It is Impossible to Please God Without Faith

I heard a speaker share this message recently... if you are feeling weary today please read this!!

"It is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who comes to him must believe God exists and he rewards those who sincerely seek him." Hebrews 11:6

Noah - Obeyed God who warned him about things that never happened before.
Abraham -Went to another land, without knowing where he was going, and lived there by faith.
Sarah - Believed that God would keep his promise, although physically it looked impossible.
Isaac - Abraham believed that God would keep his promise, and even if he sacrificed Isaac, God was able to bring him back from the dead.
Moses - By faith he shared the oppression of God's people instead of the fleeting pleasures of sin and treasures of Egypt, not fearing the King's anger, keeping his eyes on the One who is invisible.
Rahab - By faith she welcomed strangers in to her house, and was not destroyed along with her city.

By faith people overthrew kingdoms, ruled with justice, and received what God promised them. They shut mouths of lions, quenched the flames of fire, and escaped death. Their weaknesses were turned into strengths. They became strong in battle and put whole armies to flight. They received loved ones back from the dead. Others were tortured, refusing to turn from God to be set free. They placed their hope in a better life after the resurrection. Some were jeered at, backs were cut open with whips, chained in prisons, stoned, cut to death. Some went destitute and oppressed and mistreated. They were to good for this world. All these people earned a good reputation because of faith, yet none received all that God had promised. For He had something better in mind for us... they would not reach perfection without us!

We are surrounded by a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith! So let us strip off every weight that slows us down, and the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run the race God has set out for us. We do this by: keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion! He endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people, then you won't be weary and give up! You have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin.