Steve Durand - January 29, 2017

Expectant Faith - Matthew 15:21-28

It’s always easier to have faith in God’s ability to solve somebody else’s seemingly unsolvable problem. However, it’s much more difficult to have faith when you’re staring at your own dilemmas, when those little seeds of doubt begin to take root in your mind and blossom into a whole forest of questions about God’s ability and/or willingness to take care of them. Maybe you can relate.

If you’ve begun to lose, have already lost, or have never had, confidence in the power, goodness, and wisdom of God, you’re not alone. This week’s message is a much-needed reminder that God is a God who cares, and He’s a God who is “able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us” (Eph. 3:20).

From Series: "Daring Faith"

This Week's Sermon: "Perfecting Faith"

We love it when things are perfect. Probably because achieving a state of perfection is so rare. The odds of pitching a perfect game in baseball are 1 in 18K+. In professional bowling the chances of scoring a perfect 300 are 460 to 1. It’s no wonder a perfect game makes headline news.

And when it comes to a life of faith, what are the chances of living a perfect life? Well, unless you’re Jesus Christ, the answer would be zero. Which means every single person who would like to live with perfect faith, won’t. It’s just not going to happen this side of heaven.

But that isn’t a cause for depression or for giving up and deciding to simply “eat, drink, and be merry.” Actually, it can give one the perspective needed for progress in faith. Perfecting faith. The kind we’ll be focusing on this Sunday as we look at the life of faith that Abraham lived.

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