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give us grace to be so assured within ourselves about what we hope for and what is unseen that we live in a way that is pleasing to you4 By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,
through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous,
God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.5 By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death,
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and he was not found, because God translated him.
For he has...Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
Heavenly father
give us grace to live on godly fear and obedience7 By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear,
prepared a ship for the saving of his house,
through which he condemned the world, (his saving of his household showed the stupidity of those who did not follow his example)
and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.Heavenly father
give us grace to seek heavenly goals today8 By faith, Abraham, when he was called,
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obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance.
He went out, not knowing where he went.
9 By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own,
dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
10 For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and...Heavenly father
give us grace to live as strangers and pilgrims on earth, desiring a better country11 By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive,
and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
12 Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore,
were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises,
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but having seen...Heavenly father
give us grace to live as those who believe in the resurrection of the dead17 By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac.
Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son,
18 to whom it was said, “Your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac,”
19 concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead.
Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.20 By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob...
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give us grace to be unafraid of people, to avoid the pleasures of sin and to seek first the kingdom of heaven today23 By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents,
because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.24 By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
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25 choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the...Heavenly father
give us grace to find strength in our weakness today, to work out righteousness and obtain resurrection into your kingdom.30 By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days.
31 By faith, Rahab the prostitute didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.32 What more shall I say?
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For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
33 who...Heavenly father
give us grace to lay aside our sins and look to Jesus today1 Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,
lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us,
and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith,
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame,
and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God....
másHeavenly father, give us grace today to walk with Jesus the way of the cross.
1 Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him who has endured such...
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