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July 22.     GREAT FAITH Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said. He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment. Matthew 15:23-28 NIV Yesterday, we saw Jesus say Apostle Paul had little faith. Today we shall see Him say to a non Israeli woman that she had great faith. I chose to put the bulk of the story in to bring out the lesson clearly.  The woman came to Jesus to heal her daughter. The Apostles tried to keep her off telling her to stop disturbing Jesus. She ignored them and still kept asking fo...

July 21.     FAITH HAS LEVELS “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” Matthew 14:28-31 NIV Yesterday, we saw that there is faith that stands on the word of God from deep within the spirit of man producing results. There is also ‘faith’ that takes its root from the reasoning of man leading to doubt and produces failure. This is what Jesus calls little faith. Word of God subjected to human reasoning.  By human reasoning, man cannot walk on water he will sink. But Peter heard Jesus and had faith that made him step out of the boat keeping his eyes on Jesus. Then he shifted his gaze away from Jesus to the storm, then human reasoning c...

July 20.   Job ch 4-6; Acts 19:1-28 FAITH Vs DOUBT When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?” they asked. Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Matthew 21:20-22 NIV   Faith is spirit just as doubt. Both faith and doubt work with the words that are stored deep in your spirit. Faith works on the word of God while doubt works in the realm of the intellect or reasoning of man. Faith works with the word of God knowing that He exists and He made all things by the spoken word while doubt works with the word but it must be within man’s reasoning  capacity. Let us see how this works out in the incident for deliberation today.  Jesus knew deep in Him that everything responds ...

July 19.    Job ch 1-3; Acts 18:13-28 WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?  “ ‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.” Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” Mark 9:23-24 NIV It is time to check what we believe for the times are getting tough that people may only have faith as the currency they can use to get things done. Many people when they fall sick now cannot even afford to go to a government hospital which is supposed to be free or affordable for the common man. The most serious of it is that even the local herbs are very expensive except those that one can pluck around. Faith and prayers mumbled to God with surrender to whatever happens is what the common man does now. Jesus gave the all purpose remedy that is attainable to whoever wishes to pursue it. It is not purchased with money but it is not cheap either. It is FAITH OR BELIEF. Because people use it casually, it has lost its importanc...

July 18.      WISDOM The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. Proverbs 9:10 NIV A man was the chairman of a big parastatal that handled the affairs of his business line some years back. He was in a position to enrich himself and approve some facilities and favours for his company. He refused to do either but also refused to give undeserved favours to others as his predecessors did. His appointment was terminated because he would not play the ball. When I asked him why he didn't play the ball and retain the prestigious position for his three years tenure, he said “for the fear of God."  Did the fear of God pay him off? Yes. While the subsequent governments found all the former leaders and those after him guilty of fraud to different extents, he sleeps peacefully in his house without problems and still has his company while most of his competitors have lost theirs.  Those who appeared wise by enga...

July 17.   Esther ch 3-6; Acts 17:1-24 KNOW YOUR RATING 📖 A person with understanding has wisdom as his objective, but a fool looks only to earthly goals. Pro 17:24 ISV  Scriptures like today's for meditation sets me thinking deeply about who I am. Motivational teachers talk about earthly goals like money and financial worth, cars, private jets, etc. but this scriptures values anyone with such goals a fool. These things are very essential for life but the bible says they are not worth being a person’s primary goal in life. This sets me to gain understanding of why people pray with little success. If praying for material things is the key to riches, everybody in my country will be rich as we pray a lot for such yet the majority of the people are below the poverty line. Rather than praying for earthly things, we should pray for wisdom. The more one prays for earthly things, the more he establishes himself as a fool. It reminds me of king Solomon when he offered a th...

July 16.   Nehemiah ch 13; Esther ch 1-2 THE CALMING NAME For this reason God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow — of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth — and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9-11 HCSB I was overwhelmed with a lot of things going on around me that I had no clue how they would be resolved. They were all things beyond my power to resolve which involved others and myself. In the midst of me asking God to calm my mind and the minds of all who shared their life issues with me. The Holy Spirit woke me up one night and said that in (at) the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow and all barriers must collapse.  The impression was so deep in my heart that I started calling the name of Jesus. I called the name of Jesus and at intervals, a prayer will float out of my mouth. I knew something ha...