Andy Elmes - Breakfast of Champions

Good morning, you hero!

Selfless faith will change the world.

Hebrews 11:32–38 (The Message)
I could go on and on, but I've run out of time. There are so many more — Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, the prophets .... through acts of faith, they toppled kingdoms, made justice work, took the promises for themselves. They were protected from lions, fires, and sword thrusts, turned disadvantage to advantage, won battles, routed alien armies.

Wow, faith is very powerful stuff! It was used to:

• Topple kingdoms

• Make justice work

• Protect from incredible dangers

• Route, or force out, foreign armies

It is good for us all to grasp the fact that faith is about more than just you! God calls us to graduate out of the style of faith which is just about us to a level of faith life that is also all about others, stuff beyond us.

Faith will change your life, but selfless faith will change the world.

These men and women that we read about in Hebrews 11 changed things in the world by their faith; this really inspires me. We too can use our God-given faith to hold things back and release justice, to win battles for God's kingdom and force out “alien armies”. The key is to simply make the decision to live beyond yourself, to see that the purpose of true faith is not all about us and our comfort, but rather having an impact in the cities we live and the world that God loves.

I don’t know about you but I do not want my spiritual obituary to read, "Andy was a man of faith who knew how to get a bigger house and a new car." Rather something bigger, maybe something like, "Andy was a man whose faith impacted the world by regularly toppling and forcing out the plans and schemes of the enemy (devil), and he could also stop lions mouths too!"

Be inspired – let us use our faith for great and mighty things that affect the world beyond the boundaries of our own lives and comfort.

Bless ya,

Andy

Posted via email from Heath Baxter