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What Is Happening To My Faith? Understanding the Change and Importance of Faith

Explore the various forms and changes of faith while understanding its importance in daily life. Discover how neglecting faith can lead to doubt and uncertainty. Learn to check and strengthen your faith to stay rooted in belief.

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What Is Happening To My Faith? Understanding the Change and Importance of Faith

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  1. Every Christian Has Faith • Know he needs faith • Wants to have faith • Doesn’t want to lose his faith • Makes claims to faith Faith is Precious (2 Pet. 1:1) Faith is something we share with others (2 Pet. 1:1) Do you ever see things in your life - makes you wonder - what’s happening to my faith? Do you ever surprise self….?

  2. What Is Happening To My Faith?

  3. What Is Happening To My Faith? I. Faith Is Extremely Important

  4. I. Faith Is Extremely Important • Pleasing God (Heb. 11:6) • Live by faith (Hab. 2:4; Heb. 10:38-39) • Walk by faith (2 Cor. 5:17) • Actions & obedience - outgrowth of faith: • Prayer (Jas. 5:15) • Forgive (Luke 17:1-6) • Any obedience (Heb. 11) • Foundation of our hope (Heb. 11:1)

  5. What Is Happening To My Faith? I. Faith Is Extremely Important II. Faith Can Change

  6. II. Faith Can Change • Various Forms of Faith: • Weak (Rom. 4:19) • Strong (Rom. 4:20; Acts 16:5) • Little (Matt. 6:30; 8:26; 14:31; 16:8) • Great (Matt. 8:10) Means: Could have faith - not be right!

  7. II. Faith Can Change Various Forms of Faith: • What Can Happen: • Fail (Luke 22:32) • Deny it (1 Tim. 5:8) • Depart from it (1 Tim. 4:1) • Shipwreck (1 Tim. 1:19) • Stray (1 Tim. 6:10, 21) • Overthrow (2 Tim. 2:18) • Cast off (1 Tim. 5:11-12) • Become unbelievers (Heb. 3:12)

  8. II. Faith Can Change Various Forms of Faith: What Could Happen: • What Should Happen: • Grow (2 Thess. 1:3) • Increase (Luke 17:5) • Strengthened (Col. 1:11; Eph. 3:16)

  9. What Is Happening To My Faith? I. Faith Is Extremely Important II. Faith Can Change III. What Happened

  10. III. What Happened Taken For Granted • Ignore warnings - losing • Assume - stay same • Think: “Never happen..” • Fail to feed it (Col. 1:9-11) • Fail to add to it (2 Pet. 1:5f) • Fail to exercise (Lk. 17:5-10) • Fail to check it (2 Cor. 13:5) Neglect

  11. Checking our Faith • Do you believe what you have always believed? • Do you feel that your faith is stronger now? • Do you tolerate things - didn’t before? • Are not not as bothered by wrong (sin) used to be? • Are you bored with Bible study? • Are some acts harder to do now? • Does “saturated” or “damp” describe your faith? • Has your appetite changed?

  12. What Is Happening To My Faith? I. Faith Is Extremely Important II. Faith Can Change III. What Happened

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