The Old Testament By Jeremiah And Hebrews 11

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The Old Testament gives us comfort when we are down, and it encourages us to continue in our fight of faith. The Hebrew Bible is filled with verses to pick us up when we are down. Books such as Proverbs and Psalms are riddled with scripture to use against Satan. It gives us scriptures like Psalms 55:22 which says, “Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken (NIV). Jeremiah tells us to call upon Him and He will tell us things that we could never imagine (33:3 NIV). These are just a few that the Old Testament has given us to strengthen our walk with Christ. Another way it does this is by giving us people who had remarkable amounts of faith. Hebrews 11 outlines a number of these men and women

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