a feeling. Faith is a decision to believe. Remember in hard times that when you can’t see God, He is there ( 2 Corinthians 5:7 📖 ).

Thank God for His help. Read the hymn “Great Is Thy Faithfulness.” Make it your personal prayer of thanks.