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Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run\u202fwith perseverance\u202fthe race marked out for us\u2026\xa0Hebrews 12:1\xa0(NIV)\xa0

\u201cPERHAPS THE LORD\u201d\xa0

\u201cOne day Jonathan son of Saul said to his young armor-bearer, \u201cCome, let\u2019s go over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.\u201d But he did not tell his father. Saul was staying on the outskirts of\xa0Gibeah\xa0under a pomegranate tree in\xa0Migron. With him were about six hundred men,\u202famong whom was\xa0Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was a son of Ichabod\u2019s brother\xa0Ahitub\xa0son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord\u2019s priest in Shiloh. No one was aware that Jonathan had left. On each side of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost was a cliff; one was called\xa0Bozez\xa0and the other\xa0Seneh.\xa0\u202fOne cliff stood to the north toward\xa0Mikmash, the other to the south toward\xa0Geba. Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, \u201cCome, let\u2019s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.\u201d \u201cDo all that you have in mind,\u201d his armor-bearer said. \u201cGo ahead; I am with you heart and soul.\u201d\xa01 Samuel 14:1-7\xa0(NIV)\xa0

God comforts the disturbed, but he also disturbs the comfortable.\u202f\xa0

1.\xa0Your faith effects your friends and\xa0your friends effect your faith\xa0

\u201cBad company corrupts good character.\u201d\xa01 Corinthians 15:33\xa0(NIV)\xa0

2. Faith is a decision\u2026not an emotion\xa0
Any time you step out in faith you'll have to step over fear.\u202f\xa0

\u201cFor God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.\u201d\xa02 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)\xa0

\u201cThe thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.\u201d\xa0John 10:10 (NIV)\xa0

Feelings are horrible leaders but they're great followers.\xa0

You can't build Gods reputation unless you're willing to risk yours\xa0

No matter how afraid you are to look like a fool, you've got to step over that fear to do what God has called you to do.\u202f\xa0

3.\xa0On the other side of your faith is someone else's awakening\xa0

Faith\xa0honors God and God honors faith\xa0

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