{"id":1820,"date":"2024-11-10T11:16:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T01:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2024-11-10T14:31:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T04:31:10","slug":"what-amazes-our-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/2024\/11\/10\/what-amazes-our-father\/","title":{"rendered":"What Amazes our Father? (Nov 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Verses for the day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Luke 7:9 \u201cWhen Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, \u201cI tell you, I haven\u2019t seen faith like this in all Israel!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I was reading the story of the Centurion\u2019s faith in Luke chapter 7 this morning.\u00a0And I was struck by Luke 7:9 \u201cWhen Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, \u201cI tell you, I haven\u2019t seen faith like this in all Israel!\u201d\u00a0I am not sure how many places, if any, that it says Jesus was amazed.\u00a0But, the faith of this Centurion amazed Jesus.\u00a0Our Father is amazed when His children live in such a way that others see their faith.\u00a0
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But its interesting that the very next section in Luke 7 is the story of John\u2019s disciples coming to Jesus with John\u2019s message, \u201cAre you the Messiah or should we expect another?\u201d\u00a0I think Jesus response is so beautiful.\u00a0
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Luke 7:22-23 Then he told John\u2019s disciples, \u201cGo back to John and tell him what you have seen and heard\u2014the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.\u201d And he added, \u201cThe Father blesses those who do not turn away because of me.\u201d
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The lame walk, lepers are healed, the dead are raised\u2026 these are the kinds of things our Father can do!\u00a0He is also able to thwart the schemes our enemy! He is able to overcome people who oppose Him. He is able to protect His own in all circumstances! We can rest in these truths. We will only find our peace in Him. \u00a0\u201cThe Father blesses those who do not turn away from Him\u2026\u201d\u00a0
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Ps 144:2-3 He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me. O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

O Father, I want to have the kind of faith that amazes you! That even in the midst of circumstances that don\u2019t seem to be fulfilling my picture of what you are supposed to do, Father help me to rest in what I know about you! Peace that passes understanding only comes when I am abiding in you, resting in your hands, confident that you are the one who is in control and working in each circumstance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are my loving ally and my fortress. Abiding in you is my tower of safety. You are my shield and in you is where I will find refuge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I pray for those who read these words that you will grow them in their faith. That they will develop a faith that amazes you. That as they live by faith, their testimony will lead others to you. I pray that they will never be ashamed to be known as your children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Verses for the day Luke 7:9 \u201cWhen Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, \u201cI tell you, I haven\u2019t seen faith like this in all Israel!\u201d\u00a0 Thoughts I was reading the story of the Centurion\u2019s faith in Luke chapter 7 this morning.\u00a0And I was struck by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[130594],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-the-word-for-the-day","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}