Tag Archive | Matthew

Matthew 14 – Don’t be afraid

Mar19

Hey y’all 🙂 . We are in Matthew 14 today.

A lot to learn in this chapter but verse 27 hit the nail on the head for me and gave me the strength to face today 🙂

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“But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here! ” (Matthew 14:27 NLT)

Whatever we might be going through right now, here’s a word from God that He is here with us in the midst of our storm and we don’t need to be afraid.

He has promised never to leave us. He knows the end from the beginning and has power and authority over all things. He watches over His word to perform it. He is too faithful to fail. He doesn’t make mistakes and He does all things well.

So let’s take courage from here on, knowing that God will come through for us in the midst of our storm as He did for the disciples. No matter how dark or hopeless the situation may look like, God will calm it and turn it around for our good.

Be encouraged 🙂

Have a blessed evening 🙂

***With God all things are possible***

Matthew 13 – Familiarity and Unbelief

Mar18

Good evening y’all. Today we looking at Matthew 13.

A lot to learn from the passage but what stood out for me the most was verses 55 – 58. To see that this people lived in the same town with Jesus, they probably saw him walking along the road, teaching in the synagogue talking and on the mountain top, yet these people could not tap into his power and authority due to unbelief.

Just makes me think we can be in a service and the Holy Spirit is moving; working miracles around us and yet we miss out on His move due to unbelief

I wonder how many blessings and miracles I have missed out on due to unbelief.

“Then they scoffed, “He’s just the carpenter’s son, and we know Mary, his mother, and his brothers—James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas. All his sisters live right here among us. Where did he learn all these things?” And they were deeply offended and refused to believe in him. Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his own family.”  And so he did only a few miracles there because of their unbelief”. (Matthew 13:55-58 NLT)

The people in His home town were too familiar with Jesus. Just because they knew who His earthly family was, they looked down on Him and couldn’t come to terms with the fact that He was the promised Messiah. Despite all they had heard and seen Him do (and also how His life fulfilled the prophecies spoken before hand) they still did not believe.

We need to be careful that we do not get so familiar with God that we forget how awesome He is and then loose sight of His greatness and power to the extent that we start to live in unbelief

Unbelief is the opposite of faith and can hinder us from enjoying the blessings of God and living in the supernatural

Today, let’s ask God to forgive us of our unbelief and give us the grace to trust Him and take Him at His word.

***With God all things are possible***