Tuesday, February 3, 2009

feb 3 : Matthew 8

Hey guys.
I did my qt today on faith. Faith is something that I, and others, claim to have. But having faith that is 100% is close to impossible. There are moments when doubt seems too strong. But faith always seems to find its way back. But from this passage we see powerful faith, a different kind of faith. Now in this chapter we see that the people with faith are asking for something. These people are in need of something. The leprosy case and the centurion, Jesus says they have such strong faith, but does that mean they have 100% faith? Jesus says, "I have not seen faith this great in all of Jerusalem." I do not know how his faith would have been revealed if in a different circumstance. Something I am wondering about. But when asking for something we need to ask with faith. In James it says that someone who prays without faith is like a mist blown in the sea. So we need to pray with faith!

1 comment:

Rob said...

Seems so simple to say, but yes, praying with faith is how our prayers become answered. I've been noticing in my own life that stopping my thoughts when they start to stray into sin is the only way to nip them in the bud. Likewise, if we pray and praise, pushing out all other competing thoughts, then God will draw near to us. Just don't let thoughts of guilt weigh you down, fight through them to get to Jesus!