Know That He Hears You
Know That He Hears You
When you know that God hears you, you know that God will move powerfully in your life. You know that God will help you.
When you know that God hears you, you know that God will move powerfully in your life. You know that God will help you.
Know That He Hears You
Know That He Hears You
Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me. (John 11:42, 43, NAB)
When it comes to faith we will need to move from the place of hoping to the place of knowing. Jesus prayed to the Father, Father I know that you hear me. He did not say, Father I hope that you hear me. When you know that God hears you, you know that God will help you. When you know that God hears you, God will move powerfully in your life. When you know that he hears you, you give God the go ahead to work in your life. Without faith we know that it is impossible to please God. Without faith we will not experience the glory of God. Without faith we will get stuck in our own and limited understanding. We will get stuck in our own little doings. But as soon as we say to God, Father I know that you hear me and that you will do your best for me, God will act in your life in miraculous ways. We have to learn to speak the language of faith. Faith is something that we must practice. God has given us each a measure of faith which we are to exercise daily. We must speak our faith over and over again. We cannot bury it, ignore it or neglect it. Our faith gets better with practice. We must speak faith so that the crowd we find ourselves in, the people in our circle, will believe that we are sent by God. Jesus said, If you have faith and do not waver (see Matthew 21:21, NAB), not only will we do what seems impossible, but we will do great and beautiful things for the Lord. What would we not do? Know that the Father hears you, that he loves you and that he wants to help you. Know also that the Father believes in you and that he wants you to remain close to him. He desires that you live by the power of his faith working in you. Jesus came to teach us to live by faith in the Father. Now go, and move mountains as Jesus said you would. Move those mountains that stand in the way of your greatness. God desires to bring out the greatness he put in you. Give the Father your trust today!
Father, thank you for hearing me. Father, I trust in you. Amen.
A Gospel reflection from the book Let us Cross to the Other Side by John L. Banda
Run to Christ
Run to Christ
God liberates prisoners. Those who run to God and surrender to him will find the freedom they've been longing for.
God liberates prisoners. Those who run to God and surrender to him will find the freedom they've been longing for.
Run to Christ
Run to Christ
And when he had stepped out of the boat, immediately a man out of the tombs with an unclean spirit met him. (Mark 5:2, NRSV)
We are touched by the presence of God most when we see our need of him. Many souls are attracted to Jesus because in Jesus they see the love and goodness our hearts were created for. Power emanates from the body of Christ. The man possessed by the evil spirits (in Mark 5:2) could sense this power. He sensed the holy presence and goodness of our Lord. Liberation was near. His day of salvation had come. The evil spirits were weakened by the strong presence of God and for one instant the man, who was held captive by these demons, broke free. As soon as he saw Jesus, he saw hope. He ran to Jesus, thinking, if I can just get near him that will be enough, for he shall set me free. The word was out that Jesus was a liberator of prisoners; that he was the one who had come to set the captives free. Filled with this hope, the wearied prisoner made a break for freedom. He needed only to get near Jesus. The demons, weakened by God's presence, could sense that a holy and greater power was near. A great fear came upon them, weakening their grip over the man they held captive. The possessed man, in a desperation mixed with joy, made a run for freedom! He ran as fast as he could to get closer to Jesus. In tears, he came to Jesus, fell to the ground and prostrated himself before the Lord. Freedom! Freedom! O Sweet Freedom! The demons by this time had lost all of their power over the man. Now faced with a more powerful being, Jesus Christ, they could only beg God for mercy. The presence of God had overpowered the unclean spirits. On this dark and frightening night, liberation had come to the man who noticed Jesus, ran to Jesus and kneeled before the Lord.
God liberates prisoners. Those who run to God and surrender totally to him will find the freedom they've been longing for.
A Gospel reflection from the book Let us Cross to the Other Side by John L. Banda
The Faith of Jesus
The Faith of Jesus
Faith is being still, seeing and delighting in our Heavenly Father. Faith is action! It is that bold spirit within which moves us forward, closer to God’s perfect will.
Faith is being still, seeing and delighting in our Heavenly Father. Faith is action! It is that bold spirit within which moves us forward, closer to God’s perfect will.
The Faith of Jesus
The Faith of Jesus
What is Faith? Faith is that which makes the impossible, possible. Faith is that which helps you to see what you could not see before. Faith is being still, seeing and delighting in our Heavenly Father. Faith is action! It is that bold spirit within which moves us forward, closer to God’s perfect will. Faith is asking for the impossible to be possible. Faith is looking up and seeking that which seems insurmountable. Faith is the certainty, confidence and assurance that Jesus expressed in his ministry. Jesus spoke with certainty, assurance and confidence. Jesus performed miracles with certainty, assurance and confidence.
Faith is a gift. It is a gift that we must receive from God. Jesus is the source of our faith. Scripture reveals that Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith (See Hebrews 12:2).
What is the best faith? The best faith is the faith of Jesus. When we unite our natural faith to the supernatural faith of Jesus, the great mountains in our life will become moveable and the deep red seas in our life will part, making a way for us to pass through. It is very important for every Christian to understand that our faith must be united to the faith of Jesus. Without this union, our faith will be fruitless. We must put our faith in the faith of Jesus. In Jesus, our faith will be perfected. Nothing will be impossible for us with the perfect faith of Jesus.
From the Introduction in The Faith of Jesus by John L. Banda