When Your Back Is Against the Wall

When Your Back Is Against The Wall

HOW MUCH FAITH DO I HAVE?

1. What is faith?

2. How do I know how much faith I have?

3. We would like to be able to measure faith.

4. James 1:2-4, 10

5. We know what it is like to feel helpless. When it seems hopeless, we need the confidence in God to make it when our backs are against the wall.

Examples
1. Abraham and Isaac. Genesis 22:1
-Abraham's faith is ____________.
-When there was no sacrifice, Isaac asked, "Father?..The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" Genesis 22:1
-Abraham's response was "Yaweh jiraah." ("God himself will provide..." Genesis 22:8)
-The Hebrew author stated about this event that "Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead...” Hebrews 11:19
-Our trials are God's ______________.
-Faith that is real walks in the confidence of God's ____________.
2. Moses vs. Pharaoh Exodus 14
-Moses should have died as a _______________.
-He should have been executed when he__________ the Egyptian.
-God provided a way and later brought him face to face with the most powerful man on the earth.

WHEN YOUR BACK IS AGAINST THE WALL
1.   Exodus 14:13,   "Don't be afraid..."
2.   Exodus 14:13, "Stand firm..."
3.   Exodus 14:14, "...be still."
4.   Exodus 14:15, "...move on."