Have you ever been facing a really difficult situation or relationship and someone will say,

hey, you just need to have more faith? I'm going to tell you something. The Bible doesn't teach that. The Bible teaches something very different about faith and that's what we're going to

learn today stay with me.

Thanks for joining us for this

joining us for this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

Chip's our Bible teacher for this international discipleship ministry

focused on helping Christians live like Christians. And in just a minute he'll

continue our new series trusting Jesus no matter what. Today Chipp will further unpack

how the Bible defines faith and identify the biggest barrier that often stops us from

fully trusting Jesus.

And be sure to stick around.

After this teaching, as Chip shares some helpful application we can put into practice today. You won't want to miss it.

If you're ready here's Chip for the remainder of his talk building a strong

foundation of faith.

biblical faith is believing in the character and the promises of God to the point of

acting on them whereby your obedience is the evidence that you actually believe, that you actually trust him.

Biblical faith is focused on the person of Jesus, the promises that he's made, and biblical faith is,

this is what you have said, and because of who you are,

and because of this specific promise that I'm holding on to, I'm willing to step out and take a risk.

I'm willing to do what I cannot see.

I'm willing to obey you even though I'm very, very much afraid.

Can I suggest that the number one enemy of biblical faith is fear.

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