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“Faith can feel ridiculous… until it starts to rain.”


I’ve lived this line more than once. Just this week, our family lost a dear friend—Ms. Gail—after a long, hope-filled battle with cancer. We prayed with fervency and faith for her healing… and yet, for reasons we may never understand this side of Heaven, Jesus welcomed her home on Monday…


Moments like these can shake your soul. They can tempt you to question whether your prayers mattered—whether your faith was misplaced. But today I remembered Noah.



He built an ark in the middle of a dry region, where it had never rained. He trusted the Word God had spoken, letting every swing of the hammer pierce the air, not for applause or understanding—but in agreement with a promise no one else could see. He built by faith… until the rain came.

Sometimes God asks us to do the same:

To pray for something.

To build something.

To believe for something—without ever seeing the outcome we imagined.


But here’s what we can count on:


“Even if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.” – 2 Timothy 2:13


And…


“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.” – Hebrews 10:23


So friend, don’t let the delay make you doubt.

Don’t let what you see or what you don’t see yet cause you to lay down your faith.

The rain will come.

We just might not see the full spectrum of it until we get to the other side of Heaven. And when we do, I believe we’ll see how every prayer mattered, how every moment was seen, every tear was collected —and how faithful ones like Ms. Gail helped us keep believing.🤍


 
 
 
  • Jan 22
  • 2 min read
God's Plan for Protection, Faith Over Logic, Matthew 14:16 Insights
From Hopeless to Miraculous; What Do You Have to Give?

Sometimes seemingly hopeless circumstances are the PERFECT circumstances for Jesus to reveal Himself as our miraculous Provider…and sometimes? We just might have a part to play!


Matthew writes about this scenario in chapter 14 👉🏽 after a LONG day of miraculous healings, the disciples remind Jesus that they are in a remote place & that it’s getting late. There are close to 15,000 people present so they tell Jesus to, “send the crowds to the local villages to buy food for themselves.”


I find it fascinating that these first-hand, eye-witnesses to His miracle working power resort so quickly back to logic! (I confess that I can SO relate!😬)


Jesus’s response, however, kicked that logic to Kingdom come when He simply replied,

“That isn’t necessary - you feed them.”

Mt. 14:16


I can only begin to imagine their replies…

”Wait, what? You want US to feed over 15,000 people? How? With what are we supposed to feed them???”


Y’all, there is SO much to unpack in this passage, but a take away question for today is this:

❓What has God given you in private SO THAT YOU may provide for others in public?


The only way we can show up filled up is to spend time with the One who is our Bread of Life, the One Who longs to spend FaceTime with us morning by morning so He may give us an well-instructed tongue to fill & sustain the weary.


He promises to reveal great & hidden things you do not know, so that you can show up filled up with the Truth of His Word, ready to feed the spiritually hungry people you encounter each day!


🙏🏽 Holy Spirit, lead our spirits to make time in The Word of God a priority, so that our words might match His & become like manna to whomever we speak.🤩



January 22 One Year Bible Readings

Genesis 44:1-45:28 | Matthew 14:13-36 | Psalm 18:37-50 | Proverbs 4:11-13

 
 
 
  • Jan 10, 2023
  • 1 min read
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Can you imagine “amazing” Jesus? 👉🏽That’s what a Roman officer did!


He wasn’t even a Jew. He wasn’t raised in the faith. He didn’t know the Torah & yet he probably heard rumors of this carpenter who could

🙌🏽 heal heal lepers,

🙌🏽 make the blind see

🙌🏽 and the deaf hear!


So when the officer pleads with Jesus to heal his servant, & Jesus agrees to come to his home, the man confesses this:


“I’m not worthy to have you in my home.

Just SAY THE WORD FROM WHERE YOU ARE and my servant WILL BE HEALED…”


When Jesus hears this, He is amazed!

Turning to those who are following him, Jesus declares , “I tell you the truth. I haven’t seen faith like this in all of Israel!”


I don’t know what you are facing today that seems impossible, but I am praying that as you read this, you would be encouraged to have FAITH LIKE THIS!


Jesus is the same yesterday today & forever!

He longs to be your Healer

Redeemer

Reconciler

Provider

Shepherd

Rock

Manna for today…


You name it & He is the Source of anything & everything you will ever need.


Just call on His name, confess like the Roman officer that you are not worthy of His grace, but that you desperately need Him to be your Savior!


Invite Him to reside inside & “say the Word” as He leads you as Lord, watching with great expectation how a “faith like this” will move mountains in your life!


 
 
 

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~Galatians 5:1

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