{"id":388,"date":"2019-03-11T09:35:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T13:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/?p=388"},"modified":"2019-04-01T14:01:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T18:01:41","slug":"how-god-leads-hebrews-111-2-8-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/messages\/how-god-leads-hebrews-111-2-8-18\/","title":{"rendered":"How God Leads &#8211; Hebrews 11:1-2; 8-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"How God Leads &amp;#8211; Hebrews 11:1-2; 8-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-03-11T09:35:37-04:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT34M11S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Hebrews 11:1-2; 8-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/March_3_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service_1_.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"32.0\" \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fcgcs_sermons%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fcgcs_sermons%2FMarch_3_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service_1_.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fchinesegospelchurch.net%2Fcgcse%2Fmessages%2Fhow-god-leads-hebrews-111-2-8-18%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/March_3_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service_1_.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/?powerpress_pinw=388-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/March_3_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service_1_.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"March_3_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service_1_.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/cgc-scarborough-sermons\/id1439749014?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fchinesegospelchurch.net%2Fcgcse%2F%3Fp%3D388\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2E36I4XpkCoAu263lNvqoO\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sermon Details:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Tom Lambshead preached this sermon on March 10, 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sermon Outline:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>God Leads By:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Through incremental obedience<\/li><li>Out of our comfort<\/li><li>Not giving us all our longings<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scripture Passage:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hebrews 11:1-2 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11&nbsp;<\/strong>Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of&nbsp;things not seen.&nbsp;<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>For by it the people of old received their commendation.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hebrews 11:8-18 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>By faith&nbsp;Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place&nbsp;that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.&nbsp;<sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>By faith he went to live in&nbsp;the land of promise, as in a foreign land,&nbsp;living in tents&nbsp;with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.&nbsp;<sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>For he was looking forward to&nbsp;the city that has&nbsp;foundations,&nbsp;whose designer and builder is God.&nbsp;<sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>By faith&nbsp;Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered&nbsp;him faithful who had promised.&nbsp;<sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>Therefore from one man, and&nbsp;him as good as dead, were born descendants&nbsp;as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>13&nbsp;<\/sup>These all died in faith,&nbsp;not having received the things promised, but&nbsp;having seen them and greeted them from afar, and&nbsp;having acknowledged that they were&nbsp;strangers and exiles on the earth.&nbsp;<sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.<sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out,&nbsp;they would have had opportunity to return.&nbsp;<sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. 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