The silliest thing my grandmother would do (which embarrassed me to tears) was to ...
... hold hands and pray with me when a special prayer request came in. So silly, I thought as a teenager. She called it “agreeing”.
Today, years later, tired of facing impossible needs all alone, I have learned the power of AGREEING. Thanks for the lesson, Nanny.
In Mark 4, the Bible introduces a palsy victim. He had four friends. That makes five with him! The Bible also placed an emphatic note about THEIR FAITH (Mark 2:5)! I call it Five-Fold Faith.
Thus, according to my definition of “THEIR” faith, I can affirm that the palsy victim also had faith. Would the victim’s faith alone have been enough? Biblically, yes… after all, a small seed of faith is enough to remove mountains. Even so, his stand-alone faith was probably somewhat wilted and timid after a constant day-to-day battle of dealing with physical limitations (he needed help to do the simplest of tasks!).
From all indications, the stricken man’s faith was present… but his need was HUGE! Now what would happen if four more portions of faith were added to his seed… Wow!
It was THEIR FAITH that prompted miracle action in that crowded room.
Gather friends and agree!
I am reminded (how can I forget?!?) of the greatest of miracles that I personally witnessed: the resurrection of little Gloria.
I was there when a large avocado hit the tiny baby on the head, just outside the sanctuary. The direct, forty foot free-fall hit caused, from all indications, instant death. Immediate CPR forced an artificial heartbeat… but the spontaneity of life was gone! Gloria was dead!
The ambulance rush from our small town health clinic to the nearest big city hospital center gave us 20-25 minutes to find FIVE holding (and many more) agreeing hands. That we did…! We needed a miracle!
I shall never forget the intense, connected, agreeing, and multiple portions of faith that gathered in the church for a miracle on Gloria’s behalf.
While we prayed and as the ambulance shrilly pushed toward the distant hospital something SPECIAL happened!
There is no medical explanation. After a quick emergency examination, the doctor skeptically asked: “An avocado hit her, you say…?” “Must not be the same baby, the second set of X-rays show no damage…?!?” Gloria was alive! She was (and still is) a walking resurrection!
The palsy patient had a seed of faith, but when he added four more portions of faith… it became Five-fold faith!
Hold hands… join around the cot of your “hell”. Boldly remove the roof, let the ropes down to Jesus… do TOGETHER what one man alone can’t do: move into the world of the supernatural miracles.
Connecting portions of faith TOGETHER is the igniting spark of powerful miracles. Try it!
Today, years later, tired of facing impossible needs all alone, I have learned the power of AGREEING. Thanks for the lesson, Nanny.
In Mark 4, the Bible introduces a palsy victim. He had four friends. That makes five with him! The Bible also placed an emphatic note about THEIR FAITH (Mark 2:5)! I call it Five-Fold Faith.
Thus, according to my definition of “THEIR” faith, I can affirm that the palsy victim also had faith. Would the victim’s faith alone have been enough? Biblically, yes… after all, a small seed of faith is enough to remove mountains. Even so, his stand-alone faith was probably somewhat wilted and timid after a constant day-to-day battle of dealing with physical limitations (he needed help to do the simplest of tasks!).
From all indications, the stricken man’s faith was present… but his need was HUGE! Now what would happen if four more portions of faith were added to his seed… Wow!
It was THEIR FAITH that prompted miracle action in that crowded room.
Gather friends and agree!
I am reminded (how can I forget?!?) of the greatest of miracles that I personally witnessed: the resurrection of little Gloria.
I was there when a large avocado hit the tiny baby on the head, just outside the sanctuary. The direct, forty foot free-fall hit caused, from all indications, instant death. Immediate CPR forced an artificial heartbeat… but the spontaneity of life was gone! Gloria was dead!
The ambulance rush from our small town health clinic to the nearest big city hospital center gave us 20-25 minutes to find FIVE holding (and many more) agreeing hands. That we did…! We needed a miracle!
I shall never forget the intense, connected, agreeing, and multiple portions of faith that gathered in the church for a miracle on Gloria’s behalf.
While we prayed and as the ambulance shrilly pushed toward the distant hospital something SPECIAL happened!
There is no medical explanation. After a quick emergency examination, the doctor skeptically asked: “An avocado hit her, you say…?” “Must not be the same baby, the second set of X-rays show no damage…?!?” Gloria was alive! She was (and still is) a walking resurrection!
The palsy patient had a seed of faith, but when he added four more portions of faith… it became Five-fold faith!
Hold hands… join around the cot of your “hell”. Boldly remove the roof, let the ropes down to Jesus… do TOGETHER what one man alone can’t do: move into the world of the supernatural miracles.
Connecting portions of faith TOGETHER is the igniting spark of powerful miracles. Try it!
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