God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Hebrews 12:1 NIV The teenager set off on his bike more than 20 minutes after the race... Continue Reading →
God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. Hebrews 11:40 In a high mountain range, a group of hikers was walking along a path that went between some of the tallest peaks in the Western US. The sunlight pierced the thin air making the... Continue Reading →
who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, Hebrews 11:33 NIV Leaving a National Park one day, some visitors stopped by the office building. They were greeted by an elderly man with a strange smile. His face was wrinkled terribly and when the guests... Continue Reading →
By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned. Hebrews 11:29 NIV It was not the first time he had fallen off the roof. On nearly every construction team there is a crazy one. He was the one they... Continue Reading →
By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. Hebrews 11:27 NIV The small motorboat flew across the deep waters of the sea. The driver could see the mountain on the island behind him and just the peaks of the next island in the... Continue Reading →
Children learn by watching their parents. We can tell them so many things. We can urge them, plead with them, and even obligate them to do what we say. But if they see us doing something that we truly believe in, it is so much easier for them to believe in it too! Shall we... Continue Reading →
We have all felt the pain when others have hurt us. Jesus did too. But his heart never held on to anything but love. Shall we pray to be like Him? Shall we pray that we will find it in our hearts to go to our brothers and sisters that hurt us and show them... Continue Reading →
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death. Hebrews 11:19 NIV Nobody imagined that it was so serious. When the mother of a family stayed in bed with a cough and a slight fever, her daughters and husband thought that she just needed to... Continue Reading →
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. Hebrews 11:13 NIV Two men on an expedition on a lake far out in the... Continue Reading →
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. Hebrews 11:10 NIV On the second day of an attempt to climb a mountain, a father and his son reached a ridge. They were nearing the top, but on the other side of the ridge, there was a... Continue Reading →
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