This document discusses the importance of faith and obedience to God. It contains several Bible verses that emphasize: 1) Faith comes from hearing God's word in scripture. 2) True faith involves taking action and obeying God's commands joyfully and completely. 3) Partial or delayed obedience is disobedience. Christians are called to obey God immediately and continually throughout their lives.

1. STRONG
FAITH IN GOD:
KEY TO YOUR
MIRACLES

2. ROMANS 10:17
•17
Consequently, faith
comes from hearing
the message, and the
message is heard
through the word of
Christ.

3. ROMANS 10:17 (ISV)
•17
Consequently, faith
comes from listening,
and listening comes
through the word of
Christ.

4. FIRST SUNDAY
MESSAGE:
BUI LDING A LIFE OF
FAITH
Matthew 9:29
Then he touched their eyes
and said, "According
to your faith will it be done
to you";

5. MESSAGE :
EXPECTING
THE BEST FROM
OUR GREAT GOD

6. Hebrews 11:1
Faith assures us of
things we expect and
convinces us of the
existence of things we
cannot see.

7. STRETCHING
YOUR
IMAGINATION
( TO FULFILL GOD'S
DREAMS FOR YOUR
LIFE )

8. •That is what the Scriptures
mean when they say, "No
eye has seen, no ear has
heard, and no mind has
imagined what God has
prepared for those who love
1Corinthians 2:9 NLT

9. With God's power
working in us, God can
do much, much more
than anything we can
ask or imagine.
EPHESIANS 3:20 NCV
( NEW CENTURY VERSION )

10. TODAY’S MESSAGE :
TAKING THE
INITIATIVE

11. •V.18b Show me your faith
without doing anything, and I
will show you my faith by
what I do.
•V.20 …Faith that does
nothing is worth nothing.
JAMES 2: 18b & 20 NCV

12. • FAITH IS LIKE A MUSCLE.
• IT ONLY GROWS WHEN YOU EXERCISE IT.
• EXERCISE IS DIFFICULT TO START.
• TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO START
EXERCISING YOUR FAITH.
• GET THE STRENGTH FROM THE LORD
JESUS TO INITIATE TO DO GOD'S WILL
AND DREAMS FOR YOU.

13. •I can do everything
through him who
gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13

14. FAITH IS
MAINLY
ABOUT
OBEDIENCE.

15. • # OBEY WITHOUT DELAY.
• # DELAYED OBEDIENCE IS
DISOBEDIENCE
• NOTE: PROCRASTINATION
• ( MANANA HABIT ) IS ONE STRUGGLE
AND NEGATIVE TRAIT AND BONDAGE
HINDERING TO FULFILL GOD'S
DREAM FOR YOU
1.) OBEY GOD
IMMEDIATELY

16. •PSALMS 119:60
I will hasten and
not delay to obey
your commands..

17. GNB Without delay I hurry to
obey your commands.
BBE I was quick to do your
orders, and let no time be
wasted.
DRB I am ready, and am not
troubled: that I may keep thy
commandments.

18. • Play Deaf Game
• ( I cant hear you dad ! )
• note: God is talking clearly to
you but pretending you can’t
and don’t hear His voice
NOTE: GAMES PEOPLE PLAY IN
DELAYED DISOBEDIENCE
( LIKE CHILDREN TO PARENTS )

19. • b.) Imagine Mom is talking to somebody
else
• You mean this verse is for him or her
and not for me.
• # in your delayed disobedience, you are
actually questioning God of His perfect
wisdom, knowledge, love,....
• # Christians uses common excuses in
delayed disobedience
a. counseling
b. prayer
c. blaming others

20. •# PARTIAL
OBEDIENCE IS
DISOBEDIENCE
2.) OBEY GOD
COMPLETELY

21. • Psalms 119:4 You have laid
down precepts that are to be fully
obeyed.
NCV Lord, You gave your orders
to be obeyed completely.
Psalms 119:33 (CEV) Point out
your rules to me, and I won't
disobey even one of them.

22. • James 4:11 Don't speak evil against
each other, my dear brothers and
sisters.[3] If you criticize each other
and condemn each other, then you
are criticizing and condemning
God's law. But you are not a judge
who can decide whether the law is
right or wrong. Your job is to obey
it.
note: Don’t doubt God's Words
and love for you.

23. • Proverbs 3:5 TMSG
Trust GOD from the
bottom of your heart;
don't try to figure out
everything on your
own.

24. • PSALMS 119:47
• (GNB) I find pleasure in obeying
your commands, because I love
them.
• (CEV) I love your commands!
They bring me happiness.
3.) OBEY GOD
JOYFULLY

25. 1.) A LOT OF BENEFITS AND
LESS PROBLEMS IN LIFE
2.) REWARDS IN HEAVEN
3.) SO MUCH LOVE FOR
3 REASONS WHY
THERE IS JOY TO
OBEY GOD

26. • 1John 5:3 This is love for
God: to obey his commands.
And his commands are not
burdensome,
• (CJB) For loving God means
obeying his commands.
Moreover, his commands are
not burdensome,

27. • (AMP) For the [true] love of God is
this: that we do His commands [keep
His ordinances and are mindful of His
precepts and teaching]. And these
orders of His are not irksome
(burdensome, oppressive, or
grievous).
• (TMSG) The proof that we love God
comes when we keep his
commandments and they are not at all
troublesome.

28. • #JESUS CHRIST
MEASURES YOUR LOVE BY
YOUR OBEDIENCE
•JOHN 14:15
"If you love me, you
will obey what I
command.

29. • PSALMS 119:112 (GNB) I have decided
to obey your laws until the day I die.
• (CEV) I have made up my mind to
obey your laws forever, no matter
what.
• (CJB) I have resolved to obey your
laws forever, at every step.
4.) OBEY GOD
CONTINUALLY

30. • GW PSALMS 119:33
• Teach me, O LORD, how
to live by your laws, and I
will obey them to the end.
• NLT Phi 3:16 But we must
be sure to obey the truth
we have learned already..