There is something about showings of real faith that impress us. We are all drawn to stories of faith… And it is on that premise that we are starting a new series called “A Faith Worth Remembering.”

Share a story of someone from your life who has a faith worth remembering. What was it about their faith that impacted you the most?

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for. —Hebrews 11:1-2 (NIV)

What do you understand about faith from this definition?
How would you describe faith in God to someone who has never experienced it?
How would you describe the relationship between faith and sight?

Real Faith is more than a statement… Real Faith always produces a story.

Faith is the reason we remember great people who lived in the past. —Hebrews 11:2 (NCV)

Faith is a noun… But when you live a faith worth remembering there is going to be verbs attached to the noun. Scan Hebrews 11 and talk about some of the verbs that are attached to faith.

And 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 (NIV)

What do you understand about God from this verse?

Faith reveals confidence in God’s Realness.

What stories make you confident that God is real?

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. —Hebrews 11:3 (NIV)

What do you understand this verse to say?

Faith reveals confidence in God’s Goodness.

What stories make you confident that God is good?

When God reveals himself to you… you have a story worth retelling and a faith worth remembering.

What faith story do you want your life to tell the next generation?