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Hebrews 11

Faith in Action

11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.

3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

4 By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.

5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”[a] For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.

8 By faith Abraham, 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. 9 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. 10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. 11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she[b] considered him faithful who had made the promise. 12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[c] 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.

21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.

23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. 25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.

29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.

31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[d]

32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were put to death by stoning;[e] they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.

39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

Footnotes

a Hebrews 11:5 Gen. 5:24
b Hebrews 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children—and Sarah herself was not able to conceive—was enabled to become a father because he
c Hebrews 11:18 Gen. 21:12
d Hebrews 11:31 Or unbelieving
e Hebrews 11:37 Some early manuscripts stoning; they were put to the test;

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God Bless America.

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Oh LORD,
Our God,
How Excellent, How Glorious, How Majestic,
Is Your Name Over All The Earth!
The Earth is Yours,
The Heavens,
and the Vast Expanses of Space,
You Created it All,
And it is All Under Your Control.

Let all that has been Concealed
Be Revealed.

Father, We Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem,
According To Your Will and Promise.
We Pray That You Will Forgive The Sins
of Our Own Nation,
and Lead us all to Godly Repentance.
Create in Us Clean Hearts, Oh LORD,
and Renew a Right Spirit Within Us.

This we Pray Together,
As We Await Your Messiah,
Blessed Be He,
To Set Up His Kingdom,
And Make All Things Right.

God Bless America.

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[DarthVader]

Amen !!! <><

Psalm 126

A Song of Ascents.

1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,*
we were like those who dream.
2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then it was said among the nations,
‘The Lord has done great things for them.’
3 The Lord has done great things for us,
and we rejoiced.

4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like the watercourses in the Negeb.
5 May those who sow in tears
reap with shouts of joy.
6 Those who go out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
carrying their sheaves.

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Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

My friend Doris was without transportation for some time. I offered to teach her how to ride a motorcycle so she could get some cheap transportation, and also join me for a ride once in a while. "Oh no!" she exclaimed. "I have no sense of balance! I can't even hold a bicycle up!" I patiently explained that a motorcycle balances itself, as long as you are going forward. My bike, "Blue" weighs 650 lbs. You think I can hold it up? No. It is held up by the laws of Gravity, Centrifugal Force, and Inertia, the three forces that keep the Universe going. My own personal strength (what there is of it), and my sense of balance have NOTHING to do with it. While Doris may not have had faith in herself, surely she had faith in the Laws of the Universe.

Well, that worked, and soon she was trading up her little Honda Rebel 250 for a Sportster.

I just finished reading an excellent book called "Galileo's Daughter". It was a Biography of Galileo which was extracted from the many personal letters from his daughter, Sr. Maria Celeste, who had been a cloistered nun from her early teens. Her letters were so frequent and expressive that we can glean Galileo's entire life just from her side of the conversation.

Despite the fact that non-believers like to use Galileo as an example of "Faith vs. Science", Galileo was a man of faith. His run-in with the Inquisition and the Banning of his books were the result of political infighting, petty jealousies, and rivalry among philosophers. Even the Pope was "for Galileo before he was against him." The irony was that the "science" that Galileo was questioning was not even Christian at all. The theory of a stationary Earth and a traveling Sun went back to Aristotle and Ptolemy, two Pagan Philiosophers. How it got to be "Christian Doctrine" came from a thread that traced through St. Thomas Aquinas and others. In any case, Galileo ws not an atheist. In fact, from his writings, upon discovering the Moons of Jupiter or Sunspots through his rudimentary telescope, we can sense his Faith expressed as a Sense of Wonder, just like the feeling I get when looking Hubble Photos of the Universe. My first reaction to those amazing views of Eternity is"My God, How Great Thou Art!". And so, at least in my view, (and Galileo's apparently), Faith and Science are Loving Sisters, not Enemies.

A big focus of Galileo's research was regarding the laws of Motion and Gravity. It is from these two subjects that we can learn a lot about Faith. Every time you get into an automobile, hop on a bike, or board an airplane, you are tacitly expressing your Faith in the Laws of Gravity and Motion. Yet, nobody has ever seen Gravity, Inertia, or Centrifugal Force. We see the effects of them, but we never see the actual "thing". Yet we know that it IS a "thing", otherwise, we would never leave our homes for fear that Gravity would lose its hold on us and we would get flung off into space. Ask a non-believer if he would jump out of an airplane without a parachute. Even if the non-believer claimed he didn't believe in the Law of Gravity, I'm willing to bet be won't do it.

The Author of the Book of Hebrews expressed it perfectly in the first sentence of Chapter 11.

"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see."

Nobody has actually seen God, but we see His work every minute of every day. And without Faith, prayer is useless. It's like the Laws of Gravity and Motion. It's the Assurance of Things NOT Seen.

Come and Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Thank You, DarthVader, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[etabeta]

My prayers always. God bless.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Now you've entered my wheelhouse: 11:6 ping!

AMEN!

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Thank You, Etabeta, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Thank You, Hebrews 11:6, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[NEWwoman]

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As Mr. Scott (Scotty) would say to Captain Kirk in Star Trek: You cannot change the law of physics!

Joining in prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem and for our beloved America.

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As Mr. Scott (Scotty) would say to Captain Kirk in Star Trek: You cannot change the law of physics!

You may not be able to change them, but you can make them work FOR you instead of AGAINST you! :-)

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Thank You, NEWwoman, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[TianaHighrider]

Thank you and prayers up ❤ 🙏

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Thank You, TianaHighrider, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[Hiskid]

Amen

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Hiskid, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[Jeanbl]

AMEN, thank you. Joining in prayer.

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Jeanbl, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS