What are you going through today, this month, year or period of your life…
How do we find the answers we are seeking for.
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?
My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.”
Commandments
Old Testament
Exodus 20:2-17
And God spoke all these words:
3 “You shall have (1)no other gods before me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. (2)(no idols)
7 (3)“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
8 (4)“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God.
12 (5)“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
13 (6)“You shall not murder.
14 (7)“You shall not commit adultery.
15 (8)“You shall not steal.
16 (9)“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
17 (10)“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
New Testament
Matthew 22:37-40
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Luke 22:20
20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
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Examples of faith
The Faith of a Canaanite woman
A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.
Matthew 15:21-28 (excerpts)
The Faith of the Centurion
The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.
Matthew 8:5-13 (excerpts)
Faith of Abraham
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise.
By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.
Hebrews 11 (excerpts)