1. Until He Returns UNTIL HE RETURNS LIVE AN EXAMPLE OF FAITH

2. Until He Returns Genesis 12:1-3-“The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you;

3. Until He Returns I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.’”

4. Until He Returns 75 years old with no children and God commanded him to start a nation!!!!

5. Until He Returns I. BELIEVE GOD EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE.

6. Until He Returns

7. II. BELIEVE GOD EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW HOW.

8. Until He Returns In Genesis 16, 11 years after this promise, Abraham decides to trust in himself and make this promise of God come true.

9. Until He Returns Even when you don’t know HOW God is going to fulfill His promise, WAIT on HIM to do it!

10. Until He Returns W8ONGOD

11. Until He Returns In Genesis 18, 13 years later and 24 years after God’s initial promise, God reminds Abraham of His promise to give him a son. But now Abraham is 99 and his wife is 90!

12. Until He Returns “Is there anything too hard for the Lord?”

13. Until He Returns III. BELIEVE GOD EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW WHY.

14. Until He Returns Hebrews 11:17-19-“By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son,

15. Until He Returns even though God had said to him, ‘It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.’ Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and

16. Until He Returns figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.” Hebrews 11:19-“Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead.”

17. Until He Returns IV. INSTRUCTIONS FOR FAITH.

18. Until He Returns The dictionary says that trust is an unquestioning reliance on the integrity, strength, or ability of someone or something.”

19. Until He Returns 1. Faith is not having to see it to believe it. It is believing it so we can see it. 2. Every victory gives you a stronger trust in God to fulfill His promises.

20. Until He Returns 3. We are called to do more than SAY we believe in God’s promises to us. We are called to ACT on them BEFORE we know where, how or why.

21. Until He Returns 4. This kind of faith is presented as NORMAL for the followers of Christ in Hebrews 11.

22. Until He Returns 5. “Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” (Hebrews 11:6)