Where is your faith? Pastor Mike Patz continues The Difficult Sayings of Jesus series with a look at Luke 8:22-25. We all have different talents and abilities. Does faith feel like a talent that you do or do not have? The question isn't if you have faith; rather it's what are you believing? God wired you as a believing creature. Is your faith in Him, or a functional belief in something else? Jesus is teaching that you're either fixating your faith in a loving Creator, or you're believing in something else. He gives us an invitation to fix our eyes on Jesus rather than the storm.
Where Is Your Faith?
July 9, 2023 • Mike Patz
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