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		<title>Pursuit of Faith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kayleen Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Living Your Faith]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To find Faith, we must understand Faith. What is Faith? How do we get Faith? Is it as hard to obtain faith as it is to keep faith?God compares faith to righteousness. To be right with God, we must live our lives by faith.
Romans 4:4-5 ~ Now when  man works, his wages are not credited [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To find Faith, we must understand Faith. What is Faith? How do we get Faith? Is it as hard to obtain faith as it is to keep faith?<span id="more-456"></span>God compares faith to righteousness. To be right with God, we must live our lives by faith.</p>
<p><strong>Romans 4:4-5</strong> ~ <em>Now when  man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation. However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness</em>.</p>
<p>Faith brings us peace. We rejoice in the glory of God who brings us hope.</p>
<p><strong>Romans 5:1-2</strong> ~ <em>Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God</em>.</p>
<p>To understand faith, we need to hear messages filled with the Word of Christ. We need to fellowship with other Christians.</p>
<p><strong>Romans 10:17</strong> ~ <em>Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ</em>.</p>
<p>We need to hold firmly onto our faith. Even when we we start to have doubts, we need to cling to our faith.</p>
<p><strong>Romans 14:22-23</strong> ~ <em>So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves. But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.</em></p>
<p>As we have faith, we need to be on guard, stand firm in our faith, be courageous and love each other.</p>
<p><strong>1 Corinthians 16:13-14</strong> ~ <em>Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love</em>.</p>
<p>If we believe without proof our faith is stronger. To believe in God when we can&#8217;t see God takes faith. The same is true of air, gravity and love. We can&#8217;t see any of them but we believe they are there.</p>
<p><strong>2 Corinthians 5:7</strong> ~ <em>We live by faith, not by sight</em>.</p>
<p>We need to shield ourselves in faith to battle evil. The victory goes to the faithful believers.</p>
<p><strong>Ephesians 6:16</strong> ~ <em>In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the the flaming arrows of the evil one</em>.</p>
<p>Believe that your heart&#8217;s desires are also God&#8217;s desire&#8217;s for you. When you are full of faith and believe without seeing, your desires become pure and we are able to see the path we are meant for.</p>
<p><strong>Hebrews 11:1</strong> ~ <em>Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see</em>.</p>
<p>We can only see God if we believe he exists. When we earnestly seek God, he will reward us.</p>
<p><strong>Hebrews 11:6</strong> ~ <em>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 seeks him</em>.</p>
<p><strong>SUPPORTING SCRIPTURE:</strong></p>
<p>Hebrew 11</p>
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