Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Hebrews 11: By Faith

Today, I read Hebrews 11. The book of Hebrews is an interesting book that focuses on the underlying topic of Jesus as our high priest. It focuses on the doing away of the old covenant, and how it was a shadow of the new covenant. The old covenant on earth was but a shadow of the heavenly things, and Jesus is now our high priest.

Here, in Hebrews 11, the theme suddenly changes to center around faith. It continues to talk about each person throughout Scripture who has had faith in God. Some examples would be Abel, Noah, Abraham, and Sarah.

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1

How important faith is!

Prayer Requests
1. Spiritual growth, growth in faith
2. Ability to see what God wants me to do each and every day
3. Commitment to daily confession
4. Success in making arrangements for grandparents to come visit the US, maybe the last time
5. Encouragement to continue studies in Chinese, Business Computer Applications, and in the Enriched Patterns book annotation diligently
6. Preparation of heart for missions
7. Pray for the city of Chicago, and pray for Naperville
8. Pray for encounters arranged by God, divine appointments

thx bai

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