Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. Heroic Faith… 1. ObeysDelayed obedience is disobedience.A lack of obedience is always connected to a lack of faith. Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. Heroic Faith… 1. Obeys2. Gets going without fully knowingHebrews 11:9By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. Heroic Faith…1. Obeys2. Gets going without fully knowing3. Looks forward, despite what’s in frontHebrews 11:10For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.Heroic Faith…1. Obeys2. Gets going without fully knowing. 3. Looks forward, despite what’s in front4. Receives power for the promiseHebrews 11:11By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.Hebrews 11:12Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashoreIf you’re not dead, God’s not done. Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. What’s the significance of them inheriting the PROMISE, but not the PLACE? Hebrews 11:14-15For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.Heroic Faith…1. Obeys2.Gets going without fully knowing 3. Looks forward, despite what’s in front4. Receives power for the promise5. Desires a Heavenly Home. Hebrews 11:16But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.”Dissonance What do you desire? Are you homesick?