The Gift of Faith
About this sermon
In “The Gift of Faith,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, gifts of the Holy Spirit, prayer. Drawing especially from Revelation 1, Romans 12, John 1:23, Acts 7, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to build up the church and serve God’s purposes.
Chronological teaching outline
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Odle focuses on worship while working through Revelation 1. The message argues that true worship centers on God and is expressed through reverence, surrender, and obedience. It connects this with the conviction that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. The practical emphasis is to practice patient, truthful love in relationships and conflict.
Odle focuses on faith while working through Romans 12, Acts 7, 1 Corinthians 12. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to build up the church and serve God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith while working through Galatians 5, Mark 11, Acts 2. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to build up the church and serve God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith while working through Psalm 1, Psalm 2, Psalm 3. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to build up the church and serve God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that the message connects prayer for healing with faith in Christ, pastoral care, and submission to God. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on faith while working through Matthew 17, Matthew 16. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to build up the church and serve God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith while working through Leviticus 15. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that the message connects prayer for healing with faith in Christ, pastoral care, and submission to God. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on faith while working through Psalm 91. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that believers are warned to test persuasive claims and religious appearances by Scripture. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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- 0:00:11
So what this is, is a call to worship this morning. Say that with me. Jesus, we worship you. Come to your mouth, love the Lord, believe Him as a king. Open up the mountain of the Lord, march your holy. Let them bring.
- 0:04:52
I think I was getting them wrong so I could get them right. Come, let us worship. Come, let us recognize. What a sacred thing we did. Come, let us bow down. God, as we bring our hearts, let them please the heart of you. Lord Jesus, let us be pleasing to you today. Lord Jesus, we just ask that you just anoint us and fill us, Lord God, with your presence, Lord Jesus, with the power of your spirit, Lord Jesus. We just give you praise. Let's give the Lord a great hand. Give Him a good hand. Amen. You know, I like a good song that uplifts the name of the Lord. I don't know about you, but sometimes when I worship the Lord just, He just overwhelms me. This is one of those songs that that happens on. So if I have to stop, if I have to cry, please forgive me. The spleen majesty, let all the earth rejoice. He wraps Himself, the darkness tries to hide. He's our God. Sing it to him. Praise our God.
- 0:07:59
In time, Father, speed and angle. He's our God. He's our God. Oh, we'll see how great. How great. He's our God. He's our God. How great. Get with me. Our God is our God. One more time. He's the name, the name above. Yes, Lord. Go ahead and give Him praise. Come on. Give Him praise this morning. Thank you, Jesus. You are the great and mighty God, the Everlasting Father,
- 0:11:00
the Prince of Peace, the wonderful counselor. Lord, we thank you today, Lord. The same yesterday, today and forever. Lord, I think what you said, for what you said about yourself, Lord, when you defined it in Revelation 1, when you said that you are the beginning and the end, first and the last, the Almighty. Lord, great is that mystery of godliness that God manifested Himself in the flesh. Not a God, not a man, but God Almighty became a man to die for our sins. And death couldn't hold you because you are the author of life. We are thankful today. We can know you and worship you, Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Good job, brother. Amen. One of my all-time favorites. Hallelujah. Good to have you all here today. Welcome, everyone, to Fire and Grace Church. Those watching and listening, are we on out there? Did we make it this time? All right. We're on. Good deal. Well, I guess this is part four this morning of the topic of faith. And it's amazing, you know, sometimes you think some things are elementary and that you're just covering some ground that you've covered before, but the testimonies have been rolling in, especially from people, well, people here, but people out there listening, saying that I just I needed that so much. But you're going to need this one too because I prayed and I said, Lord, should I continue this? And I think he's actually giving me like this week and next week, at least. But this one, you know, we've talked about great faith and we talked about no faith. And then we've talked about our faith versus fear and what comes out of our mouth, our words. And today we're going to talk about the gift of faith. And you can go ahead and put that up right there. The gift of faith. And it is not what you think. Now, there's a lot of people out there who think, well, because God gives us every man the measure of faith, and let's go ahead and put that up. Put up Romans 12.3. The Lord has dealt to every man the measure of faith. A lot of people think, well, that's just the gift of faith for you to be saved. All right. And that's not what the gift of faith is we're going to talk about today. It is a gift. Anything from God is a gift because we don't deserve any of it. We don't earn any of it. It's a gift.
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