Turn with me, please, to Romans the fourth chapter. Romans 4. We've been on a series for some weeks now.

We're calling exceedingly growing faith. And this is one of our main texts here in Romans chapter 4 beginning about verse 19 talking about

Abraham who is one of the greatest examples of faith in the word of God. We're called the children

of Abraham by faith in Jesus.

Said he, Abraham, being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead.

We've gone over this more than once, but you see it so clearly right here, what's the key to being not weak?

Not considering your problem. You can't focus on, think about, talk about, your lack, your symptoms, your marriage problem, child problem, whatever the case

might be. If you think and talk that problem night and day, you will be weak in faith.

You won't be able to escape it. But you don't have to consider that, even though it's there,

you don't have to mind it. You don't have to think about it all the time. You don't have to consider that, even though it's there, you don't have to mind it.

You don't have to think about it all the time.

You don't have to talk about it all the time.

You can consider him.

You can look under Jesus, the author and finisher of your faith.

You can remind yourself of what he told you about these things.

He considered not his own body now dead when he was about 100 years old,

neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb.

I mean, if he looked at himself and he looked at her, he looked at their age,

she couldn't conceive when she was a young woman,

then he's going to be discouraged.

Right?

He's going to think this can't happen.

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