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Selected Scriptures
2Some men brought to him a paralytic, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the
paralytic, “Take heart, son; your
sins are forgiven.” Matthew 9:2
28When
he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
“Yes, Lord,” they replied.
29Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you”; 30and their sight was restored. Jesus warned
them sternly, “See that no one
knows about this.” 31But they went out and spread the news about
him all over that region. Matthfew 9:26-31
58And he (Jesus) did not do many miracles there
because of their lack of faith. Matthew 13:58
28Then
Jesus answered, “Woman, you have
great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour. Matthew 15:28
21Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, 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. 22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
Matthew 21:21-22
46But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.”
47Then
the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people,
she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. 48Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
Luke 8:46-48
12I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater
things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may
bring glory to the Father. 14You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
John 14:12-14
From
Paul:
1Therefore, since we
have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in
which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering
produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his
love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. Romans 5:1-5
13Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage;
be strong. 14Do everything in love. 1 cor 16:1
6Consider Abraham:
“He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” 7Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham. 8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and
announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” 9So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man
of faith.
Paul, Gal 3:6-9
The following is fromElixabeth Elliot's Daily Devotional from 4/28/05. I kept a copy of this
devotional here on this site because she discusses an important issue, unansered prayer. I would bet you have prayers
that don't seem to get answered. I know I do. She has a good answer, and some thoughts about this important
issue.
Title: The Weapon of Prayer
Author: Elisabeth Elliot
News came one day which indicated that a matter I had been praying about had deteriorated rather than improved. "What good
are my prayers, anyway?" I was tempted to ask. Why bother? It's becoming a mere charade. But the words of Jesus occurred in
my Bible reading that very morning (and wasn't it a good thing I'd taken time to hear Him?): "If you, bad as you are, know
how to give your children what is good for them, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask
him?"" (Matthew 7:11, NEB).
Are you as often tempted as I am to doubt the effectiveness of prayer? But Jesus prayed. He told us to pray. We can be
sure that the answer will come, and it will be good. If it is not exactly what we expected, chances are we were not asking
for quite the right thing. Our heavenly Father hears the prayer, but wants to give us bread rather than stones.
Prayer is a weapon. Paul speaks of the "weapons we wield "in 2 Corinthians 10:4-5. They are "not merely human, but divinely
potent to demolish strongholds" (NEB). The source of my doubts about its potency that morning was certainly not the Holy Spirit.
It was the unholy spirit, the Destroyer himself, urging me to quit using the weapon he fears so intensely. Receive Elisabeth Elliot as a daily devotional email.
Daily devotions courtesy of Devotions.org, a ministry of Back to the Bible.
And these are only a few selected scriptures about the importance of faith.
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