Seeking Jesus First Aug. 29, 2025

What can faith accomplish?

“who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented—of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.” (Hebrews 11:33–38, NKJV)

• Faith subdues kingdoms.
• Faith works righteousness.
• Faith obtains promises.
• Faith stops the mouth of lions.
• Faith quenches violence.
• Faith escapes the edge of the sword.
• Faith makes a weak person strong.
• Faith makes one valiant in battle.
• Faith chases off enemies.
• Faith raises the dead.
• Faith endures persecution, temptation, torture, trials, mocking, scourging and imprisonment.

Sometimes your faith victorious by changing the situation. Your faith wins because of the breakthrough. Other times, your faith is unyielding in hardship and is victorious through your faithfulness to God. Your faith wins because you don’t give up and run away.

“And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” (Hebrews 6:11–12, NKJV)

Whatever it is that you need, desire or want, if the promise is there, stand in faith on God’s word and believe and speak, calling those things that be not as though they were.