Are You Trying to Please God the Wrong Way?

Hebrews 11 is an invitation to fix your eyes on Jesus. In this message, Andrew Farley shows how the famous "Hall of Faith" points beyond human heroes to God's finished work in Christ. Discover why it's not really about the size of your faith and how everything God promised is already yours through the finished work of Jesus.

Discussion Questions for Hebrews 11:

1. Read verses 1–3. How does faith help us trust the unseen God when our visible circumstances seem to tell a different story?
2. Read verse 4. Why was Abel's sacrifice "better," and how does Jesus give us a far better sacrifice than anything we could offer?
3. Read verses 5–6. What does this passage reveal about pleasing God, and how can we stop trying to impress Him through religious performance?
4. Read verses 8–12. Where might God be inviting you to trust His character even though you cannot yet see the outcome?
5. Read verses13–16. How can remembering our better, heavenly country bring peace when this world feels disappointing, unstable, or unfair?
6. Read verses 32–38. Why can both deliverance and endurance be expressions of faith, and how does this correct outcome-based ideas about trusting God?
7. Read verses 39–40. What "something better" do we possess in the New Covenant that these faithful Old Testament believers never experienced?