The Life of Amazing Faith

1 Samuel 3:10, “The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” Very few people can say that they have actually heard the audible voice of God. However, Samuel was honored by God to not only hear God’s audible voice but…

1 Samuel 17:32, “David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.” The story of David and Goliath is probably the most well known inspirational story of the Old Testament, 1 Samuel 17.  Just the mention of it brings people hope to believe…

1 Kings 3:9, “So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours.” Solomon, the third king of Israel, is known in the Bible as the wisest and wealthiest Israelite King to have walked the earth,…

1 Kings 18:24, “Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers by fire —he is God.” Elijah is known in the Bible as one of the boldest and most radical Old Testament prophets that ever lived.  During the time of…

1 Kings 19:21, “So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.” Elisha was just an ordinary farmer until…

Jeremiah 20:9, “But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.” Jeremiah was the last major prophet to warn the people of…

Daniel 3:17-18, “17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the…

Daniel 6:10, “Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.” Many Christians around the world are familiar…

Luke 1:17, “And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.” John the Baptist (which means he “baptized” people in water for repentance)…

Luke 2:26, “It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.” Simeon was a devoted Jew that lived in Jerusalem who was given a promise from the Holy Spirit that he wouldn’t die until he saw the promised Messiah.  Luke records that…