1. FAITH IS FOUNDED IN HUMILITY!

2 Corinthians 1: 8 We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it. 9 In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, WE STOPPED RELYING ON OURSELVES AND LEARNED TO RELY ONLY ON GOD, who raises the dead. 10 And he did rescue us from mortal danger, and he will rescue us again. WE HAVE PLACED OUR CONFIDENCE IN HIM, and he will continue to rescue us.

THE KEY: WE STOPPED RELYING ON OURSELVES AND LEARNED TO RELY ONLY ON GOD!

FAITH IS A TOTAL TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN GOD.

CONFIDENCE IN GOD, NOT CONFIDENT IN OUR OWN ABILITY!

WE HAVE TO DIE TO OUR DESIRE TO CONTROL!

PROVERBS 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.

REAL GOD CONFIDENCE IS NOT ESTABLISHED IN THE FULFILLMENT OF A REQUEST, BUT KNOWING WHO WE ARE TO GOD!

ROMANS 8: 35 CAN ANYTHING EVER SEPARATE US FROM CHRIST’S LOVE? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) 37 NO, DESPITE ALL THESE THINGS, OVERWHELMING VICTORY IS OURS THROUGH CHRIST, WHO LOVED US.

38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, NOTHING IN ALL CREATION will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I AM LOVED!

THERE IS NEVER A CIRCUMSTANCE DIRE ENOUGH THAT CAN DEFINE WHO I AM TO GOD!

THE FAITH LIFE IS FOUND ONLY THROUGH DEATH.

LUKE 9: 23 Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me. 24 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.

1. IS THE FAITH LIFE ALWAYS GETTING WHAT WE WANT ON OUR TERMS?

JESUS HAS TO BE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY!

1 Peter 2: 13 For the Lord’s sake, submit to all human authority—whether the king as head of state, 14 or the officials he has appointed. For the king has sent them to punish those who do wrong and to honor those who do right.

FAITH IS MORE THAN A BELIEF SYSTEM, FAITH IS A LIFE OF COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN GOD OVER EVERY AREA OF OUR LIFE.

1. ESTABLISHING FAITH THROUGH HUMILITY!

1. FAITH IS TOTAL CONFIDENCE IN GOD!

DO I USE GOD AS MY EMERGENCY PLAN, HOPING HE COMES THROUGH?

1. KNOWING MY IDENTITY DETERMINES MY CONFIDENCE IN GOD.

DO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NO OR NOT NOW?

I MAY HAVE AN AUTHORITY ISSUE!  MEANING I WANT TO BE THE AUTHORITY!

1. DEATH TO MY CONTROL ENABLES LIFE TO MY FAITH!

AM I WILLING TO RELINQUISH COMPLETE CONTROL TO GOD?

WE STOPPED RELYING ON OURSELVES AND LEARNED TO RELY ONLY ON GOD!

1. JESUS AS LORD IS MORE THAN JUST A TITLE.

CAN I GIVE JESUS AUTHORITY OVER EVERY AREA OF MY LIFE?