Latest / Join With Me Podcast / Episode 9 - What is Faith?
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- Join with Me Ministries Podcast Episode 9: We are honored that you have chosen to listen to this podcast. Join with me, where the information will be biblical, filled with joy, and very helpful. Stay tuned to the end where you will learn how to communicate with Rayburn and Donna about today's episode. Hi, I'm Rayburn Hare, and this is Join with Me Podcast. Thank you for hanging in there with us. we've done different locations. We've we're trying to continue a story so that it makes sense to you what Join With Me podcast is. I've said this numerous times in previous episodes. I've said we're based on four platforms: faith, family, fitness, and fulfillment. And so Going forward, most everything we do will be will fit into one of those platforms. Now I won't say that episodes will be in that consecutive order because I may have several things I want to do in faith, several things in family. We're working on, by the way, we're working on some very special things to some guests to come on that will fit in the family section and I can't wait to the we do some of the fitness part 'cause I I I love to play pickleball. So I play a lot of pickleball. my pickleball friends, I'm gonna do I'm gonna do an episode actually there on the pickleball court. And so we have all kinds of good things I think that'll that'll be fun. But but today I want to to start with faith. And I want to make this statement. I made this in a previous, made this statement in a previous episode because a lady asked me last week, she said, so this is a religious podcast. I said, Well, yes and no. it certainly would come under a religious heading, I suppose, when I we had to list it under YouTube, we put religious. However, I I want you to hear my heart in this because I know we have people listening that they're not Bible. You you don't maybe you don't go to church, maybe you don't read your Bible, you don't know your Bible, and you're not really into all that, but maybe I know you through various platforms and you're tuning in to listen and thank you because I want to say to you that this this is not intended. To convert you, to win you over, to convince you. It's really not. I mean that. if you understand where we're headed, I've kept I I've said so many times, join with me is a platform where we seek life together. Now I'm gonna tell you what I believe and maybe even why I believe it. And and but I'm not gonna try to convince you I'm not doing that. but when we come to faith, for example, faith, family, fitness, fulfillment, faith. I I have to say, you know, very at the very beginning, what is faith? Because look, when you you hear that word used, you'll hear people say, just keep the faith. you may have somebody to say, hey, just have faith. and and quite frankly, the word faith and trust is kind of an interchangeable word because you may hear people say, hey, just trust the process. We all agree that the word faith is is is really comes in a lot of different forms and a lot of different ways. So here's my question what is faith? When somebody says keep the faith, trust the process. So my my question is, okay, keep the faith. Faith in what? What what what is it? What is it that I have faith in? Well, let's just let's just try to be practical. Let's just say, for example, you have a medical issue. And let's just say you go to the doctor. The doctor says, Okay, i we have this test and the test has come back negative. Here's my suggestion for treatment to treat this issue you might have. Okay, now you can do a couple things. You may say, Hey, listen, I want to get another opinion. Maybe three opinion, whatever, but so basically what you're saying is I I don't totally trust what he or she is saying so I want someone else to at least verify what he's saying. That would make sense, especially if it was something extremely, you know, life-threatening or you know so yeah that would absolutely make sense. So so you're saying to to this doctor, listen, I want to get another opinion. Why? Because you don't fully trust or you're not have total faith in what he's saying. At some point you've got to decide who you can trust or who I can have faith in. Now now we're getting kind of you might say to the to the root of the issue. what or who, maybe I should say, do you have faith in? I So here's where I'm headed with this. I'm just trying to get you to think about the word faith and how it affects your daily life, quite frankly. Join with Me Podcast is thrilled to have our first sponsor. Hydro Pool and Spa, located in Blue Springs, Missouri. 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Speculations, but hey, we're we're not worried about that. We know it's inspired, we know it's part of the part of the Bible. So but Hebrews chapter 11 and verse 1 says this faith is and that's tell the Bible's telling you the definition of faith. Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the assurance of things hoped for, it's the evidence of Things not seen. Now not trying to get real real theological as basically saying the same thing two different ways, but but I I think you can understand that something that you hope for, for example, go back to your your your medical test that's been done and now you're you've chosen a Path to treat that. Ultimately you're saying I desire an outcome that's favorable to me. Well sure. I mean so would I, so would anybody. You desire an outcome. Okay, think about that. So What are you what's your faith then if you say I trust this doctor and I trust his treatment plan to what? To give you the outcome that you desire. Well, that's using good judgment. I have a good friend of mine in in North Carolina that told me recently he said that he had test, test, test, got all the results, talked to his doctor, talked to his family, and chose a path that seemed to make the most sense for him. Okay. That's that's exactly what I would do. Y y you you make good choices based on good advice, counsel. To get an outcome that you would desire. Well, okay. Faith is the assurance of things hoped for. So hope for what? For a good outcome, good health, to recover completely from whatever it is you have. What I'm saying there is if what if the outcome is not what you desire? Was your faith let down? Was your faith did it fail you? I I I guess I guess what I'm trying to get you to think through is what is your faith based on and what is your desire? What are the the the evidence of things hoped for? What do you hope for? What's your evidence? What are you trusting in? So so here's my point. And what I'm going to do is I'm going to try to tease you a little. And say, you gotta come back. You gotta come back to the very next episode. So that I'm gonna tell you what I believe about faith. And and and in those situations and and and I'm gonna try to approach it from a very practical standpoint. So remember, I'm not trying to convert you, I'm not trying to convince you. This is joined with me. Seeking life together. I'm just telling you that I'm seeking life. I'm trying to go through life and learn and deal with issues and and and and my faith is critical in every part of my life, not just health issues, but business and family and and our ministry. And but faith in what? That's the key. What is it? What is your faith based on? So if you come back. Very next episode, I'm gonna I'm gonna carry that the next step and try to say here's what I believe and here's how I try to live and just kind of see where that goes. Okay, thank you. This is Rayburn Hare and this is Join With Me Podcast. Trust you enjoyed today's sharing from the heart. If you want to learn more, Please feel free to contact us at Rayburnhair at gmail.com. Or you can go to our website, joinwithme.life. Thank you for listening. Be sure to share with a friend and have a blessed day on purpose.