There’s a big difference between someone who only has professing faith and someone who is actually practicing their faith. All talk and no action isn’t commendable in God’s eyes. Taking a “be warmed, be filled” approach toward someone who is without clothing and food isn’t faith at all.

This week we once again dive into the matter of faith by learning from Daniel, someone who not only professed faith but practiced it too. He is among the ones noted in the Hall of Faith in Hebrews with exemplary faith. There is much we can learn from this man of faith who spent a night in a Lions’ Den… and survived. That experience would certainly elevate one’s faith. It did his, as it can ours the next time we find ourselves in a death-like situation.

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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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