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The earlier Beyond study considered people in Hebrews 11 who saw God’s promises from a distance and kept walking toward them. This sermon asks what happens to their speech along the way. What can you say when the destination is still out of sight and the present is difficult?

Pastor Tisdale's preaching at Tampa Life Church moves from faith that prepares for what God has said to faith that speaks under pressure, serves in weakness, bears fruit, and continues to love when growth is slow. This study opens each biblical passage in context and includes reflection and a written response.

This study examines how biblical faith lives in the distance between what God has spoken and what we presently possess. It follows the movement of Hebrews 11:13: the patriarchs saw the promises afar off, were persuaded of them, embraced them, and confessed them. The study calls believers to honest faith rather than denial, grounded…

There is a difference between believing that eternity exists and allowing eternity to shape the way we live. We can affirm that heaven is real, that Jesus is coming, and that this world will pass away, yet still organize our thoughts as though the present moment contains our entire future. Our schedules, conversations, disappointments…