29 "According to your faith let it be done to you."

• Matthew 9:29 NIV

6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, ...

• Hebrews 11:6 NIV

23 ... everything that does not come from faith is sin.

• Romans 14:23 NIV

5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

• Luke 17:5 NIV

3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

• James 1:3 NIV

17 "What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention, 18 that you examine them every morning an test them every moment?

• Job 7:17-18 NIV

1) GOD TESTS OUR FAITH THROUGH DIFFICULTIES

6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith - of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire - may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

• 1 Peter 1:6-7 NIV

10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

• Isaiah 48:10 NIV

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sister, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

• James 1:2-3 NIV

LESSON: To live by faith, I must learn to REJOICE CONTINUALLY.

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2) GOD TESTS OUR FAITH THROUGH DEMANDS

4 Then the Lord said to Moses, "I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.

• Exodus 16:4 NIV
• By faith Abraham ... obeyed and went ... (Hebrews 11:8 NIV)
• By faith Noah ... built an ark ... (Hebrews 11:7 NIV)

LESSON: To live by faith, I must learn to OBEY IMMEDIATELY

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3) GOD TESTS OUR FAITH THROUGH DELAYS

2 ... God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, ...

• Deuteronomy 8:2 NIV

4 ... no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.

• Isaiah 64:4 NIV

34 Wait for the Lord and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the Land; ...

• Psalm 37:34 ESV

LESSON: To live by faith, I must learn to WAIT PATIENTLY

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4) GOD TESTS OUR FAITH THROUGH DOLLARS

11 So, if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?

• Luke 16:11 NIV

7 But since you excel in everything... 8 I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

• 2 Corinthians 8:7-8 NIV

LESSON: To live by faith, I must learn to GIVE GENEROUSLY

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