Russellville Christian Center

FAITH and the IMAGINATION The Blueprint 11/24/24 Susan Allen Heb 11:1-kjv Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (by the senses) 2 For by it (faith) the elders obtained a good report.3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.   FAITH is progressive. You may not see yourself in HIS WORD yet, but keep looking at it. YOU ARE FRAMING your LIFE every time you choose it! Someday you will stand in that place, you are HOPING FOR. *How do you see yourself? Where do you WANT to see change? What are you hoping for in your own life, in your family? In ministering to others?* Challenge: find the BLUEPRINT in the Word to build it Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh (active) in us, (Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;)   ---Power-dunamis: force, miraculous power----    Active is me choosing it, practicing it, and doing it Prov 23:7 kjv  For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he… We are given the power to control and choose WHAT WE THINK Deut 30:10 amp If you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with all your being. 11 For this commandment which I command you this day is not too difficult for you, nor is it far off. 12 It is not [a secret laid up] in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven and bring it to us, that we may hear and do it? 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear and do it? 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your mind and in your heart, so that you can do it. 15 See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil.