Turn, please, to Romans the fourth chapter.

And then also we'll be looking briefly at 2th, Thessalonians 1.

We began some weeks ago on a series.

We're calling exceeding, growing, faith.

We've seen that faith can be concerning what area you're talking about. People can have no

faith in that area or they can have little faith or they can have great faith. And does it make

any difference if we have faith in this life?

Oh my.

Faith is the only way to please God.

Faith is the victory that overcomes the world.

That means anything in this world.

You can overcome it with faith. Say that loud, I can beat it with faith.

Say it out loud, I can beat it with my faith.

No matter what it is.

If it's a physical attack, if it's an attack on your marriage, your family, whatever it might be, you can overcome by your faith and by the greater one inside.

And one of the reasons that we should get together like this on a regular basis

and also that we should read our chapters on a regular basis, that kind of thing,

is that our spirit is fed and is built up, and you don't want to wait until you get hit to try to build yourself up.

You can be playing catch up.

It can be tough and rough.

But if we'll follow him, he'll have us ready.

He'll be giving us the things that we need prior and ahead of time.

...