1. Where is your faith? Sermon by, Lam Lai Phing Oct 2009

2. Luke 8:22-25 22One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." So they started out. 23As they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. Suddenly a strong wind blew down on the lake, and the boat began to fill with water, so that they were all in great danger.

3. Luke 8:22-25 24The disciples went to Jesus and woke him up, saying, "Master, Master! We are about to die!" Jesus got up and gave an order to the wind and the stormy water; they died down, and there was a great calm. 25Then he said to the disciples, "Where is your faith?"

4. What is FAITH in God? Ephesians 2:8 8 For by grace you have been saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.

5. What is FAITH in God? Hebrews 11:1 (NLT) 1 What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.

6. What is FAITH in God? “The just shall live by faith.” (Hab 2:4; Rom 1:17; Gal 3:11; Heb 10:38) Galatians 2:20b 20 “The life that I live, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me..”

7. How to react correctly in a storm incident?

8. Remember3 steps &Learn3 lessons

10. 1. Refuse to be controlled by your feelings and fear Faith is not a feeling.

11. 1. Refuse to be controlled by your feelings and fear 1 John 5: 11 – 13 11 And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has God’s Son has life; whoever does not have His Son does not have life.” 13 I write this to you who believe in the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life.”

12. Claiming faith says I am who God says I am. 1. Refuse to be controlled by your feelings and fear

14. Luke 7: 6-106 “Lord, don’t trouble yourself by coming to my home, for I am not worthy of such an honour. 7 I am not even worthy to come and meet you. Just say the wordfrom where you are, and my servant will be healed.

16. Luke 7: 6-108 I know because I am under the authority of my superior officers, and I have authority over my soldiers. I only need to say, ‘Go,’ and they go, or ‘Come,’ and they come. And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this or that,’ they do it.”

18. Luke 7: 6-109 Jesus was amazed and said, “I tell you, I haven’t seen faith like this in all the land of Israel!” 10 And when the officer’s friends returned to his house, they found the slave completely healed.

20. Luke 8:4848 My daughter, your faith has made you well.”

21. 2. Remind yourself of what God can do Creative faith says I can have what God says I can have.

24. 2 Corinthians 4:1616 We do not give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.

26. Romans 8:1818 Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory He will give us later.

28. Hebrews 11: 35b35 But others trusted God and were tortured, preferring to die rather than turn from God and be free. They placed their hope in the resurrection to a better life. 39 All of these people we have mentioned received God’s approval because of their faith…

29. 3. Rely on God Conquering faith says I can do what God says I can do.

30. Conclusion Claiming faith says we are who God says we are Creative faith says we can have what God says we can have Conquering faith sayswe can do what God says we can do