Week Eight, 2026

“Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).

The antidote to fear is confidence in God, and that comes through faith. Fear hangs over our heads like a constant vulture, ready to devour us. In the book of Hebrews, faith is the essential “engine” of the Christian life. It moves beyond mere head knowledge to a deep trust that results in action and endurance. Chapter 11 describes this best. It is often called the “Hall of Faith.”

Fear can be described as a terror of the unknown… worry, doubt and concern about the future. Most of what we worry about never happens and whatever does happen is far from being as difficult as we had imagined.

Affliction is temporary, while Glory is eternal. The only way to overcome fear is through faith. Biblical faith is active trust and reliance on God’s character and promises, not just intellectual belief, serving as an assurance of unseen realities and the foundation for salvation, demonstrated through obedience and action, growing through hearing God’s word, and enabling believers to overcome obstacles and live by God’s truth rather than sight. It’s a gift from God, a response to His initiative, bringing peace, purpose, and victory through Jesus Christ, as expressed in Hebrews 11:1 as “assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen”.

Faith resides at the core of Christianity and the Christian life. While the Bible has much to say about it, faith is a challenging concept to define. A biblical definition of faith reaches beyond mere belief—the simple acknowledgment that God exists—into the realm of trust. Genuine faith involves abandoning all human reliance on self-efforts and placing total dependence upon God’s character, His actions, and His promises, as revealed in His Word.

The apostle Paul said, “We walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). Faith does not put trust in bank account balances, headline news, or the doctor’s report. As Scripture says, “We don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever” (2 Corinthians 4:18, NLT). When the world seems to be falling apart, our faith stands secure on the rock-solid promises of God.

On a scale of 1 to 10, where does your faith score?

Sometimes True Stories

You can trust the Bible entirely, for the Bible is entirely true. The Bible verifies itself through fulfilled prophecy. Biblical prophecy was 100 percent right in the past; we can trust it 100 percent in the future. Daniel 8 provides a rich sample of biblical prophecies that have already been fulfilled to the letter. Add all the Messianic predictions fulfilled in the coming of Christ, and the evidence is overwhelming.

Since the Bible’s remaining predictions primarily involve the end times and the return of Christ, we can take them seriously and trust them totally. The Bible has a perfect track record. It’s hard to imagine how a person who studies Daniel 8 could deny Daniel’s God. “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” (Numbers 23:19). It’s time to study what the Bible predicts about the final days of history. —David Jeremiah

Quotes You Can Use

Relationships are the currency of heaven.

Comparison is the enemy of contentment. It is never wise to compare your trials with another’s.

The process of trusting God is gradual, not automatic.

Though you may resist God’s purifying work, you will never regret your acts of obedience.

On earth, you are not home, but you are in preparation for home.

We are not defined by the pain of our past, but by the joy of our future. —Ken Boa

Affliction is temporary. Glory is eternal.

The world has switched price tags on us. What was once expensive is now cheap.

Age conspires with God to take away our temporal hope.

We live in a world where evil is good and good is evil.

The end stay of our life is sure. It is not only good, but for Christians the best.

Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality. —Billy Graham

God is not looking for people who desperately want titles or positions. He is looking for people who desperately want God.

Stay humble and don’t take anything for granted.

Jesus didn’t just come to be born. He came to save. —Charles Stanley

The world may war against Jesus, but He will triumph. He is the Lord of lords and King of kings. —Dan Shock

If sin doesn’t grieve you, grace hasn’t changed you. —Adrian Rogers

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