Hebrews 12:1 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus…”

The 11th Chapter in Hebrews prior to this one has been called “The Great Faith Chapter” – a famous discourse on the faithful men and women of the Old Testament…their example encouraging and admonishing us to remain faithful to the certainty of receiving what God has promised, but yet not given. While their hope was based on experiential knowledge of what they had personally observed and encountered, we can still glean much from their single-mindedness and determination to not surrender or succumb to trials and struggles. Psalm 25:15 tells us that, “My eyes are ever towards the Lord…” For when we fix our eyes on Jesus, and not our circumstances, we too can have that type of hopeful trust in our future reward.

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Author: kezha1

A Christian mother, grandmother, and retired nurse living in Illinois. Called into a ministry of encouraging others to find their ultimate plan and purpose in life through Christ.

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