The Power of Expectation

Faith in Our Everyday Lives

Agenda

• Prayer• Song• Activity #1• Activity #2• Scriptures• Closing prayer

Activity #1• I will place a famous name on your back.• You will have one minute to ask others a YES or NO

question to be able to guess the name.• During the first round, A few participants will be selected

to deceive you. – I will hand additional papers that will say DECEIVER if you are

chosen for this part. If your slip is blank, you are to tell the truth.

– Do not let anyone else know if you are a deceiver or you are chosen to tell the truth.

• During the second round, EVERYONE will tell the truth.

Activity #2

• What are things that we expect on a day-to-day basis?

• What happens/ how do we feel when those expectations are not met?

Faith Defined

Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Faith is a Part of Everyday Life

2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV)7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

Growing Faith

• Romans 10:17So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Faith is Necessary • Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. • Matthew 9:2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.• Matthew 9:22But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

Faith is Power

Matthew 17:20And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Faith is an Action

James 2:26For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.