1. We need faith to please God.

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1. We need faith to please God.   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. Heb. 116   But my righteous one will
live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not
be pleased with him. Heb. 1038
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2. We need faith to live. The righteous will
live by faith. Rom. 117 We live by
faith, not by sight. 2 Cor. 57
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Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact
that his body was as good as deadsince he was
about a hundred years oldand that Sarahs womb
was also dead. 20Yet he did not waver through
unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was
strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
21being fully persuaded that God had power to do
what he had promised. Rom. 419-21
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• We need faith for answered prayer.
• Have faith in God, Jesus answered. 23I tell
  you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain,
  Go, throw yourself into the sea, and does not
  doubt in his heart but believes that what he says
  will happen, it will be done for him. 24Therefore
  I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer,
  believe that you have received it, and it will be
  yours.
• Mark 1122-24

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4. We need faith to resist the attacks of the
enemy.   Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy
the devil prowls around like a roaring lion
looking for someone to devour. 9Resist him,
standing firm in the faith 1 Pet. 58-9
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take up the shield of faith, with which you can
extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil
one. Eph. 616
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• Summary
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• We need faith to please God.
• We need faith to live.
• We need faith for answered prayer.
• We need faith to resist the enemy.