Build a Better Sunday, October 22
Question/Challenge/Song/Verse
A weekly worship prep to get your mind ready for Sunday.
A Question
Who is your favorite example of living by faith in the Bible, and why?
A Challenge
Call somebody who is absent at worship.
A Song of Ascent
My family has taken up the habit of singing hymns on the way to worship and I couldn’t recommend it more. This week’s suggestion:
Our God, He Is Alive
Secure is life from mortal mind,
God holds the germ within His hand,
Tho' men may search, they cannot find,
for God alone does understand.
A Passage
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
-Hebrews 12:22-24
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The Bible gives several examples of strong faith, but Job stands out in my mind. He lost almost everyone he loved and everything he owned, even his health. His 'friends' and even his wife berated him for his faith, but he held steadfast. Some of us today give up on the hope that God gives us after suffering a fraction of these losses. I am most thankful that we have the example of Job's unwavering faith in God. It gives me hope and reminds me that 'things can always get worse' whenever there is loss.
I would say Abraham. I don’t recall Abraham ever questioning God or arguing in any sort of way. He always seemed to be very conducive to everything the Lord said.