Introduction:  It is said, “Every hero has a hero.” I think that is true. We are all blessed by those who have gone before and set us an example of what it takes to be “more than conquerors” in the midst of life’s greatest struggles. Even the apostle Paul wrote, “I urge you to imitate me;” [1 Cor 4:16] and, “Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.” [1 Cor 11:1] Hebrews 11 is the Hall of Fame for heroes of faith. No one with an ounce of biblical wisdom would ever suggest that there was something inherent in these men and women that made them worthy of adulation. Paul says it like this, “by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them — yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.” [1 Cor 15:10-11]

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