Iowa Falls Evangelical Free Church Sermon Podcast

The new year is a great time to starts new habits and drop some old ones. Today we will hear some astoundingly good news from Ephesians 2:19-22. God saves us into the church, making us citizens and family members. In Christ, we belong and we are being built together by God. Because we grow together, let's make being together a habit for 2019.

The new year is a great time to starts new habits and drop some old ones. Today we will hear some astoundingly good news from Ephesians 2:19-22. God saves us into the church, making us citizens and family members. In Christ, we belong and we are being built together by God. Because we grow together, let's make being together a habit for 2019.

During Christmas and throughout the year, aren't there so many things that could cause us to get off course, to take our eyes off of Jesus? Today, We'll prepare ourselves for Christmas and the New Year by looking to Hebrews 12:1-2 for the application of what we spent the last 4 weeks looking at in Hebrews 11.

During Christmas and throughout the year, aren't there so many things that could cause us to get off course, to take our eyes off of Jesus? Today, We'll prepare ourselves for Christmas and the New Year by looking to Hebrews 12:1-2 for the application of what we spent the last 4 weeks looking at in Hebrews 11.

Having given example after example from the first six books of the Bible of what it looks like to live by faith, today we look at the final verses of Hebrews 11. In it, we'll race through the rest of the Old Testament books to see how God has accomplished awesome things and people have accepted awful things, all by faith.

In our fallen world, there is much to fear. As we continue in our Advent series in Hebrews 11, we will see some examples of how some chose to live by faith instead of living by fear. May we be people who look to Jesus so that, by faith, we will take risks, endure suffering, obey God, and receive salvation.

In our fallen world, there is much to fear. As we continue in our Advent series in Hebrews 11, we will see some examples of how some chose to live by faith instead of living by fear. May we be people who look to Jesus so that, by faith, we will take risks, endure suffering, obey God, and receive salvation.

What will the next stage of life look like for you? What does it look like to live by faith when there are so many things we just can't know about what's next? In today's passage, the author of Hebrews looks back at how four generations of His people lived by faith, looking up at our faithful God and looking forward to the fulfillment of His promises.