DON’T LET UNBELIEF GET IN YOUR WAY 12-12-25 VIDEO
You have a future and a hope. During Christmas time, God moves in our lives to restore our hope for the future. The birth of Jesus was the future hope for all mankind. An act of faith, reverses acts of unbelief. Faith wins. It is Christ that holds everything together.
2 SAM 7:19 But that’s nothing compared to what’s coming, for you’ve also spoken of my family far into the future, given me a glimpse into tomorrow, my Master God!
20 What can I possibly say in the face of all this? You know me, Master God, just as I am.
21 You’ve done all this not because of who I am but because of who you are – out of your very heart! – but you’ve let me in on it. MSG

2 SAM 7:27 For you, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel’s God, told me plainly, ‘I will build you a house.’ That’s how I was able to find the courage to pray this prayer to you.
28 “And now, Master God, being the God you are, speaking sure words as you do, and having just said this wonderful thing to me,
29 please, just one more thing: Bless my family; keep your eye on them always. You’ve already as much as said that you would, Master God! Oh, may your blessing be on my family permanently!” MSG

HEB 11:20 By an act of faith, Isaac reached into the future as he blessed Jacob and Esau.
21 By an act of faith, Jacob on his deathbed blessed each of Joseph’s sons in turn, blessing them with God’s blessing, not his own – as he bowed worshipfully upon his staff.
22 By an act of faith, Joseph, while dying, prophesied the exodus of Israel, and made arrangements for his own burial.
23 By an act of faith, Moses’ parents hid him away for three months after his birth. They saw the child’s beauty, and they braved the king’s decree.
24 By faith, Moses, when grown, refused the privileges of the Egyptian royal house.
25 He chose a hard life with God’s people rather than an opportunistic soft life of sin with the oppressors.
26 He valued suffering in the Messiah’s camp far greater than Egyptian wealth because he was looking ahead, anticipating the payoff.
27 By an act of faith, he turned his heel on Egypt, indifferent to the king’s blind rage. He had his eye on the One no eye can see, and kept right on going.
28 By an act of faith, he kept the Passover Feast and sprinkled Passover blood on each house so that the destroyer of the firstborn wouldn’t touch them.
29 By an act of faith, Israel walked through the Red Sea on dry ground. The Egyptians tried it and drowned. MSG

MATT 24:34 Don’t take this lightly. I’m not just saying this for some future generation, but for all of you. This age continues until all these things take place.
35 Sky and earth will wear out; my words won’t wear out. MSG

1 COR 3:22 Paul, Apollos, Peter, the world, life, death, the present, the future – all of it is yours,
23 and you are privileged to be in union with Christ, who is in union with God. MSG

COL 1:5 The lines of purpose in your lives never grow slack, tightly tied as they are to your future in heaven, kept taut by hope.
6 It’s the same all over the world. The Message bears fruit and gets larger and stronger, just as it has in you. From the very first day you heard and recognized the truth of what God is doing, you’ve been hungry for more. MSG

JER 29:11-14 Here’s what Yahweh says to you: “I know all about the marvelous destiny I have in store for you, a future planned out in detail. My intention is not to harm you but to surround you with peace and prosperity and to give you a beautiful future, glistening with hope.
12 When you call on me and come to me in prayer, I will listen to your every word.
13 If you reach out to me, you will find me when you search for me with all your heart. 14 I will not disappoint you,” declares Yahweh. “All that you have lost, I will restore, and I will regather you from all the nations where I have scattered you. I will bring you back home to the land from which I exiled you,” declares Yahweh. TPT
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JER 29:11 I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out – plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.
12 “When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I’ll listen.
13 “When you come looking for me, you’ll find me.
14 I’ll make sure you won’t be disappointed.” God’s Decree. “I’ll turn things around for you. I’ll bring you back from all the countries into which I drove you” – God’s Decree – “bring you home to the place from which I sent you off into exile. You can count on it. MSG

