Foothills Christian Church
Understanding How to Walk by Faith | Mark Hoffman | September 1 & 2, 2018
Weekend Services
Locations & Times
Foothills Christian Church
365 W Bradley Ave, El Cajon, CA 92020, United States
Saturday 6:30 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM
Hupostasis: “substance” - tangible proof inside you that what you hope for is real.
Elegos: “evidence” that something is real even though you can’t see or touch it.
Elegos: “evidence” that something is real even though you can’t see or touch it.
True faith is not believing without evidence, but it’s realizing that the primary evidence is inside of you where God Himself has placed it.
Faith doesn’t deny reality, it allows you to see a greater reality not visible to the eye.
Walking by faith begins with a commitment to discipline myself not to react to circumstances but rather to respond by faith.
Faith is the God-given ability to believe God’s Word and the power to act upon that belief.
Faith is the God-given power to believe and receive from God despite circumstances.
Faith requires pursuing God’s promises based on the conviction that God is a rewarder.
6 Ways Living by Faith will Change your Life:
1. By faith we gain.
1. By faith we gain.
6 Ways Living by Faith will Change your Life:
2. By faith we understand.
2. By faith we understand.
“I believe in Christianity as I believe in the sun. Not only because I see it, but by it I see all things clearly.” (C.S. Lewis)
6 Ways Living by Faith will Change your Life:
3. Faith enables us to be prepared.
3. Faith enables us to be prepared.
6 Ways Living by Faith will Change your Life:
4. By faith we can obey.
4. By faith we can obey.
Hebrews 11:9a
By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land…
By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land…
6 Ways Living by Faith will Change your Life:
5. Faith teaches you how to live.
5. Faith teaches you how to live.
6 Ways Living by Faith will Change your Life:
6. By faith we can conceive new things
6. By faith we can conceive new things
Spiritual insanity: People praying God will change their life and make them a better person but then fearing and resisting anything that’s challenging, risky or difficult and outside their comfort zone.