Is Faith Best Understood as a Kind of Road Trip?
Pastor Dave Schmelzer, Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Greater Boston Scripture References: Genesis 11:27-12:5; Romans 4 What can be hard about seeing faith as a road trip: It, obviously, can feel ____________________. At key times, it can feel really, really _________. It can tap into unresolved feelings of __________________. What can feel great about seeing faith as a road trip: It helps many people feel ______________ _________. It helps many people stay in shockingly good ________ _____ ___________. Rather than separating us from other...
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Scripture: 1 Samuel 17: 40 Then David…approached Goliath. 41 As the Philistine paced back and forth…, he noticed David. 42 He took one look down on him and sneered… 43 The Philistine ridiculed David. “Am I a dog that you come after me…?” And he cursed him by his gods. 44 “Come on,” said the Philistine. “I’ll make roadkill of you…” 45 David answered, “You come at me with sword and spear and battle-ax. I come at you in the name of God…, the God of Israel’s troops, whom you curse and mock. 46 This very day God...
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Scriptures: Acts 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. (KJV) Ephesians 1: 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy… 5 In love He predestined us for…sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will— 6 to the praise of His glorious grace, (that grace) which...
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Scriptures: 2 Cor. 12: 9 But the Lord said to me, “My grace is sufficient (enough) for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (NIV) Exodus 16: 28 The Lord asked Moses, “How long will these people refuse to obey my commands and instructions? 29 They must realize that the Sabbath...
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Scripture: Galatians 2: 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God… (KJV) FRUSTRATE: (E) To cause a barrier which stops the flow of the Holy Spirit’s: Inspiration (John 7:37-39). Revelation (Psalms 119:105, 131). Amplification (Rev. 2: 7,11,17,29; Ps 89:15; Isaiah 50:4). 2 Cor. 12: 9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for...
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