1 PET 1:4 including a future in heaven – and the future starts now!
5 God is keeping careful watch over us and the future. The Day is coming when you’ll have it all – life healed and whole.
6 I know how great this makes you feel, even though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime.
7 Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it’s your faith, not your gold, that God will have on display as evidence of his victory.
8 You never saw him, yet you love him. You still don’t see him, yet you trust him – with laughter and singing.
9 Because you kept on believing, you’ll get what you’re looking forward to: total salvation. MSG

1 PET 1:21 It is through him that you now believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, so that you would fasten your faith and hope in God alone. MIRROR ↓↓↓
1 PET 1:21 It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God. MSG
AJN 20:29 Jesus said, “So, you believe because you’ve seen with your own eyes. Even better blessings are in store for those who believe without seeing.”
30 Jesus provided far more God-revealing signs than are written down in this book. MSG

LUKE 11:34 Your eye is a lamp, lighting up your whole body. If you live wide-eyed in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar.
35 Keep your eyes open, your lamp burning, so you don’t get musty and murky. MSG EYE-your focus, your perspective, the way you look at life. Single eye-focused

COL 1:15 We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created.
16 For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels – everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him.
17 He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment.
18 And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body. MSG
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COL 1:15 In him the image and likeness of God is made visible in human form in order that everyone may recognize their true origin in him. He is the firstborn of every creature.
16 Everything that is, begins in him; whether in the heavenly realm or upon the earth, visible or invisible, he is the original blueprint of every order of justice and every level of authority, be it kingdoms or governments, principalities or jurisdictions; the original form of all things were founded by him and created for him.
17 He is the initiator of all things, therefore everything finds its relevance and its true pattern only in him.
18 The ekklesia [church] is the visible expression [body] of which Jesus is the head. He is the principle rank of authority who leads the triumphant procession of our new birth out of the region of the dead. His pre-eminent rank is beyond threat. MIRROR

GAL 3:4 Remember how you felt when you first encountered faith; are you prepared to exchange that for religious sentiment? All the ground you’ve gained would be lost.
5 Would you accredit what you have received from God to something you did or something you have heard? Did God reward you for your high moral standards when he worked extravagant miracles in you and lavished his Spirit upon you; or did it perhaps have anything to do with the content of the revelation of the message of grace that you have heard? Faith is the source of God’s action on mankind’s behalf; our hearing is the conduit of what God’s faith reveals.
6 Abraham had no other claim to righteousness but simply believing what God declared concerning him! Isaac confirmed God’s faith, not Abraham’s efforts. This is all we have in common with Abraham. MIRROR
HEB 10:22 So let’s do it – full of belief, confident that we’re presentable inside and out.
23 Let’s keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word.
24 Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, MSG

HEB 11:4 By an act of faith, Abel brought a better sacrifice to God than Cain. It was what he believed, not what he brought, that made the difference. That’s what God noticed and approved as righteous. After all these centuries, that belief continues to catch our notice.
5 By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. “They looked all over and couldn’t find him because God had taken him.” We know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he was taken “he pleased God.”
6 It’s impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him. MSG
JN 8:58 ‘Jesus said to them, “I give you this eternal truth: I have existed long before Abraham was born, for I AM!” ‘ TPT

JN 14:11 Believe that I live as one with my Father and that my Father lives as one with me—or at least, believe because of the mighty miracles I have done.
12“I tell you this timeless truth: The person who follows me in faith, believing in me, will do the same mighty miracles that I do—even greater miracles than these because I go to be with my Father! TPT

HAB 2:4 Look at that man, bloated by self-importance – full of himself but soul-empty. But the person in right standing before God through loyal and steady believing is fully alive, really alive. MSG

ROM 15:13 Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope! MSG

REV 2:10 “Fear nothing in the things you’re about to suffer – but stay on guard! Fear nothing! The Devil is about to throw you in jail for a time of testing – ten days. It won’t last forever. “Don’t quit, even if it costs you your life. Stay there believing. I have a Life-Crown sized and ready for you.
11 “Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches. Christ-conquerors are safe from Devil-death.” MSG