This document contains excerpts from the Bible discussing faith and the future. Hebrews 13 encourages having faith in God rather than fearing people. Hebrews 12 says to run the race of life with endurance, fixing eyes on Jesus. James 4 warns that people should not presume what tomorrow will bring and instead say "if the Lord wills." Revelation 21 describes God making all things new and wiping away tears in heaven. Philippians 3 says to forget the past and press on toward perfection through Christ.

2. PRICELESS PROMISE
PRICELESS SOWING

3. LOUIS KOTZE

4. Hebrews 13:6-8 NLT
So we can say with confidence, “The LORD is my helper, so I will have no
fear. What can mere people do to me?” Remember your leaders who
taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from
their lives, and follow the example of their faith. Jesus Christ is the
same yesterday, today, and forever.

5. YOUR FUTURE IS AS
BRIGHT AS YOUR FAITH

6. THE FUTURE IS NOT IN THE PAST
Hebrews 12:1-2 NASB
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us
also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us,
and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes
on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down
at the right hand of the throne of God.

7. THE FUTURE IS NOT NECESSARILY AN
EXTENSION OF THE PRESENT
James 4:13-15 NASB
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a
city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet
you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor
that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to
say, “If the Lord wills, we will live
and also do this or that.”

8. OUR FUTURE IS IN CHRIST
Revelation 21:3-4 NLT
I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God's home is now
among His people! He will live with them, and they will be His people. God
Himself will be with them. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there
will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone
forever.”

9. Revelation 21:5-7 NLT
And the One sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything
new!” And then He said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is
trustworthy and true.” And He also said, “It is finished! I am the Alpha
and the Omega – the Beginning and the End. To all who are thirsty I will
give freely from the springs of the water of life. All who are victorious will
inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be My
children.

10. I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I
have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that
perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. No, dear brothers
and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing:
Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead …
Philippians 3:12-13 NLT