Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Hebrews 11 finishes up with with its faith Hall of Fame and leads into chapter 12 where the readers are challenged to keep their eyes on the prize. Since they are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses people who persevered because of their faith in God and Jesus Christ, they are challenged to be encouraged by their examples of faith. Pastor Brian encourages us to extend our hands to our brothers and sisters going through hardship to encourage eachother in our faith journeys, to help eachother keep our eyes on Jesus the author and finisher or our faith.