The Making of a Man of Faith

By Dale Heil

This book contains a study of the life of Abraham, whom the New Testament declares to be the father of faith. New Testament believers are also said to have the faith of Abraham. However, when scripture first introduces us to Abraham, he is not a man of great man faith. A careful study reveals how God worked

• Language: English
• Publisher: Book Vine Press
• Release date: Feb 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9781953699954

Dale Heil

Dale Heil grew up on a cattle ranch near Boulder Colorado. Despite his Christian upbringing, he became disobedient and unruly in his teens and early twenties. After many confrontations with law enforcement he ended up in prison in his mid-twenties with a lengthy sentence. Remembering his upbringing he turned to the Lord and truly dedicated his life to God. After being born again, he became a serious student of God's Word and searched through the scriptures many hours each day. After a few years he began to teach bible studies to other inmates, and had a very productive ministry on the inside called "Spirit and life". Then one day God spoke to him and told him to write down everything that He had taught him over the years. He soon began to do so, and after being released from prison became the author of several books. His first book, "Spirit and Life", is named after his ministry in prison. He is also the author of, "The Making of a man of Faith", "The Threefold Cord of Giving, Prayer, and Fasting", and "God's Sovereign Reign over His Creation". He is now a cattle rancher in Meeker Colorado, teaches bible studies, and continues to write down everything that God has taught him.

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Copyright © 2021 by Dale Heil.

ISBN 978-1-953699-94-7 (softcover)

ISBN 978-1-953699-95-4 (ebook)

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All scriptures are taken from the King James Version of the bible.

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Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Beginning of Faith

Chapter 2: Natural vs. Spiritual

Chapter 3: The Trying of Our Faith

Chapter 4: The Spiritual Man vs. the Carnal Man

Chapter 5: The Righteousness of Faith

Chapter 6: When God doesn’t speak

Chapter 7: A God of Covenant

Chapter 8: Life Out of Death

Chapter 9: Faith Made Perfect

Chapter 10: The Purchased Bride

FOREWORD

What an honor and privilege

to write this forward for my dear friend. A friend who has impacted my walk with the Lord in a great and powerful way. I was a service center manager with Prison Fellowship Ministries in the Colorado prisons. I was blessed by his presence whenever I visited a prison during our events inside, even though I never remember personally meeting him on the inside. As a volunteer you are trained to put blinders on and to never take with you names of your inmates and they don’t know yours. This is a protection for the volunteers and for the inmates. Nothing in and nothing out…especially personal info. But other volunteers that are in prisons would report back and talk of this man named Brother Dale as he was moved from one prison to another. I would hear on phone calls to Prison Fellowship office and other volunteers about this same man. Who is this brother DALE? See when a prisoner is getting lifted up for God’s glory the manifold grace and blessings start to pour out of the prison walls. God starts allowing a good report to flow out to those in authority through the volunteers, the jailers, the Wardens, and other inmates. The name slips out in the moment of testimony as other prisoners share with you how they found their new creation in Christ – and how Brother Dale would make the bible come alive to them. The authorities would realize that a prisoner is doing something powerful. Great enough that they start to take note of the name.

It humbled me and caused jealously within me to want to know what this brother had that I didn’t have. I grew envious of a prisoner and wished silently and secretly that I was a prisoner myself. I wanted to have the time in the Word of God as this brother did! THAT IS WHEN I began to grow deeper into God’s Word.

We are now close friends. After Dale’s release from prison the Lord brought him and I to the same little town to live as neighbors and friends. We ended up sitting in the same church on a Sunday morning! Now on the outside of prison walls I finally get to sit alongside this man. My husband and I get to share dinner and fellowship with this beloved brother.

I share his teachings still today in the prisons, by taking his first book with me, Spirit and Life. The book you have in your hands is another set of Dale’s teachings that profoundly affected the inmates and changed their lives.

Get ready to be blessed! Take time to meditate on each chapter before going on to the next. And prepare to grow.

Janny Varland

Vernal, Utah

INTRODUCTION

Faith is a subject that

is often preached about from the pulpit or taught at bible studies, yet people who really live and walk by faith are the exception rather than the rule. All believers have faith, but not all believers have the great faith that Jesus often referred to. Whenever He would find such a person, He would always lift them up and commend them for the faith that has always been so rare, even among God’s people.

The apostle Paul stated in Romans 10:17, So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. It is only by God’s Word that faith can be brought forth in the lives of His people. It is no wonder that God’s Word goes into such detail about the lives of the people that are known as men and women of faith. It is important to study and learn what the Word teaches about the lives of these people, and see just how God worked in each of their lives. These people always kept their eyes upon God regardless of what was taking place in their lives. God therefore used the circumstances of their lives to perfect their faith and cause it to grow.

The main focus of this book (but not limited to) is on the life of Abraham. Abraham is referred to, in scripture, as the father of faith in both the Old and New Covenants. The apostle Paul uses him in the book of Romans as an example for us to follow. New Testament believers are even declared to have the faith of our father Abraham (Ro. 4:16).

A study of the life of Abraham, in both the Old and New Testaments, reveals that God still works in the lives of His people in much the same way. His proven methods remain the same. Using Abraham as an example, all believers